Commence time off

[altivo]

Accomplished? Nothing big. I made dinner. We watched the first half of Going Postal which does seem to be a brilliant interpretation of Pratchett's book for the screen. It's a British production, so they don't feel a need to dumb down or alter the plot the way Hollywood would have done. Nor are they afraid to take the time necessary to tell the whole story. The whole film runs over three hours, which would be nearly unthinkable to any Hollywood producer or director.

I managed (I think) to get essential tasks properly distributed at work so things won't pile up too badly. Now to take care of the essential outside tasks I still have to do. Spinning guild newsletter must be done tomorrow. Model railroad modules must be done in the next couple of days too.

Oh, we did finish one other task: income tax forms completed, ready to mail tomorrow. As usual, I get a nice refund from the federal government, but have to pay a small amount to the state.

Amazon packages with airbrush parts arrived on schedule today. Another is due tomorrow with a rural windmill at N scale to go into one of the railroad modules.

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[hrrunka]

Going Postal and the other adaptations in that stable (which were made for TV rather than cinema) got plenty of direct input from Pratchett, which certainly helps the authenticity. At DWCon 2010 Terry told an amusing little anecdote about his cameo appearance, and the number of takes it took.