"even though it seems really weird"

Aug. 22nd, 2011 at 12:17 AM

Today is the first day of the new semester! My seminar(s) are mere hours away... Where did summer go again, exactly?

In other news...

* At Goodreads.com, I've created a Listopia list for the best Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper Novels. It's a work in progress. Please take part and add books or vote if you're interested! Thanks so much. I'll have a new update soon to post here about my ongoing Sherlockian pastiche reading.

* I love Cabin Pressure. So much. This latest series was, yes, brilliant.

(And speaking of great series, the second series of Garrow's Law was fantastic, as expected.)

* This week also spells the return of Doctor Who.

Thanks to

porpoise_song for getting me in the mood...

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"But the thing is, we’ve taken away all the things that can possibly have happened, so I suppose the only thing that’s left, even though it seems really weird, must be the thing that did happen, in fact."
Martin Crieff, Cabin Pressure, "Paris"

Current Music:"Wonderwall," Oasis

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clara_posts

Aug. 22nd, 2011 04:35 pm (UTC)

I don't really watch Dr Who, but I saw Arthur Darville as Mephistophiles in Dr Faustus at The Globe and he was most cool. He shoots fireworks out of his fingers!

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eldritchhobbit

Aug. 22nd, 2011 04:37 pm (UTC)

Good heavens, I bet that was so much fun to see!

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clara_posts

Aug. 22nd, 2011 04:39 pm (UTC)

It was. I loved it. I'm not sure whether or not they've filmed that one.

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eldritchhobbit

Aug. 23rd, 2011 12:54 pm (UTC)

Fantastic.

Oh, I'll have to look! *fingers crossed*

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shagungu

Aug. 22nd, 2011 04:42 pm (UTC)

Yes, where did the summer go... My kids went back to school today, my university starts today, though fortunately I don't teach until tomorrow.

Hope your seminars go well -- they sound like a lot of fun.

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eldritchhobbit

Aug. 23rd, 2011 12:55 pm (UTC)

Thank you so much! So far, so good! :D

I hope your new semester and your childrens' get off to a great start.

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cookiefleck

Aug. 22nd, 2011 07:25 pm (UTC)

I had to google Cabin Pressure. Cute nameplay, Benedict playing Martin, ha ha. How do you hear it... do you have to purchase?

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eldritchhobbit

Aug. 23rd, 2011 12:58 pm (UTC)

Usually the BBC website has each episode (there are now three seasons plus a Christmas episode) up for listening for a week. After that, you can buy them through iTunes or Audible.com. (The third season just ended, so it will probably be a few weeks before it's available for purchase.)

It's really brilliant. And one of the most recent episodes (the one I quoted at the bottom of this post, the riff on the classic Holmesian quote from "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet") has an extended gag about Benedict Cumberbatch's Martin Crieff as a sleuth (with many Sherlock in-jokes). So much fun, and unexpectedly poignant, too.

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