I wanted to have something new here just in case anyone reading over at Pens Fatales stopped by — not that I expect it, but I I hope a few people do, because new readers are always welcome (not that old readers aren’t, but you know what I mean) — but for the potential people [...]
Entries from August 27th, 2010
(More) words I don’t want to see in erotica
August 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · books, reviews, writing
So ready for fall
August 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · books, writing
Summer is almost over. Can I get an AMEN? What a clunker. There were bright spots, to be sure, with more to come before Labor Day, but I am more than ready to put this season to bed. Bring on autumn, with its sweater weather and pretty colors and delicious smells and harvests. Yeah, OK, [...]
About Two Books: (Murder at) Mansfield Park
August 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · books, reviews
As some of you know, I’ve been reviewing books for RT Book Reviews for a little over a year, and specifically mysteries and thrillers for the past seven or so months. Because I live close to the RT office, I’ve been known to stroll over to pick over the selections and take back a bundle [...]
Tags:jane austen·lynn shepherd·mansfield park·murder at mansfield park
Rubicon: The Dots and the Lines
August 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · reviews, rubicon, television
This week’s episode is called “Connect the Dots,” a phrase I cannot hear without immediately tacking on “la la la la.” That has nothing to do with anything but my pop culture-addled brain. If last week focused on getting to know Truxton Spangler a little better, this week brings us closer to the enigma that [...]
Tags:connect the dots·kale ingram·katherine rhumor·rubicon·truxton spangler·will travers
Mad Men: Of Hair and Sex
August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
Apologies for getting this out so late. My internet connection has been finicky and odious and not only did it take approximately two hours for the episode to download from iTunes this morning, but as I write this I have no connection at all. I have a feeling that last night’s Mad Men episode, “The [...]
Tags:betty draper·chrysanthemum and the sword·don draper·honda·japan·mad men·masturbation·roger sterling·sally draper·season 4
Flea Market Finds
August 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · photo essays
Ocular proof that I do occasionally leave the apartment. We took a few turns around the Brooklyn Flea on Saturday with visiting friends Alison and Bill (the very same who introduced us to the Giant Orange a couple months ago). I like going to the Flea, though it does tend to get a bit old, [...]
Rubicon: Irreversible Decisions
August 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · reviews, rubicon, television
Is it me, or was that a very different sort of episode than the previous three? I liked it, but it felt very light on the conspiracy, heavier on establishing character and place. I wonder whether it would’ve been better to put the bulk of what happens in episode 4 earlier in the season? Bygones. [...]
Tags:cia·national security council·nsc·rubicon·seven names·the outsider·truxton spangler·will travers
Mad Men: The Beauty Myth
August 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · mad men, reviews, television
Last night’s episode of Mad Men, “The Rejected,” was directed by John Slattery (Roger Sterling), and a damn fine episode it was, too. It’s splendid (or rather, SWELLIGANT) on its own, but is also masterfully linked to events that happen all the way back in Season 1. The focus group for Ponds, for example, begs [...]
Tags:alison·don draper·john slattery·mad men·peggy olsen·pete campbell·season 4·warhol factor
Rubicon: From Letters to Numbers
August 10th, 2010 · 7 Comments · reviews, rubicon, television
I am about to out myself as the nerdiest nerd, but I have a question: Do you all know about room escape games? These online Flash games that put you in a locked room and to find your way out you have to a) find stuff, b) figure out how the stuff works together, and [...]
Tags:baseball·code·keep the ends out·room escape·rubicon·will travers·yankees