TV Review: Life Below Zero
There are times when I dream of living in a cabin in the woods, far from away from civilization and the noise (and okay, people). Waking up to fresh air, birdsong, and the wind in the pines would be my idea of heaven. And then there’s reality. For the past week, I have been obsessively…
What I’ve Learned from Watching Season Three of Scandal
I have been vaguely aware of the TV show Scandal: The Complete First Season for some time, but never watched. That is until about a month ago when “enjoying” the consequences of having zoomed through writing the draft of the next book in the Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis series. In other words, my mind…
Explosions on the Beach
There are three bluewhale carcasses on beaches in Newfoundland and people are worried that they’re going to explode at any minute. I hope someone sets up a WebCam. Every time I see another article or video breathlessly explaining what’s going on inside the whales that makes them expand so and what this means for the…
Being Human
For the past few weeks, I have been immersed in Being Human: The Complete First Season, a wonderful little British series about three roommates who happen to be a vampire, werewolf, and a ghost. I’ve been nagging encouraging everyone I know to watch this series, not just because of how good it is, but also…
The Plumber in Albuquerque
Warning: there will be spoilers here. If you haven’t yet seen this week’s episode of Body of Proof, walk away and I’ll see you next week. And yes, I did previously have a rant about the show. However, this week was the first in a two-part arc about an outbreak and ever since Ebola, I’ve…
How To Ruin a TV Show
It’s been a couple of very, very busy weeks and all I can say is thank various divinities for vitamin B12 shots. Amazing conveyors of energy in a syringe! However, even with this miraculous bit of boost, I am now so toasted that I’m crispy and plan to spend the next couple of days drooling…
The Killing
So… there’s been sitting at the lake, lots of reading and in the evening, I’ve been completely and utterly obsessed with the Danish series Forbrydelsen (The New York Times has a good article about it). In English, it’s called The Killing and if that sounds familiar, it’s because there is an American remake airing on…
Far Away in Westeros
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Oh, Grow Up!
A couple of weeks ago, when I was being nice to my shoulder and not working, I was idly flipping channels, marveling at the dreck that is daytime TV and came upon The Doctors, a collection of alarmingly good-looking alleged medical professionals giving advice to the masses. One of the doctors is a plastic surgeon,…
Pass the Gravol
Last week, when I made a few notes for a post about the new season of Survivor, the document was saved as “Same Old Thing, Yet Highly Entertaining.” For those of you who aren’t interested in reality TV, stick around, because it will evolve into something entirely different. This season does look like it’s going…
Rules of the Game
I can’t stand bitter juries. Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains has just crowned a winner – Sandra, again, literally wearing a bit of a crown (love her!) – and it was yet another example of people voting against someone rather than voting for the best player. And I wanted to reach through the TV screen and…
All or Nothing
The new season of Dancing with the Stars has started with what they call “the most talked-about celebrities ever!” and if you’re preparing to click right by this post because dear god, the woman is rabbiting on about reality shows again, please stick around, because DWS is incidental to this post. Much as I’m enjoying…