2011 — 14 July: Thursday
Plans are afoot1 for a two- or possibly three-chap gentle little riverside amble later today, culminating with lunch while seated at one of Barbara Rudgard's memorial benches. It all depends on the feather warcast in the vicinity of Mount Snowdon tomorrow, oddly.
Things that go "bang" in...
... the night. Moonshine? (Link.)
Last night's video entertainment was "London Boulevard", which I found enjoyable, twisty, and well-made.
This morning's smile
Some while ago — good grief, over a decade ago... how Time flies — I stumbled across, and dipped a briefly curious toe into, the choppy waters of "slash fiction"2 as described by Constance Penley in her 1997 book "NASA/Trek: popular science and sex in America". I was instantly reminded of this (having had to put up for far too long with the sometimes vile advice contained in Strunk & White while I was a paid lackey) by this delicious XKCD cartoon:
Better start work on my packed lunch. It's bright and sunny out there at 08:54, which may increase the odds of our walking trio becoming a duo. [Pause] No, we shall indeed be three today.
Rather later
It only belatedly occurred to me, as I was scanning the artwork of the three Blu-rays that were piled on my doormat3 when I got home...
... that I now have all four of Baz Luhrmann's films on Blu-ray. More than any other director, in other words. But first, there was time to nip out for an icecream sundae at Carlo's with my main co-pilot. After all, one never knows quite how long the summery weather is going to stick around.
Have the mighty fallen?
It's going to be interesting to see what happens when Murdoch père et fils attend a House of Commons committee meeting next week. "Sir Humphrey" always advised his minister never to ask a question unless he already knew the answer.
Other (recent) arrivals
Lest I forget:
The book, "Anita", is the collection of classic fantasy stories I last had on my shelves 39 years ago. This is a splendid new hardback edition. "Flashdance" is a classic of a different sort. "Making waves" is a rom-com set in the world of ham radio. I figured if I don't like it, I know a chap who probably would.
I bought "Anita" from this place — in which (as I've been discovering) it's all too easy to get pleasurably lost.