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I got my mind wrapped around Imperial and Metric by figuring out what the sizes actually meant for various roleplaying starships....

Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing. I quite enjoyed it. It's mostly low-key, although I think the fairly intimate setting of Whedon's house along with the black and white style pushes that along. It's an interesting way of handling the setting of the play, even if they've kept the original Shakespearian dialogue. The actors for the most part do a pretty damn good job, although I think more gets conveyed with the physicality and expressions then the way they speak the words. I can't quite make up my mind on Alexis Denisofs "Benedict", for the most part he's good and especially for the physical pratfall aspects he plays up nicely, but there are a few moments he doesn't quite fit. Clark Greg's "Leonato" and Amy Acker's "Beatrice" pretty much rock out. Nathon Fillion's "Dogberry" pretty much comes out as that idiotic ass. The musical score is quite understated, but the moments it does kick in, it really hits the right emotional note.

That can be a thing with IT support. Half the time you spend pretty much dossing around, keeping an eye in general on things, maybe reading up on the latest tech worries.. But what you're really being paid for is that 10 minutes when everything goes **** up and you have the stress and worry of getting it working again rapdio.

Reheating yesterday's Chinese..

Inquiring Minds - Seals quieter then Ninjas?

Does Foxit let you edit bookmarks in pdf files?

Found myself in one of those strange circular dreams last night. One of those where I was being chased by something, yet at the same time was chasing some unnamed thing myself. Also kept finding fragments and reminders of old ex's all over the dream. Just a little weird. Still, the important thing is I am awake and drinking tea..

To take a break from poking fun at the American Government...

Something I might keep an eye out for out of curiosity.. http://youtu.be/xivQ6_gu3W8 http://youtu.be/yiSPvsTP02A

I seem to be joining everyone else in a rough night and ugh start to the day. Had trouble sleeping, spent a few hours staring at the dark ceiling and hearing/feeling my stomach "burbling" away before managing to start dozing in and out. Spent a chunk of the morning in bed with that mixture of half in and out of faded consciousness and trying to let a headache die down before pushing myself out of bed to see what needs to be done for the day...

I remember hearing that it's getting a 5th season is the really big deal for syndication. Getting to that 100th episode is a really big thing... Agents of Shield kind of reminds me of The Man From Uncle in a way. It has that vibe of cheesy fun in general, but everyone on screen acting as if it's deadly serious even if they know its total pulp silly. If they can settle the characters down over the next few episodes and maybe start revealing some of those hidden hooks rather then keep laying out little bits of mystery, I can see them getting another season fairly easily. Hm, I've realised I've got the whole first season of Revolution stashed away to watch but haven't done that yet. Might make some time to make a start on that over the weekend and see how that shaped up.

Nicely sliced roast lamb, honey glazed parsnips, roast potatoes, baked onion, and some mushroom and cucumber slices in a sauce... Along with home made mint sauce made from mint plucked this afternoon from the garden.

Sarah Shahi.. Cheerleader turned Actress. Sometimes the classic stories work..

I guess half of Great Britain did with Iron Lady's death. Most of those celebrating her death weren't even born when she was in power. That was just.. kind of bizarre.

For sometimes when you're in an odd mood.. nothing picks you up quite like the utter trashy eurorock dance on acid that is E-Type.. http://youtu.be/Iw6QUdDwa54

Well this is one I'm planning on picking up next week, but it's interesting to see a layout for just how much Whedon likes to use that stable of friends for so much...

The mind boggles over Bad Dragon as well. Oy vey.

To return to Cote De Pablo.. you have to have the music and song.. http://youtu.be/zX0gDdZFiJ4 Although to be fair.. Jennifer Connelly http://youtu.be/WgHqbJr3NFI

Garg. Tech support to family is not a fun thing. Especially when it's disabled mothers who are cranky and in pain and suddenly realised x isn't working and when you try to explain things that you've explained every other week for the last x months rather then listening and learning, insists on basically doing the "I'm old and don't know computers" pout. Damn it, she oversaw switching over computer systems on cruise ships in the 80's. Why the hell she can no longer learn what it means to right click on icons, and not loading the desktop up with 30 billion crappy 2kb games, and all the rest of it.... Then her dvd player on her laptop isn't recognising disks, and she finally notes that the old multiregion dvd player for the tv went away when it got replaced by a Blu-ray player last year and she's been buying shows on Region 1 dvds to watch and is annoyed she can't watch them now and.. Yeah. It goes on like that. I feel like I'm about to run up the wall and eat shoes.

http://youtu.be/tw_Z3O6H-8w