Started reading Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South (1855). About a quarter of the way in, it's surprisingly colorful and large in scope, even beyond the central juxtaposition between quiet country and industrial town. It touches on London life (as different from the industrial towns), we get glimpses of British…

They're going to Chicago? Maybe they can visit Coach and his new friends.

That's more of a catfish thing, really.

That's more of a catfish thing, really.

The musical production in my high school had a black Annie 8 years ago.
Indiana! Always ahead of the times!

I finally finished The Moonstone, the 19th-century detective novel by Wilkie Collins that I was reading. Whole lotta Victorian weirdness in the end, but since it's not really a straight whodunnit with the focus on solving the mystery, a more mundane explanation would probably have been somewhat disappointing. I still…

Hm, I never thought of Anna Karenina as an amusing book. And now you're comparing it to Austen. That might finally compel me to check it out.

Is Primeval: New World actually good? I liked the early seasons of the original, but gave up on it after the season with the 19th-century chick.

I bravely watched tennis instead. Woohoo, Australian Open!

Careful. You could be stuck with 30 Rock after it ends, and then it's just dead weight. Unless you wanna go for New Girl, I don't see any good alternatives in sitcom tight ends at the moment.
If you're a bit of a gambler you could pick up 1600 Penn cheap when it gets on the air. I have a feeling that's gonna have a…

Wait, wouldn't that be a reason to see it?

Wait, wouldn't that be a reason to see it?

Unpopular opinion: I kinda like the theme song.
I'm also very fond of the title sequence. It was one of the few things on Enterprise that I felt actually sold the whole "explorers & pioneers" angle the show supposedly set out to be about.

That nomination also makes me bummed all over again that A Separation didn't get a Best Picture nod last year.

That nomination also makes me bummed all over again that A Separation didn't get a Best Picture nod last year.

Heh, I know what you mean. I feel that way over certain TV shows.
However, considering how adept Collins is at observing, describing and writing as different characters, I'd say it's pretty "good", and wouldn't really classify it as "pulp fiction" or something like that. As I said, it reminds me a bit of an Austen…

Got The Moonstone from the library, a 19th-century mystery novel (one of the earliest, in fact) by Wilkie Collins. The most interesting aspect is its structure as a series of "eye-witness accounts" by a set of rather colorful characters. It also has an almost Austen-like satirical bent occasionally.
It's probably a bit…

But I wanted a real catapult for Christmas!

But I wanted a real catapult for Christmas!

"Twi & Bubbs" would make a great buddy cop show.