Dan Brown and general persiflage

Well, I finished Dan Brown's Deception Point in about 2 hours in total. This is because he is so bad - so VERY bad - that you can literally flip through the book reading only a few lines on each page, some pages missed out altogether.( Dan Brown rantage )

I'm watching "Rambo" - I've never seen it before. Amazing how a big film like that slips past one's radar.  It's a lot better than I thought it would be. It would be improved by some gay subtext, but then again, what wouldn't?

Lucius and Ivanhoe

I wish one of my myriad digital cameras were working. I would show you Lucius watching the television.  That's him in the icon.

He ADORES the telly.  He sits in front of it, bolt upright and watches avidly.  He even watches when sitting on my lap. 

He likes cartoons - probably the 2d thing - Futurama is one of his favourites, but he's quite fond of Spongebob.  His very favourite thing to watch is football (soccer) though, which is galling as I hate it, and (how sad am I) let him watch half an hour or so, because he enjoys it so much.  He gets up on his hind legs and follows the ball with his front paws.

Right now, he's in front of the screen watching the big final fight scene in Ivanhoe (the Elizabeth Taylor version).  He's rivetted.  He likes action scenes with lots going on, he particularly loved the Jousting, and was quite disappointed when Ivanhoe got wounded. 

He'll lose interest when the smooching starts.  He's not into soppy stuff.  But omg he does love a good swordfight!  He just punched George Saunders on the head.  *dies laughing*

Yes - the trial scene and he's buggered off into the garden.  He's so shallow.

Harry Potter and the Dreadful Title Meme,

( Fun fun fun! )