BruceH

"Disco Parade"? I guess every city has it's drawbacks. Glad you had a good vacation.

Me too. And "Serenity." Indeed, "Serenity" is good too. They did a fine job on that. (Although I really hated it that (fill-in-blank-here) got killed.)

Happened to catch part of this and found it reasonably entertaining. The new guy's pregnant wife calling him all the time was a bit much though.

I know what you mean. Depressing, isn't it?

I liked Firefly.

Yikes.

Really was about the females last night. From Sally to Miss Blankenship and almost everyone in between. Loved the closing shot of Joan, Peggy, and Faye in the elevator. And did anyone notice how hard-hit Roger was by Ida Blankenship's sudden death? Not just the reminder of his mortality (though partly that of course) but also, I think, the fact that he once had a dalliance with the "queen of perversion."

that type of writing bad real bad, real dumb I hate it hate it lots

I believe someone posted these on Facebook a while back.

I've long thought of "Sidewinder" as in the "jazz-funk" sub-genre, and don't really give a damn if it's accurate.

But of course. Saw it when it was first shown on television; I forget which year, but I was in high school. Could be the first rock'n'roll mockumentary. Oh, I don't know...they probably said that about Mad Men halfway through the first season.

Loved the episode, even though there was no Roger and no Cooper either. Don seems to be pulling back from the edge.

Thanks. Dang, the season's more than half over already. Seems like it just started.

Very much looking forward to the next episode. What are we up to now, number seven, eight...? Six? I've lost track.

Nick Lowe won't compromise on hummus?

Sabra, my friends. Sabra.

Does Language Shape How You Think? Well, just off hand I'd have to say yes, how can it not, to SOME extent?

Welcome back, Mr. W! And thanks for the music!

Why be embarrassed? I for one would love to hear what old sf book or collection you've been flipping through. (And Old Twentieth is recent, and by a respectable writer as well!) Myself, I've actually been perusing some of the "Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories" paperbacks that came out during the 80's. Found three in a used bookstore. When they were coming out I turned my nose up at them, partly because I was already familiar with most of the stories, partly the perceived tackiness of the series. (And by the second half of the 80's I was going through a non-sf-reading phase, though I didn't know it was a phase at the time.) Now I marvel at what a good deal these books were; for the price of a cheap little paperback you could get a more than decent little anthology of some of the best sf stories of a particular year, from the late 30's to the early 60's. Wish I'd bought them at the time, though I probably would have sold them by now.

Well, as far as that goes, Roger has already had two heart attacks.

What did you all think of last night's episode? Personally, I thought it was great. Loved the scenes of young furrier Don trying to get into the ad biz through Roger.

I'll wager you'll enjoy it once it reels you in. These were a great series of books to read. . . real and grim and with their own pace and "lighting." They get better and better. One of the few serie i've read where our attitude to the characters changes from book to book. Two good films made about Beck: The Laughing Policeman (American with Walter Mathau as Beck). And Man on the Roof (Swedish based on IIRC The Abonible Man). I vaguely recall renting the Matthau film version of "Laughing Policeman" quite a few years ago. All I can remember is that I didn't care for it. Enjoying the book right now though; I've skipped ahead to it, and then maybe I'll go back to the second book in the series. Liked Roseanna BTW.

"Mojo Hannah"---give that song a listen.

Giving the Martin Beck police series a try, with "Roseanna," the first one. Written by the husband-and-wife team of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.

Those little "Star Gazer" segments ran on some local station here. Cheesy but kind of nice. I had no idea he was in his 70's now.