Game of Thrones S04 E07: “Mockingbird” (a million ways to die in Westeros)
Someone on Twitter called this episode “A Million Ways to Die in Westeros.” I wish I’d thought of that. Cuz it’s perfect. So I’m stealing it.
Month: May 2014
way too tired
I am getting perilously close to a fuck-it-all moment.
London photo: pernicious American influence
I couldn’t believe when I saw this in a pub in Camden. They’re crisps, dammit. Not chips.
on “biast” (and other weird usages, strange vocabulary, and creative writing)
From now on, I will delete any comment that states that “biast” is not a word.
X-Men: Days of Future Past movie review: time for hope
With its time-twisting plot, sci-fi soapiness, powerful humanism, and to-die-for cast, this is the summer blockbuster done with elegance and heart.
London photo: what is a Boston cut?
I’m not sure I want to know…
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist and The Armstrong Lie documentaries review
Two compelling documentaries about famed competitive cyclists and the corrupted sport that chewed them up.
The Two Faces of January movie review: without a Hitch
There’s delicious movie-movie elegance in the exotic locales and the period dress, but not much tension to be found in the murderous misadventures on offer.
A Touch of Sin movie review: people’s uprising
It’s banned in China for its savage criticism of that nation’s economic and social policies. But its horrors look awfully familiar to us in the West, too.
London photo: dining room and garden
Dusk outside the Maynard Arms in Crouch End, North London, one of my favorite pubs.
