Happy Thanksgiving! and various sundries

[osprey_archer]

Happy Thanksgiving for my fellow Americans! This has not been a month to inspire much spontaneous gratitude - hell, it hasn't been much of a year for inspiring gratitude - but we did have a very nice duck for dinner, and I have at last discovered a recipe that fills the hole in my heart left by the grocery store that discontinued its peanut butter chip chocolate muffin lo these many years ago, so those are two things to be thankful for I suppose.

I haven't gotten very far in The Count of Monte Cristo this week, but I did find out that the telegraphist who the Count coerced/bribed into sending a false telegraph escaped ahead of prosecution, so phew. I was worried about the poor guy.

In other news, PBS is showing a new movie version of Anne of Green Gables tonight! With Martin Sheen as Matthew, which is either terrible or brilliant, depending on whether I can resist shouting "OMG IT'S PRESIDENT BARTLET" at the screen. We'll see!

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[thisbluespirit]

With Martin Sheen as Matthew, which is either terrible or brilliant, depending on whether I can resist shouting "OMG IT'S PRESIDENT BARTLET" at the screen. We'll see!

Let us know!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I'm probably going to write a longer post about it, but in short, it's not as good as the Megan Fellowes version from the 80s but it's not bad either. There are some absolutely ravishing shots of Prince Edward Island.

Both my mother and my brother wandered into the room and commented, "Isn't that the guy who used to play the president?" though. Clearly Martin Sheen will never escape this role.

[thisbluespirit]

Scenery pr0n is a reason for making things, that's true.

And there are worse roles to be associated with, really. :-)