(***** / *****) As perfect a combo of THE WEST WING (if it were set in 1880) - Bradley Whitford's Lyman-as-Blaine more than helped here - and Scorsese's KING OF COMEDY (his most underrated film) as one could ask for. Shannon and MacFayden unsurprisingly superb, though Nick Offerman's portrayal of Chester Arthur should be mentioned in the same breathless breath. Also nice to see a more positive presidential ending for Offerman than the last time he occupied the Oval.
I'd had myself convinced that, after 25 years of running one website or another, I was content to let this one slide into the realm of quasi-active portfolio, content to let The Informalities speak for themselves but, after finding rss.social, I'm (once again) inspired to turn this back into a regular blog, to share half-baked or raw-dough morsels of thought that might become something larger or that might exist solely in the uncooked form. Preparations have been made for the great snow-pocalypse of 26, wine has been purchased, dusters for The Collection's long-overdue dusting which I swore I wouldn't do until I had glass cases because I was only doing it once but oh well. Oops.
Fascinated by: Neko: History of a Software Pet | Eliot Akira
Reading: THE STONE SKY, by N.K. Jemison
Watching: DEATH BY LIGHTNING (or, 1880’s WEST WING meets KING OF COMEDY: a brilliant combo)