fourth edition

Pop culture and I have an on-off relationship. I mostly attribute this to growing up in Nowheresville, Denmark, in a family obsessed by 1940s and 1950s American popular entertainment (think Frank Sinatra, Vincente Minnelli films and the Great American Songbook), so when I went to school and was surrounded by kids immersed in current music, [...]

Yes, the classic “Little Women” has fallen prey to the publishing trend that started with “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”. Joy. I never read the Austen-goes-supernatural novel.  I mean, I still have issues with casting Colin Firth as Darcy in that BBC mini-series, so imagine what issues I’d have suddenly encountering zombies in the midst [...]

After Georgia pulled out/was forced to pull out of this Eurovision Song Contest with their gun-to-head song called “I Don’t Wanna Put-in” (get the “pun?”), what can we expect from ESC?
You know I’d only do this for you, my lambs. I’ve sat through every.single.entry and this is the cream of the crop (in more ways [...]

Today we saw ..

.. our new nephew (three weeks old!)..

.. the “Eye of Grampian” ferris wheel..

.. and Aberdeen beach where I found lava rocks.
(Thank you so much for your helpful and insightful comments. I’ll reply to each and everyone of you once I’ve had some much needed sleep. We’ve been on quite a bus journey [...]

It’s an age-old war. Like the werewolves and the vampires. I think Underworld was actually originally about crocheters and knitters but they thought it would be too controversial so they changed it to vampires and werewolves.
Buffy, Firefly, Dr Horrible’s Sing-along Blog and Angel-creator, Joss Whedon opens up about his crafty side.
As a huge Firefly [...]

I hardly ever post twice in one day, but this needs to get out of my brain, through my fingers and onto my blog so I can stop saying Holy Guacamole!!!
Neil Finn announces “Seven Worlds Collide, pt. 2″.
In 2001 Finn had members of Radiohead, the Smiths and Pearl Jam playing with him for a [...]

David Tenannt has quit as Doctor Who. He was my first Doctor and will forever be tied in my mind to the early stages of the epic Ms Bookish/Scottish Guy (now known as Other Half) long-distance relationship. I watched New Earth and Tooth and Claw (Tennant’s first proper episodes) during one of my visits and [...]