41 thoughts on “February 3, 2015: Luther”

    1. It peaked early, but it's still good. The back half of series two is pretty good.

      I'm through the first two-episode arc in series three. It was okay. Better than okay, actually, but it didn't have the raw power of the first series.

    2. We watched episode 1 last night.
      EAR liked it more than the pilot of "Firefly", but she's concerned about how graphic it was, and whether she'll be able to keep up with it.
      I'll stick with it.

        1. EAR was tired that night and fell asleep for long parts. I think she was only awake for the opening and parts with the consort.
          The pace seemed a bit slow, like Star Trek: TNG when I watched that as a kid. Does it pick up a bit?

            1. This one, aborted season is soooo much better than the early TNG almost everything that has ever been on TV.

              FTFY

    3. I just consumed all of Season 1 and what's been posted for Season 2 of '3 Musketeers'. Predictable meets addictive. And on Xfinity I can fast4ward thru the commercials.

      What I like:
      Well cast - musketeers are earthy, human, good unis. Richelieu (Doctor Who! - I have a joak going with NBBW that there are only 10 BBC actors/actresses) was a good bad guy. What's not to like about evil Milady. Liberal application of regal fiat.

      What I didn't like:

      'Spoiler' SelectShow

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      1. I have a joak going with NBBW that there are only 10 BBC actors/actresses
        Dame Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Sean Bean, Judi Dench, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Colm Meaney, Ian Gryffyn, Brian Cox, Ian McKellen.

        1. And the French only have 5 (Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Juliette Binoche).

          1. Ian Gryffyn was meant to be Ioan Gruffudd. I must have reverted back to the Olde Spelling. He is great as Hornblower, and also in Forever.

            OK - I'll swap out Colm Meaney for Derek Jacobi (Brother Cadfael).

          2. The professor who taught my Shakespeare class in college was OBSESSED with Derek Jacobi. I recall watching scenes from many different productions, all of which seemed to have Jacobi in a leading role.

  4. One of the best birds I found when I was a kid participating in a Christmas Bird Count in New Ulm was a Northern Shrike. I had gone out by myself and had never seen one before but there was nothing else it could have been when I saw it. When turning in my numbers, the person with a tally was dubious about my claim, as they're rare (Global numbers are probably high, as their distribution is the entire arctic, but I believe they're dense nowhere), and I was green. My dad, who was with me for some counting, more or less said "Trust the kid, he knows what he's talking about." It's a bit of family lore my dad still brings up when we talk about finding birds. (I wish I could be as trusting at HPR's claims, but he's claimed some whoppers that he wasn't justifiably excited about.)

    Anyways, I was out in the Coon Rapids Dam Park on Martin Luther King Day, and I found another Northern Shrike (the second I've ever seen in my ten or so years walking through the park, but only the last 3 years have had any intensity). I've been checking the same area since and haven't seen it again. But I decided to name the bird anyway. "Luther" is the name for the day seen, it's habits of bothering cardinals* and attaching things to nail-like thorns, and because it's a surname as one can't sex this sexually monomorphic species in the field. I had forgotten about this TV series. Does Luther the detective kill anyone?

    *among other birds, and bothering here can include eating.

      1. Drive around back roads and watch power lines in November-February.
        I've seen a few on the drive from I-94 to Swanville for Deer Hunting.
        From my scattered observations, they're not open prairie birds, they like a few features: a small creek and some trees.

  5. They're starting to promote sales of MLB.TV now. Just saw this today:

    MLB.com will debut a new high definition MLB.TV Media Player, completely reengineered for the 2015 season (beta version will be available in or around March).

    That was in their "Learn More" section on this, so that's all they say about it now.

    1. I will stick with my mlb audio subscription. It's a lot cheaper and no worries about blackouts.

      1. I had to look it up.
        I'd seen the actress before in... something.
        IMDB tells me... Jane Eyre (title character).
        (Life before Netflix wasn't all Austen adaptations. There were those occasional Bronte adaptations.)

        1. Wait, no. It was Small Island, she was Queenie, the wife of Benedict Cumberbatch's character.
          I hadn't seen this since I learned who Cumberbatch was, but upon reflection, I guessed it could have been.

        2. I had to look it up too. I watched Season 1, Episode 1 maybe two years ago and, while I remember enjoying it, for some reason I have not gone back to pick it up.

  7. Taking my first stab at polenta tonight. I've been really excited about it all day because it's one of my favorite foods. Gonna add some smoked cheddar to it and eat it with some slow cooker red wine braised country ribs.

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