Sherlock: Series 1 (review)
The second series of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’s brilliant, brilliant Sherlock is about to start tomorrow, and so my hand is forced: I must finally write about the first series…
Year: 2011
question of the weekend: New Year’s resolutions — love ’em? hate ’em? make ’em and ignore ’em?
Do you make resolutions for the new year? Do you ever keep them? What would you like to resolve to do newly or differently in the new year, even if you know you’re unlikely to actually keep those resolutions?
London photo of the day: robot sex
A festive scene in a Christmas window at Selfridges department store on Oxford Street of a robot carrying an unconscious, lingerie-clad woman. Because why not?
London photo of the day: Christmas on Deep Space 9
This is actually at the Centrale mall in Croydon, but I like to imagine that Quark’s bar is right around the corner for some egg nog spiced with Saurian brandy.
OFCS announces nominees for 15th annual awards
The Tree of Life and Drive lead the slate with, respectively, seven and six nominations apiece…
retro ad: 1980s Polaroid commercial with James Garner and Mariette Hartley
One of the many ads that made people thing Garner and Hartley were actually married to each other…
New York photo of the day: dead snowman
Gone to meet his maker. Pushing up daisies. Pining for fjords.
welcome Stumbleupon surfers!
You’ve caught the site at a very rare holiday downtime. I hope you’ll return next week when I get back to my regular schedule of multiple postings per day…
New York photo of the day: clearly the victim of a Grinch gun
I don’t know how a Christmas tree gets this dead by December 27.
New York photo of the day: messed-up Apple
The Apple store near the Plaza Hotel… except something is wrong with this picture. Anyone know what it is?
