yep. continuum of actuality. still breathing. Mad Men, etc. authenticity watch. Yeah. It was like that. Only more/worse/funnier/more depressing.

oh please dear jeebus's mother. Kidman?? No. No. and No. i'm a reader/admirer of Gertrude Bell and this makes me psycho. unless it's the Kidman who played Virginia Wolfe, so that would mean they made her not look like Nicole Kidman.

YESYESYES!