Book talk

This is the first of two meta pieces of the afternoon. This is on books. The next is on TV and will be up later tonight.

I'm listening to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as an audiobook, which is helpful because when I'm re-reading I usually skip a lot because I know how it goes. Anyway, my point is that I had forgotten what an awesome story this is. JKR does a great job in world-building, not only for a book, but for a children's book. It reminds me why I fell in love with this world.

And let's talk about another set of books.

I'm not sure if any of you out there read the "Cat Who..." series of mysteries (by Lillian Jackson Braun), but there's like 20+ books in the series. ( Backstory and an escape from the rut: yr doin it rite )

Also, a line I wrote today:

A security guard, the proper kind with a gun keeping a steely eye on the doorway...

Oh punctuation, how we miss you when you're gone.

Some meta about hot chicks and handcuffs

Let's talk about the dark-haired girls used to introduce the shadowy world of crime-fighting.

Dark-haired woman, hot, trained in crime-fighting, not sure at first about the world into which she was tossed, and equally befuddled about her mysterious demanding boss and snarky chauvinistic male co-worker. And yet she soon becomes an integral part of the team, as well as the heart of the team (when the boss isn't being an aloof heartless ass for reasons that we, the viewer, initially know naught).

I am, of course, talking about NCIS (Kate) and Torchwood (Gwen), at the same time.

And I think NCIS did it better. ( Here's why. )

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In other news

The Tin Man DVD came out recently and you should buy it. ( cut for casting spoilers in case anyone in the world hasn't seen Tin Man yet )