Colder than

[altivo]

...a well-digger's ankle? Well, actually, that's what my father used to say, but he was usually pretty decorous. My maternal grandmother would have said "It's colder than a witch's teat out there." And so it is.

Went to guild meeting in the morning, lunch and grocery shopping in the afternoon. In keeping with our usual little anomaly in gasoline prices, I found that in Marengo, gas was $2.78 and $2.77, while in all the surrounding towns it is $2.87 and up. This defies any economic logic or reason.

Replacement for the wrong disc from Netflix arrived in today's mail, as promised. Watched it tonight, it was the right one this time and no defects. So now I have finally see Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. To tell the truth, I'm not much impressed, though I did find that the third episode, with Charles Dickens and the apparent haunting by "undead" in the funeral parlor, was particularly well-written.

Also filled half a bobbin with finely spun merino wool while watching, so it was at least somewhat productive.

It's late and so to bed.

Comments

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I'm not a whole lot of a media fan, so I had never seen Eccleston at all until now. We did like the old Who series, and have seen almost all the existing episodes more than once. Consequently, anything new is viewed in contrast to the originals. Eccleston's Dr is much too "punk" for my tastes.

[flamekist.livejournal.com]

Being the gentle pony that you are, you certainly wouldn't like Shallow Grave! You might like The Others, but Eccleston only has a minor part in it. It was actually the first Nicole Kidman movie I enjoyed. I followed Heroes until I missed a couple of episodes, then I had trouble getting back into it.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm mostly too gentle for today's television and films. That's why I generally avoid them in favor of old classics, or else just don't watch anything.