Just popping in to drop off some things I've found:
The lovely Lee Pace in Foundation season 2: "The Fight" (although, he's doing things that are slightly less lovely than those done by Ned the Pieman in Pushing Daisies which is where he first came to my attention) found at Tor.com here.
(I don't watch Foundation - don't have Apple TV - and haven't read the books, but Lee Pace!!!)
The Bullet That Missed, by Richard Osman.
Well, I didn't find this - my sister, Indescribable, lent it to me (just as she did the first two). I'm enjoying it just as much as the others, and I'm rather looking forward to the fourth in the series - The Last Devil To Die - later this year.
Also, I think I have a crush on Bogdan...
(Don't mind my Ctenanthe amabilis - it was rather put out that I haven't featured it on the blog yet, so I let it loll around in the background for this shot)
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Let's have some music, shall we?
Röyksopp - 'The Next Day' ft. Jamie Irrepressible (Mind Against Remix)
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Oh! Remember to take some photos of fields & grass for Melanie's Nature Led July photo challenge.
Skylark field (off Madam's Lane) from this morning's Bitey walk
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I'll leave you with this exhilarating clip from Fantasia 2000: Humpback whales flying to Pines of Rome, by Ottorino Respighi.
(Now I want to watch Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home!)
[From which this post's title was taken)]
I looked up Mr Pace - he's not so hot now.
ReplyDeleteLove Röyksopp! And Respighi... Jx
I hope the hair and horrid beard are for a role? Still, his eyebrows and smile shine through!
DeleteI recently looked up Harvey (Nate Richert) from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, he used to give me the fanny gallops, I wish I hadn't, isn't aging a bastard? I probably still would though!
DeleteT'was I Mitzi.
DeleteAh, Mitzi! I might have guessed it was you from a certain turn of phrase. One which I'm sure you picked up from Carmen, as I highly doubt a lady such as yourself would know, never mind utter, such things in polite company.
Delete:: looks around comment box and rethinks "polite company" assumption ::
Carry on.
Adore Röyksopp - their work with Robin in particular. Is that book a murder mystery? I'm new to them, but just finished one by Ian McEwan... I actually wrote a crime thriller supernatural thing, and then I thought... well, I should read a few to see how it ought to be done. So I started with an Agatha Christie - not one of the well known ones, and just keep an eye out for more. That's a lovely prairie in that photo, dear. Thanks for sharing all this. Kizzes.
ReplyDeleteYes, The Bullet That Missed is a very charming and gentle murder mystery, the protagonists of which are four elderly people who live in a retirement community. It is very clever (well, I think so, but then I'm hopeless at 'Clue', so what do I know?) and thoughtful, and all the characters are delightful.
DeleteIs The Labyrinth of Blue Towers: The Disappearance of Jack Arneson over at your place your work? I must admit to not having read it yet (I missed the earlier posts, and haven't found time to go back and start from the beginning), but I will!
I'm not sure what I watched...but was that muscular guy not worried about getting his cock cut off??? Otherwise I stopped in because I have new Calvins on and to say hi! So there's that.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I winced once or twice watching that clip.
DeleteP.S. Re you in your Calvins: Yes, I know - I saw ;)
I like Bogdan, too! He seems like he might turn out to be decent? I am halfway through Thursday - which is certainly a very peculiar thing to write on a Monday, but you know what I mean!
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the photo - that was a difficult horizon to cope with!!
Sx
I won't say any more than yes, there's more to Bogdan than first meets the eye. Ahhh... Bogdan!
DeleteAnd I see what you mean about that horizon! I was going down the hill next to Madam's Lane when I took the photo.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first Osman book and want to continue the series yet I haven't managed to pick up the next in line. I don't know what's holding me back. Sometimes, when I like a book, I'm afraid the next in the series won't live up to the first but readers everywhere seem confident that's not the case with the Osman books.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you have anything to worry about with the second and third books, Very Mistress. The only difference is that the novelty of four pensioners solving a murder is no longer there. The characterisation, plots, warmth and humour are still there in abundance!
DeleteRead all the Foundation books and I'm surprised they made a series out of them. But I would take a peek at anything this nice, shiny young man took part in, I think. (I feel super bummed for his girlfriend. Coitus interruptus, dude.)
ReplyDeleteI've read the synopsis of the Foundation book series, and must admit to also being surprised that they were able to be adapted for TV.
DeleteLee Pace can do no wrong in my eyes - even pushing his robot lay into the path of a blade to save himself.
P.S. His yummy Instagram account!
Oh, I had such a crush on Lee Pace after Pushing Daisies and that was before i found out he's gay.
ReplyDeleteMy gaydar didn't so much as twitch while watching Pushing Daisies (he's clearly a very talented actor), so I was very surprised when I found out, too. And pleased. You know, just in case we should ever meet...
DeleteWhat a beautiful field! Don't forget to send it to me by email! I can't be responsible for remembering to come back to this post to steal it. :)
ReplyDeleteI really should pull out something fun to read. It's not since last winter when I read "Drunk on all your strange new words" By Eddie Robson. It was fun and fast.