And on the downside…

Mean­while, Hamas has won the Palestinian Author­ity Elec­tion and this means dinner con­ver­sa­tion with my par­ents just got waaaay more com­plic­ated again. Actu­ally, dinner con­ver­sa­tion in my own head just got more com­plic­ated. I am NOT pro-terror....

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Fin­ished this book today… I’d toyed with buying it last year after it was in zara­bee’s list of highly recom­men­ded books and won things… but then when I rang her, she said if I didn’t like that period or Vic­tori­ana, I prob­ably would­n’t...

Oh. My. God.

Someone’s doing a rock musical of the pas­sion of Christ, for real, at Easter. No, really. Jesus will sing “Love Will Tear Us Apart” before doing a duet of “Blue Monday” with Judas. Mary Mag­delene will sing “Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Should­n’t...