Our Easter lilies are fixin’ to flower sometime within the next week or so. These were discards from a local church event several years ago, and we never expected them to last so long. Not only have they lasted, they’ve reproduced, something I never expected a bulb flower to do. Anyhow, they’re way off schedule this year, in terms of their names.
Why Write Short Stories? is now up at Storytellers Unplugged.
I finished reading The Secret of Lost Things last night. I haven’t decided if I actually liked it a lot or just liked it enough to finish it yet. It’s a literary “found manuscript” story, by no means a thriller, and the McGuffin remains off screen the entire time. The protagonist is a nineteen-year-old Tasmanian dropped into NYC by herself who goes to work at a Strand-like bookstore where her coworkers include a transgendered individual, a miser, an albino, a bouncer and people who are generally nuts about books, and not necessarily in the good way.
Very pleased with the eviction on Big Brother last night. She was totally blindsided. I think Adam and Ryan got together and planned to split the vote so it would be Sheila who had to make the final decision. I was surprised by the HoH outcome, though. I was rooting for Sharon, and she would have gotten it if not for the “trick” question about the guinea pigs. She totally fluffed the tie-breaker question, though. I’m guessing it will be the two women on the block come Sunday. That puts Adam under pressure to perform well at PoV, but then gives him the deciding vote as to who makes up the final three.
Criminal Minds was fascinating this week. A different kind of a school shooter, and one of the behaviorists identifying with the criminal more than usual. There was some odd writing near the beginning when the team analyzed the scene and then repeated what they were saying to the cop-of-the-week, who was standing right there listening the whole time. Felt like they were padding out the show’s running time.
Another Boston Legal, another soliloquy. It was a touching episode, nicely countered with Jerry and Karl’s daffy cases. I liked the out-of-the-box reference to the strike by Jerry. Reminds me of the time Alan finished off one of his closing arguments by saying something to the effect of “We’re going to get letters over that one.” The “meta” aspect of the show is one reason I like it. Another is the cooler than cool friendship between Denny and Alan.
My mostly spoiler free review of A Very Tight Place is now up at CD’s blog.
