I just sent in my picture and blog address to be included in I Am Bossy's Reader Collage and Blogroll and after perusing some of the blogs that appear there, I am now sorry that I did.
These all seem to be young, hip, liberal writers and/or artists of one kind or another, or highly intelligent, unemployed writers and artists; some are cooks andartists. I think you get the picture.
I am a humble crafts person way past the age of hip, who quilts and sews occassionally and writes (poorly) about it.
Bossy may pass me by and actually, that might be a good thing.
Bossy is an extremely funny pop culture blog which sometimes causes me to howl with laughter. This can be bad if I'm reading at work or at the local sweet shop at the Square. But still, I read.
I'm not sure anyone is reading what I put down here (I don't call it 'writing', notice); but still, I do write.
Anyway, Bossy, if you read this and start to gag, and decide not to litter your blogger blogroll/collage with my drivel, I understand. It was just a thought.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Hamish MacBeth
I have been watching the
Hamish MacBeth tv series, based on the books by M.C. Beaton. I confess to not having read the series or any of the books so I was in the dark. Was this comedy or drama I wondered. It was hard to tell.
Episode One begins with a man standing in a strem catching a salmon with his bare hands,then running from a man with a rifle and a dog. Hamish MacBeth dons his constable cap and steps out of a police van while the poacher jumps in the back. MacBeth covers for the fisherman who hunkers down among various paraphanalia and MacBeth's yappy Westie. The same episode (I think) involves wife beating and murder. I guess you can have both in one TV show but it was hard to believe that the constabl's heart was really in police work after the salmon incident.
Personally I think the problem may be the actor, Robert Carlyle, who plays MacBeth. He's neither funny, tough, brooding, or sexy. He's a smallish, wiry kind of guy with a perpetual scowl, and difficult to understand. It looks as if most of the female characters could take him down with a soft lob to the chin, must less one of those hulking Scottish criminal types. Not only that, he hasn't a single hair on his chest.
I did wonder where had I seen him before. Lo and behold, not long ago I watched him in 24: Redemption, the prequel to the 6th? 7th? season of "24". In that, I thought he did a good job. Before that (after consulting with IMDB.com), I realized he was in another pretty good series, The Last Enemy, which gave a chilling look at a near-future of complete government surveillance into every aspect of our lives. He did an excellent job of portraying an enigmatic character who kept you guessing as to his motives and intentions. The series itself was a futuristic view of what can happen when government surveillance becomes more and more pervasive and invasive. In an interview, the producer said that it was necessary to continuously rewrite the script as they realized much of the techonology they portrayed was not futuristic but was actually being used now. {{shudder}}
The Hamish MacBeth series never clicked with me, although I watched three episodes. I'm not a cozy mystery reader so maybe that's why. I like my mysteries with plenty of police procedurals and little humor. Realistic, I suppose you'd say, ala Prime Suspect or Wire in the Blood
Hamish MacBeth tv series, based on the books by M.C. Beaton. I confess to not having read the series or any of the books so I was in the dark. Was this comedy or drama I wondered. It was hard to tell.
Episode One begins with a man standing in a strem catching a salmon with his bare hands,then running from a man with a rifle and a dog. Hamish MacBeth dons his constable cap and steps out of a police van while the poacher jumps in the back. MacBeth covers for the fisherman who hunkers down among various paraphanalia and MacBeth's yappy Westie. The same episode (I think) involves wife beating and murder. I guess you can have both in one TV show but it was hard to believe that the constabl's heart was really in police work after the salmon incident.
Personally I think the problem may be the actor, Robert Carlyle, who plays MacBeth. He's neither funny, tough, brooding, or sexy. He's a smallish, wiry kind of guy with a perpetual scowl, and difficult to understand. It looks as if most of the female characters could take him down with a soft lob to the chin, must less one of those hulking Scottish criminal types. Not only that, he hasn't a single hair on his chest.
I did wonder where had I seen him before. Lo and behold, not long ago I watched him in 24: Redemption, the prequel to the 6th? 7th? season of "24". In that, I thought he did a good job. Before that (after consulting with IMDB.com), I realized he was in another pretty good series, The Last Enemy, which gave a chilling look at a near-future of complete government surveillance into every aspect of our lives. He did an excellent job of portraying an enigmatic character who kept you guessing as to his motives and intentions. The series itself was a futuristic view of what can happen when government surveillance becomes more and more pervasive and invasive. In an interview, the producer said that it was necessary to continuously rewrite the script as they realized much of the techonology they portrayed was not futuristic but was actually being used now. {{shudder}}
The Hamish MacBeth series never clicked with me, although I watched three episodes. I'm not a cozy mystery reader so maybe that's why. I like my mysteries with plenty of police procedurals and little humor. Realistic, I suppose you'd say, ala Prime Suspect or Wire in the Blood
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Kollel Institute
DD and I finally did something we (at least I have) been meaning to do and wanting to do for years - we signed up for the Kollel Institute's three year study program on Judaism. It is a continuous cycle that covers mysticism, Torah, Jewish history, and Jewish life cycles. There are two hour long classes each Wednesday, you can jump in any time, they just keep doing the classes on a continual basis.
The two rabbis who teach have a deep understanding of the subjects and are excellent teachers. This quarter we are studying Jewish spirituality (next week - hte Jewish view of the afterlife!), and the book of Numbers.
My next goal: learn Hebrew. I took classes about ten years ago but need to brush up!
Al sh'losha d'varim ha-olam o-meid. Al ha-torah, v'al ha-avodah, v'al g'milut chasadim.
"The world is sustained by three things: Torah, worship, and acts of loving kindness."
And some say that the study of Torah leads to them all.
The two rabbis who teach have a deep understanding of the subjects and are excellent teachers. This quarter we are studying Jewish spirituality (next week - hte Jewish view of the afterlife!), and the book of Numbers.
My next goal: learn Hebrew. I took classes about ten years ago but need to brush up!
Al sh'losha d'varim ha-olam o-meid. Al ha-torah, v'al ha-avodah, v'al g'milut chasadim.
"The world is sustained by three things: Torah, worship, and acts of loving kindness."
And some say that the study of Torah leads to them all.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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