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Mansfield Park – PBS’s The Complete Jane Austen

A bit late with this, but I did manage to see Sunday’s installment of The Complete Jane Austen — Mansfield Park. The previous version of Mansfield Park that I’d seen was directed by Patricia Rozema and starred Hannah Taylor-Gordon (DVD cover pictured to the left). While that one was indeed a nice movie, it didn’t […]

Northanger Abbey — PBS’s The Complete Jane Austen

I have to admit I’m a real fan of Jane Austen’s books. I’ve read all but Lady Susan and Persuasion (though I’ve started it twice). Wouldn’t you know it, I also missed seeing Persuasion last Sunday. But, this Sunday, I managed to get myself settled down in front of the TV to view Northanger Abbey. […]

Night of the Cookers — Baltimore, MD

Tonight we went to a concert in Baltimore, MD. Pre-concert we decided to try out the newly opened Night of the Cookers at 885 N. Howard St., Baltimore, MD. The menu is very southern, in fact, New Orleans fare predominates as the chef is from the New Orleans area. The atmosphere is very nice — […]

Zombies: World War Z

Since I’m on a panel on “Return of the Living Dead” at PhilCon this coming weekend, I decided I’d better finish listening to the audio CDs of World War Z by Max Brooks. I’m really impressed. The actors playing the parts are really good — they have the accents and verbal mannerisms down so that […]