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While co-workers go out to the local pizza joint for lunch, chosen to post on lj and eat salad/yogurt at desk. I'd walk about the park - but it's muggy out.
Paper this morning was discussing the big Russia/US spy swap. When I first read about the Russian spy ring caught in NY - my initial thought was: huh.
I thought the cold war was over and we were all buds. Then I remembered the Olympics in China and the whole standoff between Bush and the Russian Leader whose name I've forgotten (I want to say Putskin? And yes, I know this is pathetic but brain is dead from work week) - over some country Russia was invading - I think Chechnova? (Of course, all that changed after Obama became president, right now the US and Russia are sort of friendly and US is helping Russia become a member of the World Economic Counsel or whatever that thing is called. So, what's Russia most worried about according to the paper? The capture of the spy ring derailing their current relationship with the US. Not, the spies.) At any rate - this has resulted in a lot of people being released from Russian prisons and sent to the US or resettled in exchange for the captured Russian Spies being sent back to Russia. Apparently the two countries do this all the time - but until now, we didn't know about it? Honestly it reminds me of that old child hood game - Red Rover, Red Rover - so and so come over. You basically swap players back and forth - and add an element of tag to it.
Watched Crichton Kicks - episode one of S4 Farscape last night, which like the previous seasons works as a bridge episode between the last season and the current one. The first episodes of each season are actually amongst my favorite of the series. To show how much one's tastes can change over a five year period - I remember hating this episode in 2004. Being frustrated with it. Last night I was obsessively rewinding it, and was highly annoyed that there wasn't any commentary for it. I adored it to pieces. It's such a brilliant little character piece. Reminds me a little of what Red Dwarf tried to do (the British sci-fi comedy series (think the Three Stooges in Space but with a Jungian twist) not the Doctor Who episode) but in some respects far more subtle. And told in a rather funky style, almost non-linear.
( spoilers Crichton Kicks and the War of 1812 (the actual war not a tv episode) )
Back to work. But first chocolat!
Paper this morning was discussing the big Russia/US spy swap. When I first read about the Russian spy ring caught in NY - my initial thought was: huh.
I thought the cold war was over and we were all buds. Then I remembered the Olympics in China and the whole standoff between Bush and the Russian Leader whose name I've forgotten (I want to say Putskin? And yes, I know this is pathetic but brain is dead from work week) - over some country Russia was invading - I think Chechnova? (Of course, all that changed after Obama became president, right now the US and Russia are sort of friendly and US is helping Russia become a member of the World Economic Counsel or whatever that thing is called. So, what's Russia most worried about according to the paper? The capture of the spy ring derailing their current relationship with the US. Not, the spies.) At any rate - this has resulted in a lot of people being released from Russian prisons and sent to the US or resettled in exchange for the captured Russian Spies being sent back to Russia. Apparently the two countries do this all the time - but until now, we didn't know about it? Honestly it reminds me of that old child hood game - Red Rover, Red Rover - so and so come over. You basically swap players back and forth - and add an element of tag to it.
Watched Crichton Kicks - episode one of S4 Farscape last night, which like the previous seasons works as a bridge episode between the last season and the current one. The first episodes of each season are actually amongst my favorite of the series. To show how much one's tastes can change over a five year period - I remember hating this episode in 2004. Being frustrated with it. Last night I was obsessively rewinding it, and was highly annoyed that there wasn't any commentary for it. I adored it to pieces. It's such a brilliant little character piece. Reminds me a little of what Red Dwarf tried to do (the British sci-fi comedy series (think the Three Stooges in Space but with a Jungian twist) not the Doctor Who episode) but in some respects far more subtle. And told in a rather funky style, almost non-linear.
( spoilers Crichton Kicks and the War of 1812 (the actual war not a tv episode) )
Back to work. But first chocolat!