The Oscars are coming! I know, I know, they can be cheesy and self-serving and they don’t always pick the movies you really want to win, but I have fun at my aunt and uncle’s Oscar party every year, so that’s mainly why I watch. But it seems the craze to give each other a [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Award Season
Posted in Ramblings on January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments »
More Downtime…And Delays
Posted in A Quick Word on January 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Some of you may remember that I recently reported my computer went into the Mac hospital for some surgery. It came home in some pain, but still hanging onto life. Sadly, it seems that it has now slipped into a semi-comatose state with no hope of recovery. Given the DNR order recommended by the surgeon [...]
Great Novel No. 8: “Pride And Prejudice”
Posted in 100 Great Novels on January 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Pride And Prejudice: A Novel by Jane Austen *** “A Novel”. They are two little words that usually have me rolling my eyes every time they appear on the cover of a modern work of fiction, and I feel not a moment’s regret in doing so. These days subtitling a work as “a novel” smacks [...]
Marvellous Adventure
Posted in Latest Project, Marvellous Adventure on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I was planning a big, splashy Special Announcement post with bold headlines and lots of italics. But it may be better to just go with the simpler, down-to-earth approach. Especially since this is going to be simpler and more down-to-earth than it sounds like at first. Those of you who follow this blog regularly were told [...]
Stay Tuned…
Posted in A Quick Word, Latest Project on January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I have a few things coming down the blog pipeline in the next little while (that collection of thoughts on the Harry Potter movies for one thing; a Great Novels review of Pride And Prejudice for another). But on Monday, January 16, you’ll want to make this site your first cyberspace stop of the morning. Well, [...]
Great Novel No. 7: “The Castle of Otranto”
Posted in 100 Great Novels on January 4, 2012 | 3 Comments »
The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story by Horace Walpole *** We have Horace Walpole to thank for the modern horror story. He was the son of Sir Robert Walpole, the famous statesman who is thought of as the first Prime Minister of Britain, and a politician himself. Being financially independent meant he could indulge [...]
Holmes For The Holidays
Posted in Book Reviews, Film Reviews on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My entertainment this holiday season was more or less split into two parts. It was a time to sit down with two of my favourite British cultural icons, Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter. Let me review the first here; I’ll get to Harry later. *** Sherlock First up, I treated myself to the Series 1 [...]
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