Thursday, September 06, 2007

I'll have a hot dog. A low-fat hot-dog.


Welcome back to nonsequitur theater.

In honor of the passing of John Gardner--among other things, the author of more Bond books than that Fleming guy--Raphy decided to read "Brokenclaw." The results were not pretty. (See the comments.)

Speaking of spies, in the wake of watching two-thirds of "The Company", I finally decided that the fact that most of what I know about the CIA comes from spy novels was slightly problematic for someone who likes to think of himself as at least slightly well-informed. Therefore, a week or so ago, I started reading Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. I'll have more to say about this fascinating book when I finish it, but the story is basically one shitstorm after another. Truly terrifying reading.

Speaking of terrifying, I feel like I should be reading the new Robert Draper book about our boy king, but I am afraid that it might make my head spin off. However, if you're in the mood for that sort of thing, Slate has some depressing excerpts here.

The TV situation these days is pretty grim. I was deleting old shows off our DVR over the weekend and was dismayed when it sunk in that "Rome", "Deadwood," and "The Sopranos" are all no more. To make matters worse, the current season of "Entourage"--which, while entertaining, is not in the same league as the shows just mentiioned--ended on Sunday. When the best thing on TV is "Weeds," we're in serious trouble. We were in such dire straights last night that we watched most of "Cruel Intentions" (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, and Ryan Phillippe). My standards must be slipping, because I thought it was pretty good.

In related news, I've decided, against my better judgement, that Ryyann Philllipppe is actually a pretty good actor (see "Breach"--an excellent movie, btw--for one example). However, this does not seem like a very good idea.

In breaking news, chemcials in our food may not be good for us. Truly shocking stuff.

In other news, Canada becoming more war-like. Insert joke here.

That is all.

Posted by jwb at 10:06 AM   

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"Weeds," which the Wife has liked alot since it launched, has finally, finally---with the opening of Season Three---become compelling for me.

"Rome" is sorely missed. But the nice thing about knowing that Season Two was to be the final season was that it made every episode more savory and precious. In the good way.

That new show where Vorenus has travelled through time and is a cop intoday's world? I can't wait until that premieres.
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Blogger jwb said:

I agree. Kevin McKidd--"Vorenus"--was one of the best things about a great show.
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