We learned that Betty got pregnant sooner than she’d planned that first time. (BC was chancy in those days but there were methods.) Really, it would have been better if she & Don could have had more time being young & in love in the big city. Nope, early in their marriage the suburbs loomed....

Has the Fainting Couch been seen recently? It would probably fit into Betty’s last house—the Victorian one—better than into the one she shared with Don.

Charles Dance had a role in the excellent Jewel in the Crown miniseries. A magazine article described him as “the thinking woman’s bit of crumpet.” Long before the ‘net....

Indeed. I have some issues with The Real Jefferson—but I rather liked Steven Dillane’s

He played Hamlet in the film of Rosencrants & Guildenstern Are Dead...

He also played Captain Wentworth in Persuasion. Reviews of the movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy said it was easy to identify the mole—he was the Austen hero. Three former Austen heroes worked in that film....

No problem there. I've read that No Man Parts will be on view....

I'm quite sure he got all his vaccinations. Because his parents weren't idiots.

He doesn't take insurance.

I'm older than you but managed to vote. You sound iceberg ready.....

Are the young folks so stupid that they don't realize what a Republican Senate (& House) will mean politically? Will they only vote for politicians they want to fuck? It can't be that bad....

I'm a Texan old enough to be offered a mail-in ballot. For convenience sake, I used it—fill in, put in envelope, drop in mail. At no time was photo-ID required—and that's now the law for "live" voting in Texas. What few cases of voter fraud that have occurred were overwhelmingly absentee or mail in—but they figure…

Good for NOLA's school board. But neither Creationism nor Intelligent Design is part of the curriculum in Texas schools, despite the efforts of certain reactionary elements on the state school board. I know Governor Ricky claimed otherwise during his abortive run for the Presidency. But he was either mistaken or…

Name a few, please!

One guess: The Christians who find Tolkien offensive belong to the more Fundamentalist denominations. If it ain't in the KJV, it ain't Godly! They regard Roman Catholics & High Church Anglicans with suspicion.

Thanks for the reminder. Time to put up the Raven lights!

So, have you had time to read "The Wizard/Knight" yet? It's really amazing.

Who is this "Kahn" guy I hear everybody badmouthing? The first Kahn I knew about founded Houston's earliest deli. Every time I see the name, I want a pastrami sandwich....

A few months back, this very site published a heartfelt screed from a POC, angry because a very Anglo Benedict Cumberbatch was surely going to play a Sikh (who was originally played by a Mexican). How dare they! Of course the whole snit was based on a misunderstanding. (BC recently said his character's name is…

Thank you! The Maya just stopped building big population centers. There are still Maya in Mexico, too.