| fun with Bollywood |
[Oct. 12th, 2009|06:23 pm] |
We're watching Koi...Mil Gaya, an Indian SF movie that Lois McMaster Bujold recently recommended on her blog, and we're finding it extremely entertaining. I heartily second Her Ladyship's recommendation.
My husband now wants to know whether there exists a Bollywood submarine movie (well, whether there exists one that's readily available in the U.S. -- given the quantity of Indian film production, it'd surprise the heck out of me if one _didn't_ exist); he'd also curious as to whether there exist Bollywood zombie flicks (or whatever the nearest cultural equivalent is). |
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| note to self.... |
[Oct. 12th, 2009|08:24 am] |
Note to self: If an NPR story has me cursing at the radio, it's time to turn the radio off.
(Why I like the Internet: I can tolerate reading about an opinion, action, or policy I disagree with much better than I can tolerate hearing someone spout that opinion/action/policy.) |
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| Random thought while watching PBS |
[Oct. 5th, 2009|08:34 pm] |
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After watching Rick Steves' Europe and similar travel shows, I really want to see a travel show where non-Americans talk about U.S. cities and sites. The outsider's viewpoint on what's worth seeing (and what cultural differences the traveler should keep in mind) would be very interesting. |
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| sorting Melendys |
[Sep. 20th, 2009|12:00 pm] |
Which Hogwarts houses would Enright's Melendy family sort into?
My first thoughts: Mona - Slytherin, Rush - Gryffindor, Randy - Ravenclaw, and Oliver - Hufflepuff. |
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| Dear university students: |
[Aug. 29th, 2009|10:47 am] |
Those dreams where you realize that it's the final exam and you hadn't been to class or done homework all semester? Or where you suddenly realize that there's a class you'd been forgetting to attend for a month, and now it's the day after the drop deadline?
They will never stop. |
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| sundry thoughts |
[Aug. 28th, 2009|09:31 pm] |
1. A pair of socks is almost finished, after which I shall start another pair of socks.
2. Is taking a half-hour to do a short post or comment a sign that my internal editor has gone way into overdrive? (Answer: yes. No wonder I'm not doing any writing lately.)
3. Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: awesome book.
4. Sleep would be a most wonderful thing. Especially if it occurred in a seven-hour unbroken block. |
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| It's a Scientific Experiment. Really. |
[Aug. 8th, 2009|06:19 pm] |
Purely for experimental purposes, and not because I needed or wanted any books (perish the thought!), when The Book Depository opened up their American site, I decided to give them a try.
I ordered four books on July 28, all of which were discounted to be a smidge cheaper than Amazon, and the order had free shipping. Three of the books arrived today -- in three separate packages. Clearly they're getting a great deal on their shipping!! So that's eleven days from order to arrival, a little slower than Amazon Super-saver shipping for me, but not by much.
I'm also wryly amused that the book which isn't here yet is the book about Islam. (The Muslim Next Door, if you're curious.) If I were prone to conspiracy theories, I'd be saying "See? See?", but I figure it just got separated in the shipment and will probably arrive Monday.
Anyway, if you aren't in a hurry for your books, want free shipping, and don't want to use Amazon.com, The Book Depository is a decent option. Assuming my fourth book actually arrives next week, I'll likely use them again. |
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| two random thoughts |
[Jul. 14th, 2009|09:23 pm] |
Is a sexually explicit story with a lot of typos an example of errataca?
If an Athenian cheesemaker used Parmigiano-Reggiano methods to make a hard cow's milk cheese, would it be Parthenon Cheese? |
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| overheard in the Castiron household |
[Jun. 24th, 2009|08:09 am] |
...on second thought, you don't want to know. Let's just say that "steampunk" and "Medela pump" are perfectly good concepts independently but rather frightening in combination. |
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| North and South |
[May. 31st, 2009|12:57 pm] |
Just finished watching the DVD of the BBC 2004 version of North and South; I saw it for the first time a few weeks ago while visiting family and decided it was worth getting my own copy. (At some point, I need to read the book again; the movie stands on its own, but I can't remember the book well enough to judge it as an adaptation.)
It gives the character interest of a Jane Austen movie (and the period costumes and settings), but with the addition of social and economic issues that aren't as blatant in an Austen production. And the textiles person in me keeps trying to figure out what exactly they're doing with different machines. I greatly enjoyed it.
I have to ask, though, is the public affection at the end something that would've been tolerated in period, or is it there for the modern audience? I'd have bought it more if they'd waited until they were in the train....
(also posted on the Bog of Lost Scholars) |
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| overheard in the Castiron household |
[May. 2nd, 2009|12:04 pm] |
[on mishearing a Pete Seeger song]
Spouse: "Where have all the young men gone, all turned into unicorns"? Huh??
Castiron: If you turn a non-virgin into a unicorn, do they explode? |
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| Goodreads? |
[May. 2nd, 2009|11:22 am] |
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I have a Goodreads account (as Castiron), though I don't use it much -- I logged in today for the first time in two years, and I still find the interface a little annoying. Anyway, if you have an account and are okay with me friending you, let me know what your userid is there. |
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| First Dreamwidth Post |
[May. 1st, 2009|05:17 pm] |
I write this as my autistic son pinches my forearm for no apparent reason (other than possibly that of getting a reaction, which I am working on training myself not to do; by the time he's an adult and off in a group home somewhere, I will be ready for employment at the CIA as a spy, as my resistance to torture will have greatly increased [someday I will have to write a post on what I have learned from rearing an autistic child, but not today {though this is a great excuse for using extensive nesting parenthetical characters}]).
Anyway, I'm sure other Doctor Who fans have seen this, but today I just discovered this video: Catherine Tate and David Tennant in a sketch for Comic Relief 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxB1gB6K-2A
It's quite entertaining, with appropriate Shakespeare quotes. |
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| overheard in the Castiron household |
[Apr. 18th, 2009|10:21 am] |
[as Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me theme starts to play on the radio]
Spouse: Hey, Wait Wait, Don't Tase Me is starting.
Castiron: Now, that'd be a different show.
Spouse: Well, if they decided to go for the stick instead of the carrot.... It's the show with Peter Segal's evil alternate universe self.
[Castiron wonders afterward what that show's Carl Cassell would say on the winner's home answering machine.] |
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| Random Drink Question |
[Mar. 22nd, 2009|10:44 pm] |
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If a screwdriver is vodka and orange juice, what would a Phillips screwdriver be? |
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