I’m currently reading THE DOGS OF RIGA by everyone’s favorite depressive Swedish mystery writer, Henning Mankell. Here’s a recent article about him in the Post.
Once of my favorite British pub-rock bands of the mid-70’s was Dr. Feelgood. As described in No Sleep Til Canvey Island, they showed up at the pub looking like chartered accountants and drove everyone absolutely insane. Though lead singer Lee Brilleaux sadly passed way several years ago, songwriter and chunka-chunka guitar player Wilco [...]
The interesting thing about “24″ is that if you were so inclined you could probably write a paper comparing the restrictions of the show (one hour of real time action per episode, 24 episodes per season), the restrictions of writing for television (x percent of excitement per episode, the writers working in 3-4 show arcs), [...]
Well after getting to UM Mott Children’s Hospital for Cooper’s pre-work this morning, the surgeon’s office contacted us to say there had been an emergency for another patient, and Cooper’s surgery has been rescheduled for Monday AM on April 4. Basically the cardiology, surgery and anesthesiology Departments had decided it was just [...]
Anxious to See How It Ends? So Are the Writers.
I’ve been a little busy preparing for our son’s upcoming surgery, but I’m never to busy to update the kill count on 24. Here’s the update:
(4) Innocent people - the pilot, and his wife and children - Dude, that is cold!
(1) Terrorist/University History Professor, who commits suicide on the bridge with a car bomb, [...]
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