I think, having seen only three episodes, I'm hooked on Da Vinci's Inquest. It's all so quietly played, with so many familiar faces. Well-written, too.

Today I saw Apophis figure out that a dead guy in an elevator inherited a peanut allergy from a liver transplant. Very odd.

I've heard good things about Da Vinci's Inquest. Does it show here?

Yup. My Tivo's catching it on Saturday afternoons. I forget what channel, but it's not an unusual one. I do recommend it; half the fun is going, Hey It's That Guy! a lot.

Also, it's a procedural with tons of women in it: cops, pathologists, lawyers, judges. Women and people who are not white, actually, although several of the core cast are white males. It feels more realistic, even if most of them (particularly the women) are rather too good looking. I dunno; I just like it.

It's got M-F showings at noon on WGN here. Not that I just checked or anything.

I caught an episode one late night. Jewel Staite as Da Vinci's horny teenage daughter was amusing.

In other news you people got me googling old college friends. So far I've learned that my senior year boyfriend is a middle school principal, one friend is chair of the theatre dept at a college in NC and his wife (also a friend) teaches at Wake Forest, and another is a well know X-Files fic writer. Oh my.

Alright! Season pass acquired!

I was listening to a podcast about Damon Lindelhof accepting a comic writing gig (all the cool kids are doing it, it seems), and in talking about Lost he mentioned that they have a rotating cast of directors who come into town for a couple weeks, and don't know so much about the show as the people who're they're all the time.

Why is that? Why is so much of the production attached to the show, but directors aren't? Is it because the things we'd look for in a film direction are imposed over them, and their job is more transparent? Honestly, only in the Whedonverse did I notice who directed what, but we were kinda tied into the nuances there.

Seems odd, what with all the effect a director can have, and for good.

Christmas cake came today. I do at least have that ritual, even if I have nothing else.

I don't know, ita. It seems weird to me, too.

Christmas cake came today. I do at least have that ritual, even if I have nothing else.

But the Christmas cake is evil, and made me sniffly.

WHY AM I NOT SLEEPY

House just wigged me with the bone marrow transplant . I hate when shows hit my personal buttons that have absolutely nothing to do with the show and are just my buttons.

Skiping lots and poking head to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Typo Boy's birthday. Happy birthday! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!