In which we recommend some telly
Published at 2:13 pm on March 31st, 2009
Filed under: Media Addict, The Family.
Regular readers might remember that, back in the mists of time – well, December – I mentioned that we’d been watching The Wire on DVD. And that it was very good. None of the bogus and ridiculous “science” you get on CSI;* not much patronising or heartstring-tugging, no deus ex machina and no wrapping the plotlines up inside an hour; just lots of what was – to someone who doesn’t know anything about the real thing, like me – lots of realistic investigative work.
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Keyword noise: BBC, crime, Dexter, drama, ITV, police procedural, television, The Parents, The Wire.
In which The Parents are keeping track of all the numbers
Published at 12:29 pm on April 13th, 2007
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
The Parents have always been fans of gadgetry. Moreover, whenever they get a new gadget, they become strangely devoted to it. I can still remember, when I was small, and The Parents bought a dehumidifier. My mother set it up in the middle of the kitchen with its back off, sat down in front of it on the uncomfortable kitchen stool, and watched it operate: watched the ice slowly and imperceptibly build up on its freezing tubes, before melting off again into the collection bucket.
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Keyword noise: energy, environment, gadgets, heating, solar power, renewable energy, technology, The Parents.
In which we discover some family history
Published at 1:17 pm on September 2nd, 2005
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.