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As requested..

I actually find myself skipping most of the heroics on any planets. Unless I happen to run into a group and do a couple. But I don't really put that much effort into it.

CNN - Unpain Interns Can be Sexually Harassed

I've been going back through the Ring of Fire - Eric Flint's 1632 and onwards.

slices of roast beef, roast potato, sweet potato, shredded cabbage, baked carrots, horseradish sauce...

You mean third time out of North America, surely? Canada - 1984 UK - 1988 UK - 1997 Canada - 2001 Canada - 2008 Canada - 2012 UK - 2013 Okay, that's what I meant As in not on that side of the Atlantic.

Since there seemed to be some focus on the Agents of Shield episode..

Hm, dang. Didn't realise it but they're doing the World Fantasy Convention just down in Brighton soon. Something like the second or third time it's happened outside of the US, and both of those were before 2000. Unfortunately looks like they're already booked out.

Managed to get to sleep some point past 4am. Got woken up by a phone call just going 9am. I think I was coherent.

Season 1 is available in the US on Blue-Ray. It's called Chris Ryan's Strike Back. The current pricing is ridiculous (48$ on Amazon). Although the discs are supposed to be all region compatable, they are 1080i/50 which won't play on all players. Interesting. Because according to this article, Cinemax is to air original UK 'Strike Back' season as 'Strike Back: Origins'. So the first season is on DVD under Chris Ryan's Strike Back but will be called Stike Back: Origins on TV in the U.S. But yeah. For anyone who is interested in watching this awesome show, watch the UK 1st season first. Not the American 1st season which is really the second season. Of which note for the ladies, Prince Broody McBroodypants from the Hobbit is in Strike Back. Which is apparently one of the reasons that series has a high percentage of female viewers over here in the UK. Ever since Richard Armitage did that North & South he seems to have become the serious heart throb of most of the women I know.

Trying to get an overview of Boostrap, but my internet connection keeps dying. Which is somewhat annoying. Also, might have to bathe the cat. Considering alternate solutions before I have to go to that extreme. Damn long haired Persians and the messes they can get into.

You don't drive very well, I see. I didn't say American politics..

For the random interest.. MSN - A Guide to the New National Crime Agency

It does have some very nice choreography in it, so if you enjoy well-crafted fight sequences... Heh, on a return to Much Ado About Nothing, I have to say as I'm watching Whedon's director's commentary, it's the little touches in the background that work so well. Sean Maher's villain successfully breaks up the wedding, and as he walks out snatches up a cupcake on his way in a jaunty way. It's like "I am Evil, I deserve a cupcake!"

Well, yes, but that could mean he sits on that couch in a few bits, sits around a board table for a few minutes, has a phone convo or two, and then has a 5 minute end-film fight sequence. Spoilers!

To steer away from too much royalty swipes and politics..

Keannu is pretty much the big bad. So, there's that.

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..