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Birthday Greetings To Xolo
Jan. 22nd, 2016 10:54 amHappy birthday to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xolo. May you have a great day.
xolo. May you have a great day.Jan. 22nd, 2016
I was going to walk into Sittingbourne today but as the weather has been , to put it mildly,pissing down all day with rain, i have abandoned that prospect.
I finished off my two reports from yesterday this morning. Then caught up with comments and commented here on LJ.
I noticed that whilst watching the fifth season of the main protagonist who would become the Man Of Steel, James Marsters (aka Spike in Buffy), played a role in Smallville as Dr. Milton Fine, the supervillian known as Brainiac. He was in eight episodes throughout the show's fifth season. He reprised his role as Brainiac in a four-episode arc in the seventh season, and did a cameo voice-over in season eight. He returned for one episode in the show's final season.
He was also in the BBC Dr.Who spin-off Torchwood first appearing in the episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" as the nefarious omnisexual time traveller Captain John Hart. He reprised the role in the last two episodes of the second season.
I finished off my two reports from yesterday this morning. Then caught up with comments and commented here on LJ.
I noticed that whilst watching the fifth season of the main protagonist who would become the Man Of Steel, James Marsters (aka Spike in Buffy), played a role in Smallville as Dr. Milton Fine, the supervillian known as Brainiac. He was in eight episodes throughout the show's fifth season. He reprised his role as Brainiac in a four-episode arc in the seventh season, and did a cameo voice-over in season eight. He returned for one episode in the show's final season.
He was also in the BBC Dr.Who spin-off Torchwood first appearing in the episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" as the nefarious omnisexual time traveller Captain John Hart. He reprised the role in the last two episodes of the second season.
Charles Dickens "A Tale Of Two Cities" (Wordsworth Classics)
Opening with the poetic statement;
"It was the best of times,
It was the worst of times,
It was the age of wisdom,
It was the age of foolishness,
It was the epoch of belief,
It was the epoch of incredulity,
It was the season of light,
It was the season of darkness,
It was the spring of hope,
It was the winter of despair,
We had everything before us,
We had nothing before us,
We were all going direct to heaven,
We were all going direct the other way,"
and ending with the unforgettable;
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"
I read this novel over twenty years ago, and last year bought this cheap paperback from one of my mystery shop visits. I started reading this again in November of last year, but had some spare time today to finish the last fifty pages. It is one of his shortest novels anyway.
This is the story of the French revolution told from the perspective of 2 families caught up in it - the Manette's and the Evermonde's - as well as a story of these two families it is a story of two cities - the safe, staid and secure London and the unruly, passionate and violent Paris.
Dickens guides us to have sympathy with the revolutionaries while at the same time showing that switching one evil, repressive regime for another is no revolution at all.
At its heart this is a story about love and redemption and about how kindness and friendship are worth more than anything money can buy, it is a novel about conquering personal demons and putting the past behind you so that the future can be a better place.
It wouldn’t be Dickens without a huge cast of supporting characters, several twists in the plot, secret identities, unexpected connections, and long discourses wherein the characters expound on various issues, while the reader is anxious for the action to continue.
But don’t let that dissuade you. It’s a marvelous story and the last hundred pages just flew by for me. I love how certain characters redeem themselves and rise to the occasion, showing great reserves of moral strength and fortitude. I also love how Dickens surprises us with a villain or two we didn’t expect; or a supposed villain who did the right thing. It is no wonder his works have endured for over 150 years.
Opening with the poetic statement;
"It was the best of times,
It was the worst of times,
It was the age of wisdom,
It was the age of foolishness,
It was the epoch of belief,
It was the epoch of incredulity,
It was the season of light,
It was the season of darkness,
It was the spring of hope,
It was the winter of despair,
We had everything before us,
We had nothing before us,
We were all going direct to heaven,
We were all going direct the other way,"
and ending with the unforgettable;
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"
I read this novel over twenty years ago, and last year bought this cheap paperback from one of my mystery shop visits. I started reading this again in November of last year, but had some spare time today to finish the last fifty pages. It is one of his shortest novels anyway.
This is the story of the French revolution told from the perspective of 2 families caught up in it - the Manette's and the Evermonde's - as well as a story of these two families it is a story of two cities - the safe, staid and secure London and the unruly, passionate and violent Paris.
Dickens guides us to have sympathy with the revolutionaries while at the same time showing that switching one evil, repressive regime for another is no revolution at all.
At its heart this is a story about love and redemption and about how kindness and friendship are worth more than anything money can buy, it is a novel about conquering personal demons and putting the past behind you so that the future can be a better place.
It wouldn’t be Dickens without a huge cast of supporting characters, several twists in the plot, secret identities, unexpected connections, and long discourses wherein the characters expound on various issues, while the reader is anxious for the action to continue.
But don’t let that dissuade you. It’s a marvelous story and the last hundred pages just flew by for me. I love how certain characters redeem themselves and rise to the occasion, showing great reserves of moral strength and fortitude. I also love how Dickens surprises us with a villain or two we didn’t expect; or a supposed villain who did the right thing. It is no wonder his works have endured for over 150 years.
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