October | 2011 | puppet wrangling

Tuesday various

October 18, 2011October 16, 2011 by Fred

Studios to start charging for 3-D glasses? Even with the movies that I thought made genuinely good use of 3-D — Avatar, The Cave of Forgotten Dreams — I could have ultimately done without it.
McG wants to use your Facebook profile in his new show. The only good thing about this is that it seems like it’s opt-in…for now.
Though maybe it’s time to look again at Thud’s reasons for leaving Facebook. I send my Twitter feed there, though mostly because I have friends who claim to not like or be confused by Twitter. (This in itself confuses me, since it’s always seemed like the much less complicated and much more straightforward service.) But I mostly use Facebook as nothing more than a Scrabble delivery system, and every time their privacy policy changes (which is like every other week), I sidle a few steps closer to the door.
Frank Sinatra on crossword puzzles
And finally, Iâ€™ll takeâ€¦..Who is David Bowie for $500 Alex…

Breaking Monday

October 17, 2011 by Fred

Let’s see. What did I do today? I slept until about 11, and I finished watching this last season of Breaking Bad.

Yep, I stayed home from work today, feeling sick to my stomach and all around under-the-weather. I’m going to get a good night’s sleep and hopefully be on the mend tomorrow.

Song of the day

October 17, 2011October 17, 2011 by Fred

“The Letter” by Joe Cocker

Monday various

October 17, 2011October 16, 2011 by Fred

YA Comes of Age:

The young adult market these days is a bit like a nephew you havenâ€™t seen in years: transformed from a little darling into a hulking almost-grownup who is maybe even a little scary. Teen titles dominate publishersâ€™ fall lists, and those books overwhelmingly feature menacing creatures, forbidden romances, and apocalyptic versions of this and future Earth. â€œBloodâ€ is a common word in titles, as is â€œdark,â€ â€œdeath,â€ â€œdeadly,â€ and even â€œdarker still.â€

Wait, that is an actual title. Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber (Sourcebooks, Nov.) [via]
I find it very strange that they’re remaking Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
What Does the Silence Need With a Spacesuit? (And Other Narrative Failures of â€œThe Wedding of River Songâ€). While I genuinely enjoyed the episode — and the season of Doctor Who — I can’t shake the feeling that most of his larger complaints are entirely valid.
Jazzsoda remembers Don Lapre
And finally, Cthulhu Mythos, As Imagined By Kids [via]

Sunday

October 16, 2011 by Fred

Such a day I’ve had!

Well, no. Doing the Sunday crossword and going for a walk is about as exciting as today got. But — it was really nice weather for a walk, and I finished the crossword. So there is that.

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