h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Just been watching the HIGNFY episode, it's a bit tortured really. A nice bit of fun with Reginald D Hunter (black comic from Georgia who moved to the UK) but pretty awkward otherwise.

Well, you could always hold off until someone says something about a program I've never seen and then I could ask you really nicely to hook me up? If it's as awkward as that, factoring in that a number of the comments might be more UK-centric than has made the news over here, I might not "get" it?

Will do. It's more than a bit UK-centric really, there's not a lot goes on that isn't. But I'll keep a look out for something better.

Well... I received a mysterious package at the office yesterday. Imagine my surprise when I got home and discovered a Dalek, a Dr Who holiday special, and other goodnesses.

Thanks very much! I guess I'll see now what I think of this new Dr Who. I always loved the old shows (esp. Tom Baker).

I hope you enjoy them, you'd be silly not to. Tom Baker is the quintessential Doctah though (and now the voice of Little Britain).

I figured the Dalek would fimd a place with your menagerie of monsters.

Jan's a week and a bit from retirement, and our temp just announced he's got a job teaching sailing in China. So I may well end up running things on my own soon.

I've got the Dalek up on the knick-knack shelf in the dining room cabinet, next to the Metaluna Mutant and opposite H.R. Pufnstuf and Marvin. Seemed an appropriate enough spot.

Sounds like you're well on your way to being in charge. Which, if you do well at it (and I'm sure you will) is certain to reflect well on you either when promotion/ raise times come around, or when you're looking to move upwards and onwards.

Those cute kittens were just too much!!

Just been watching Adam's Apples. What a wonderful film! Hilarious and moving, great performance from the guy who was Le Chiffre in Casino Royale. I loved it, but I'll never hear "How Deep Is Your Love" in the same way again!

Thank you

I had a feeling, when I watched it, that you'd enjoy it. I'm glad you did! You're very welcome.

Among the arty things my sister framed for me (ask me why- I can't tell you, since she won't actually *talk* to me ) was a little Picasso. And three Dali. And two Van Gogh. Also a Legér and something I don't know what it is yet. My place would look like an art student's flat if not for the extravagant framing/ mounting.

And it looks like right afterward, business slumped and she's been cut back to part time work.

So she's a part time picture framer with a hubby who occasionally does back-up trombone bits for jazz acts. And they've got her two kids, eight cats, two dogs, a house and two vehicles. Sometimes, I'm glad my life is so uncomplicated...

Amen to that.

Can you put up a photo of the one you can't identify? Perhaps we (meaning Ed...) can name that tune.

Just watching Blood Tea & Red String. Very freaky, used to see a lot of Eastern European stuff like that on TV back in the day. Can't imagine the patience involved in something like that!

Reminds me some of the Brothers Quay. You mightn't be crazy about the music, but try this -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMYOeOIZYE

I've got a couple of Brothers Quay titles in my Netflix queue. Thanks for that link.

The little one I couldn't identify is a Picasso, I seem to remember putting the title in another of my journals, but it's this one: http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso258.html

Oh, duh- the "something I don't know what it is yet" remains unidentified because she hasn't actually gotten it to me yet. My dad brought five with him; there are eight altogether. Which is why I may decide not to hang them all at this time- too many framed repros might make us look like wannabes.

Here's a Who question. I've added Series One, Two and Three to the queue. But I'm not such a humongous fan of Christopher Eccleston, and I've heard the ones with David Tennant are much better. What's your opinion? Do I rent them all, or start when Tennant takes over?

I'd leave it to series 2 and 3. David Tennant is by far the better bet - and to be honest, he's had the better battles with Daleks, Satan*, the Master and so on. Chris Eccleston is alright, but I'm very sold on Tennant now.

*The Satan Pit episode features the best CGI I've seen in any UK TV show.

OK, we'll skip Series One and start with Two. I thought I'd heard that we could give that one a miss, but I wanted to make sure. I have to say, from the one episode we've watched, I'm a fan of David Tennant in the role.

Check out his normal Scots accent, you have to marvel at his English accent. And why Catherine Tate is such a challenge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxB1gB6K-2A

Hopefully I'll get a chance to check that out this evening. He played Barty Crouch, Jr in one of the Harry Potter movies. In the Who episode, he seemed rather eccentric in a pleasantly bouncy way... which seems as appropriate for the Doctor as eccentric in a rather dry way. Plus he's not hard on the eyes, either.

He's one of the few I say would "turn" me. The other is Richard "Hamster" Hammond, who recovered from a near fatal accident in a racing car, which did plenty for his appeal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hammond

That one's not uncomfortable to look at, either.