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We picked up a copy of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels the other night for £3. None of us had ever seen it, but everyone says we should see it. Tonight after dinner, we finally sat down to watch it.

What a fun film. Well, as fun as it can really get with a body count that high. But hey, Sting is in it! ;-)

Seriously, if you haven't seen it, you should. I can't believe we waited this long. As London films go, this one and Football Factory are pretty much the cream of the crop. Unless you count Shaun of the Dead. Or, you know, Love, Actually. (And I kinda do.)

There are lots of good films based in London, aren't there?

What's your favourite London film?

Current Mood: tired (but happy)
Current Music: Ned On The Hill - Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts

Head on over to

thedarkisrising and take a look at this.

I knew from the start that the film version of one of my favourite books of all time, Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising, would never measure up to the book itself, and knew that there had been liberties taken with the script that I'd never be happy with.

But this article about the film is downright insulting.

Current Mood: angry

Welcome, Yule-- Harper's Traditional Winter Solstice Post

The Shortest Day

And so the Shortest Day came and the year died
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive.
And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, revelling.
Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing behind us - listen!
All the long echoes, sing the same delight,
This Shortest Day,
As promise wakens in the sleeping land:
They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
And hope for peace.
And now so do we, here, now,
This year and every year.
Welcome Yule!

Susan Cooper

Welcome, Yule.

I give you Zed's Dead: A Transatlantic Writing Essay.

It's a gentle nudge in the other direction from the complaints English writers make about Americans not getting it right when they write about English people or set things in England:

Every now and then a British writer attempts to write in an American voice, and, well, ow. Dearies, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but some of you need a little teensy bit of help.

Trust me: From my comfortable-in-both-worlds point of view, it's extremely funny

Edit: Alas, the author of this post has friendslocked it. The public entry in her journal reads that she has been advised to edit it for publication and so has taken it off public status.

Courtesy of

khall, this video, from YouTube.

NOT work safe. Hilariously funny. In French, with subtitles.

Current Mood: amused

I Remember Townsend...

I wasn't planning on writing anything about the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, and I certainly wasn't planning on writing anything about the various memorials, films, documentaries, docudramas, or whatever you want to call the continual conversation about those events and the steps they influenced the United States to take.

If you only read one article about those events, read the LJ post I linked to above.

bradhicks had a nice discussion of the day and the memorials and how that felt from his point of view as well, but I like this one. Even if you disagree with me politically, read it. Even if you think War Is Good, read it. It'll only take a few minutes. Then, go on out and do whatever you want to commemorate the day, even if what you want to do is pay no attention whatsoever. That's what I was doing, before I saw

filkertom's and

rmjwell's posts linking to it.

Me, I've got dinner to serve for five people tonight, the laughter of my family to listen to, kids to teach to sing, songs to write, and a novel to finish. It's a full enough day. I think we all do more good by living well.

Many of you have commented on my default userpic, which was taken at the Rollright Stones in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, in May.

At the time we were at the site, we didn't notice there had been vandalism damage to the site hut: we just figured it was not always open. But apparently, there was a fire in January, and the Rollright Trust, the group that takes care of the stones, can't afford to build a new hut. This morning, I read about The Rollright Project, and I thought I'd pass along the information to anybody who might have some interest in buying a CD or, if you're close enough, attending a benefit gig.

Of all the stone circles I've visited in England and Ireland and the US (yes, I've visited a stone circle in the US), the Rollright Stones are my favourite site. They are small, comfortable, homey and unspoiled, and I'm quite surprised that anybody would vandalise the caretaker's hut there. If you can, I urge you to contribute to the rebuilding of the hut. The Rollright Stones are the only stone circle in England not supported by National Trust or English Heritage.

Current Mood: concerned

Why should I suffer alone?

I invite you all to download and, um, enjoy the Doris Day version of Barbara Allen.

No, really. Don't worry: the horn section swings!

Current Music: Barbara Allen - Doris Day

A friend posted a link to this article this morning, and I really liked it. Because it's at Salon, you have to click through an advertisement to get to the article, but I thought it was worth it.

Current Mood: calm

Funny for today:

From Making Light, I do not think that means what you think it means.

Well, I was amused....

Here's yet another gem from scarletdemon

Feng Shui of the Penis.

Current Mood: amused

DEAR FRIEND....

Current Mood: amused

Not Exactly [Last] Week In Folk Music: Duncan McFarlane!

We didn't go to Folkmob last week; we were just knackered.

But Tuesday night at Sharps was something not to be missed-- the guest was Duncan McFarlane, and he is completely worth your time if you have the opportunity to go and see him.

stevieannie, I think you would particularly enjoy his driving mix of traditional and original-nodding-to-traditional material, not to mention his obvious homage-to-Nic-Jones guitar style. He was fun, he was energetic, he was right there and not at a distance, and he was really enjoying himself. He was chatty and personable at the break, got everybody to sing along, and didn't take himself too seriously.

My itty bitty floor spot went OK; I sang "Shirt of Lace" with the lap harp and it wasn't awful but it wasn't perfect either.

( Good and bad parts about this experience. )

Current Mood: busy

What's our genre coming to, anyway?

scott_lynch has some opinions. Check them out here.

Now, obviously, I posted this because I think SL has some good points. Feel free to tell me what you think, but if you want to debate the author, his journal is only a click away!

Current Mood: cheerful

From

autographedcat:

Nerd Hell.

We're all goin' there, youknow......

Current Mood: amused

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Entries tagged with link

Well, that certainly made the weekend.

And if you want to know what's really pissing me off this morning...

Welcome, Yule! Harper's Traditional Winter Solistice Post

From akirlu, through filkerdave....

OK, I should be on my way to work already, but this is too funny...

A link to liz_marcs

The Rollright Project

In honour of a really hot, generally miserable day:

Nice article about loving larger women

Funny for today:

Here's yet another gem from scarletdemon

This morning's funniness from scott_lynch

NETWIFM: Duncan McFarlane!

What's our genre coming to, anyway?

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