I’m not much of a fan of musicals, but one scene I often recall is Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen in Les Misérables (2012).
Complex. Funny.
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Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
Deaver books have more twists and turns than any other author.
And he outdoes himself in The Cold Moon, 7th in the Lincoln Rhyme series.
It also introduces CBI agent Kathryn Dance, who would later get her own series of books. She’s one of the nation’s leading experts in interrogation and kinesics—body language.
The brilliant bad guy in this book calls himself the Watchmaker.
This killer’s obsession with time drives him to plan the murders with the precision of fine timepieces, and the victims die prolonged deaths while an eerie clock ticks away their last minutes on earth.
Lincoln Rhyme, Amelia Sachs, and the rest of the crew are tapped to handle the case and stop the Watchmaker and his partner, Vincent Reynolds, a repulsive character with a special interest in the female victims of the killer. …
The Unusual Suspects – season 1
Not great. But there are some things to like in this Aussie heist comedy.
The music is good.
A 4-episode miniseries that seems not be renewed.
It’s in both English and Tagalog as the characters are Filipina and Aussie.
The target is a multi-million-dollar necklace. The thieves hilariously incompetent.
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The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver
The Kill Room (2013) is 10th in the Lincoln Rhyme series by Jeffery Deaver.
Robert Moreno, an American citizen living in South America, is killed in the Bahamas by a … sniper (?).
It seems an impossible shot.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are drafted to investigate.
In fact, Lincoln flies to the Bahamas and tries to work with local authorities.
As always, the research and technology is excellent. Many twists and turns.
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Party Down – season 1
Party Down season 1 is an American sitcom with Paul Rudd, Adam Scott, and Jane Lynch.
FUNNY adult humour.
… follows a group of caterers in Los Angeles as they hope to make it in Hollywood. …
Starz canceled Party Down on June 30, 2010. While the show was warmly received by critics, its Nielsen ratings were very low. …
Surprisingly, November 2021, a six-episode revival of the series was ordered by the network. The third season premiered on February 24, 2023.
My favourite character is Lizzy Caplan as Casey Klein.
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117 / 82
Sure my machine is probably faulty.
But this was the closest I’ve ever been to 120 / 80 blood pressure since I started on medication years ago.
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter.
Anthony, the narrator (a barely fictionalized version of the author), is a modern day Watson to a modern day Holmes called ex-Detective Inspector Hawthorne.
Hawthorne, who is in need of money, proposes that Anthony write a true crime novel about him. A bad idea. Horowitz somehow agrees to a 3 book contract.
The first in the series was The Word Is Murder. Quite good.
This is the second. And I’d say it’s even better.
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For Want of a Nail
I’m typically the guy who says: “Why carry a nail? It’s too heavy! … We probably won’t need it on this trip.” 😀
#FamousLastWords
The proverb is found in a number of forms, beginning as early as the 13th century.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Related sayings are “A stitch, in time, saves nine” and “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”.
HEY Siri – Where’s my Wallet?
After 2 years, I finally replaced the batteries on my AirTags. No problem. It’s easy.
I originally bought the 4 pack and currently have them attached to:
- Passport Case
- Bike
- Wallet
- … other Bike 😶
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The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver
An excellent empty room mystery.
It begins at a prestigious music school in New York City. A killer flees the scene of a homicide and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes, the police have him surrounded. When a scream rings out, followed by a gunshot, they break down the door. The room is empty.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to help with the high-profile investigation. …
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Rick McCharles 