Links for the day

[scarlettina]

Steven Weber (Studio 60) on Paris Hilton: As my friend Adam says, don't read this as a position paper, rather, read it as word jazz. I'm dazzled. Had no idea he could write this way.

Nancy Greggs on God, the Republicans, and the Democrats: A pretty cogent and poignant position.

For those who are keeping up with the third season of Doctor Who and have seen the absolutely fabulous episode "Blink," the BBC has published the story upon which it was based here at their web site. They've also posted the novel upon which the wonderful "The Family of Blood/Human Nature" was based. It can be downloaded here. I'm convinced we're going to see all three of these episodes on the Hugo ballot next year, and I suspect that, as they did with "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances," they'll list "The Family of Blood/Human Nature" as one entry. It's going to be close, though.*

CBC reports that it will start airing Doctor Who Season Three on June 18 at 8:00 PM. Ain't It Cool News reports that SciFi will start running it on July 26.

Woodland Park Zoo's sweet baby elephant, Hansa, died last week.. I'm still sad about it.

I'll be making my arrangements today for my one night's stay in Nairobi. The hotel? The Fairview Hotel, which looks incredibly posh, and where I will be staying entirely too short a time to really enjoy in a significant way. I get into Nairobi at, like, 8 PM, and will be picked up at the hotel way early in the morning. Still, after 20 hours in the air, having a pleasant place to sleep will be a gift from heaven. I just wish I could have arranged it so I could see sinthrex even briefly while I'm there. ::sigh::

*AICN also reports that actor Harry Lloyd, who plays Jeremy Baines in "The Family of Blood/Human Nature", is the great-great-great-grandson of author Charles Dickens! Indeed, his mother's maiden name is "Dickens". I've seen him as as Will Scarlett in the BBC's recent Robin Hood, but didn't recognize him until a friend pointed it out. A fine actor, and IMHO he gets short shrift on Hood.

Comments

[oldmangrumpus.livejournal.com]

Steven Weber (Studio 60) on Paris Hilton: As my friend Adam says, don't read this as a position paper, rather, read it as word jazz. I'm dazzled. Had no idea he could write this way.

Wow. I didn't know hoosegow was spelled with a 'g'!

Seriously. That really is impressive. I don't think I've seen an essay before that used both Andromeda Strain and Fahrenheit 451 in a single paragraph.

And now I know how to spell hoosegow.

[anaka.livejournal.com]

Steven Weber is frickin' awesome.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Ain't he, though? :-)

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

I adore Steven Weber, really. And that was an absolutely brilliant piece of writing.

But what I found funnier? The guy posting as "texasyank" who said he used too many adjectives. Sometimes, the jokes just write themselves. *chortle*

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

::chuckle:: And I hadn't even read the comments until you mentioned this. Wow.

[quizro.livejournal.com]

Nancy Greggs' piece was great. Thanks for that!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

::hugs Steven Weber's brain::

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Dude, I have been drooling over the Weber for weeks. He is awesome. Now if only he could convince Bradley to blog on Huff Post as well....