All in the Family? Because they just couldn't stand each other any longer. :)

should we read into this coverage a (deserved) lack of interest in Alcatraz?

that makes sense. how we think about accents are funny. i just listened to the unabridged audiobook for the final Wallander novel, A Troubled Man. It was read/performed by a Brit, Robin Sacks. Was wonderful, except for when he tried to sound like an Eastern European, he sounded awfully Irish to me. That must…

just like the broken clock that's correct twice daily. yup, that's me, correct twice daily.

i wonder if they still have the letter i sent as a child. i had an idea for an x-ray machine on top of a 100-mile high tower, so that they could see the surface of Venus. And, my idea was to build this in Africa, because that was closer to Venus. i was six.

and they put the whole David Robert Jones-Nina Sharp-AltBroyles thing on hold. maybe they're just uncertain whether or not they need to draw things to a close (in case they don't get renewed), and can't start rising the action on new characters. there's so much to tie up before it all ends.

i am always amazed at how Brits and Aussies can better imitate American accents, than American actors can imitate Aussie/Brit accents.

Dr. Dave — is it "possible" that some evidence of what preceded the Big Bang can be seen in some facts of the current distribution of energy and matter in our current universe. So, leaving aside the epistemological questions about what "before the Big Bang" actually means, is it nevertheless possible that something…

aibohphobia. (fear of palindromes)

The Glass Flowers, [en.wikipedia.org]

i agree.

aibohphobia?

Yes, OMG, is this formulaic or what. I've loved Sam Neill ever since his role in Reilly, Ace of Spies. But aside from Hurley, i am really sure not sure there's enough there there to sustain my interest. Hoping those keys finally lead to something interesting.

thus the origin of the phrase, "close enough for government work"?

not necessarily, depending on what protection you were ducking behind/beneath.

"previous" should be "precious" in this sentence "We know previous little about the Minoans other than that they were incredibly advanced for the time in terms of both art and technology"

:)

11) "Them" (the movie).

as it happens, i put the first Baroque Cycle volume on my shelf three times before breaking past the 50-page mark. then it was a wonderful romp through the history of science, global commerce, with a romping pirate adventure starring Bobby Shaftoe's inimitable ancestors. and a totally memorable escape from The Tower…

to this day, Bobby Shaftoe and Lawrence Waterhouse remain two of my favorite characters in all of fiction.