(Book of) Brilliant Things

I can't believe I forgot to gloat over mention this before, but --

Thanks to lrk_mutterings's kindness I have read the new Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes novel, Locked Rooms and you haven't, ha ha ha.

It's really excellent -- not to mention ground-breaking, as King has taken some definite departures from the series norm in terms of the narrative structure, but in the context of the story it makes perfect sense. I can see lots of good meaty RUSS-L discussions coming out of this one...

Also, Laurie, like, totally writes RPF*. Hee!

*Real Person Fic.

Are you sick of hearing about Doctor Who yet?

Yeah? Well, too bad.

Thanks to Outpost Gallifrey, a couple of nifty articles in preparation for the debut of the new series:

Doctor Who 101: A Newbie Viewing Guide to the Classic Series

SFX Magazine Review (a few small spoilers, but nothing significant)

Glancing back over my shoulder

I haven't watched Alias this season since the second episode, having finally lost interest in the whole spy schtick, but the stuff you all were saying about this week's episode got me curious, so I decided to give it another try.

( My reactions... )

Agh!

Why did no one tell me that NaNoEdMo was this month? And now I just found out and it's too late for me to sign up! Drat, I could have used the kick-start.

Am lame excuse-making dilettante, never mind me. Sigh.

On happier note, water is back to normal. It went from a TOUCH NOT THE WATER LEST YE DIE warning on the first day to a BOIL YOUR DRINKING WATER OR ELSE warning two days ago to a GEE I GUESS WE WERE BEING A BIT OVER-CAUTIOUS, NEVER MIND announcement last night. Whatever. I'm just glad it's over, and nobody got hurt/sick on account of the chemical spill (which turned out to be detergents and wax from a local car wash).