‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “World War III”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
London
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Rose”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
watch it: “Nelson George: London (February 2009)”
Nelson George: London (February 2009) from Nelson George on Vimeo. I was there in February too!
watch it: the 3/7/09 weekly address from President Barack Obama (plus a couple Obama pix from London)
In the Waterstones store (which is a big chain like Barnes & Noble) in Ealing: Ever seen an entire rack of books in a prominent place in Barnes & Noble about the Prime Minister of the U.K. or Canada? Quick, average American, can you even name the Prime Minister of the U.K. or Canada? T-shirt … more…
London cinemas
Last batch of pix from my recent visit. A walk around the Leicester Square movie district, which is like Times Square doubled. (There are two big multiplexes in Times Square in New York, but four in Leicester Square, two of which are named Odeon.) And then there was this, the only other cinema I saw … more…
yet more pictures from London
Following up on the last batch of photos, here’s more of what I saw. (If you were following my trip on Twitter, some of this will sound familiar.) Guys: Would you get your hair cut here? (in Ealing): A shop in the Spitalfields neighborhood: Even the construction barriers near the Tate Modern have been turned … more…
more pictures from London
I’m still coming down from my London trip — I can’t believe I’ve been home for two weeks already! Here’s more of what I saw. If you were following my trip on Twitter, some of this will sound familiar. A rainy Monday night in the West End: Sunset from the top of the London Eye: … more…
Douglas Adams’s grave in Highgate Cemetery
More pix from my London trip. Author Douglas Adams [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.] is buried in the new section of Highgate Cemetery, in North London (that’s the section you don’t need to take a tour to visit, though you do need to pay a fee). His grave is simple and tucked unobtrusively into one corner: … more…
the Ealing meetup…
…was intimate but lots of fun. FlickFilosopher readers and commenters Les Carr and Proper Dave joined me and my friend Bonnie at The North Star for drinking, eating, and an embarrassing amount of talk about Doctor Who. That’s me, Dave, and Les. I’ll try to organize a New York City meetup this spring, and another … more…
it’s gotta be around here somewhere…
It’ll be big and round. You know, like a transmitter… Sneaky aliens, cleverly hiding their evil taking-over-the-world equipment so well. Where could it be?
