Branagh's version of Hamlet is such a slog I have to admit I've never gotten through it. His version of Much Ado About Nothing though is pretty definitive for me - Emma Thompson as Beatrice is perfection. And nothing can beat his delivery of the St Crispin's Day speech.

That article reminds me of the best part of THIS: (https://www.fanfiction.net/…

Is your optimism at all affected by the fact that there will definitely be a scene where Jim Parsons has to wear a hilariously small girl's school uniform?

I've been listening to a ton of audiobooks lately, mostly through the library, but I just signed up for Downpour, and it is excellent. The monthly subscription fee is actually cheaper than Audible's, and best of all, they offer you the choice of downloading books as DRM-free MP3s. Their selection isn't nearly as…

The best candy bar is Snickers. The best kind of candy is English toffee. No further questions.

Laurie can be Strange, but I vote for Fry revising his role as the Duke of Wellington. And Emma Thompson as Arabella.

I can't believe no one's brought up my fourth favorite Portlandia sketch yet.. https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I'm mining the cave of love
Don't care about the world above
Down here it's dark and cold
But I'm just lookin for a nugget of gold
My hat is hard but my heart is soft
It's dusty down here and so I cough
It's a dirty job, but I ain't stoppin
I know I'm breathin toxins, but you're lookin foxy.

I've never bought anything from ModCloth, but this does look tempting. I love jersey-knit dresses. They're just so forgiving.

Poirot is great comfort food, although I'm probably more partial to Miss Marple (I always get a kick out of the truly bizarre transitions between MURDER AND DEATH and tracking shots of a sweet English village set to flute music).

Aw man, I hadn't even heard this was happening, but now I'm pissed that they missed an opportunity to bring the Soup back from the dead.

It can be two things.

All right, this is kind of off topic, but I was watching Antiques Roadshow the other day, and this guy came on who had brought a chair that he'd picked up from the side of the road as he was driving to the show. It looked like every other chair you see abandoned on the side of the road, but it was worth more than my…

Actually… the reasoning of Sherlock Holmes superfans is that since Holmes' obituary was never printed in the London Times, he must not have died.

Holmes' retirement to Sussex to raise bees is mentioned in several stories (none of them very good), and it's pretty firmly established in the canon.

I'm sorry… this is really going to bug me. Do you really think the phrase is defecation of character? Is this a damp squid situation?

Nope, it's definitely the first one. I felt like I was watching the Saving Mr Banks trailer. ("Be inspired"??? by what?? A deluded woman's ability to pay to get what she wants??)

How awesome/horrifying! That's even better than my other favorite disgusting and useless entomological fact (the word "avocado" comes from the Mayan word for testicles). I can't wait to annoy someone at a party with this story! (I don't go to parties)

Although I imagine Emily Gilmore thinks that bumper stickers are tacky no matter what they advertise. It was probably one of the younger members of her group (she's only 45 - the last time she hosted a luncheon she served sushi, if you can imagine).

Yes. Keep talking about how much Dean sucks. It feeds my soul.