So this week I was still* reading the third book in the “Terra Ignota” series, The Will To Battle, by Ada Palmer:
Continue reading “Teaser Tuesday: Still “The Will to Battle””Tag: the breakfast club
Sing Us A Song You’re The Piano Man
So as I’ve mentioned before, our current go-to show is Halt and Catch Fire, which is largely a dramatic program (although the drama is punctuated by some very funny moments). However, we also like to keep something a little lighter—variously referred to as “fluff”, “dessert”, and/or “a marzipan confection”—as an antidote to all the heaviness. One recent auditionee was the longrunning sitcom Community, which I’d heard of but never watched. It came up a lot in discussions/reviews of Mad Men due to sharing an actress, Alison Brie, with that show, as well as with another show that I watched but was never able to get my wife interested in, despite its being set in the 80s and featuring lots of 80s music:
Continue reading “Sing Us A Song You’re The Piano Man”Wife: “Hey, isn’t that Pete’s wife? Wasn’t she in that weird wrestling thing you used to like?”
Trailer Tuesday: “The Outsiders”
So the other day we were scrolling through available movies on streaming, and I spotted The Outsiders* on the list. Readers of a certain age** are likely to remember The Outsiders, the novel, which we all read in high school back in the day. Or at least, most of us did.
Continue reading “Trailer Tuesday: “The Outsiders””Me: “Hey, look! The Outsiders!”
Wife: “What’s The Outsiders?”

