3rd October, 2017.
Hmmm …
Can I make something of a confession, here?
I’ve had my hours cut, at work.
Which basically means?
That I’m … if not house bound, per se: then definitely not getting out as much as I’d like to.
Even if it IS just for a stroll.
The situation’s discouraging, let’s put it that way.
It is, after all, a blow — however minor — to the confidence. One not helped by the interview I had last week.
Oh, granted, that’s a good thing to have done.
But — as anyone who’s seriously out of work will tell you — waiting to hear back from a job?
Is very … very … discouraging.
~≈Ê≈~
A theoretical upside?
Is that I can — famously — keep myself occupied.
After all, Nik Nak’s Daily Teasers* have been going a while, now.
Although, frankly?
Not having a deadline — I have to get to work — is slowing me down, there.
I know Douglas Adams said he liked the whooshing sound as they went past …
But … ?
Personally, I sort of like the idea of them …
At ANY rate … ?
At any rate, I know I’ve also had time to catch up with the box sets I’ve know seen.
Frankly? I caught the impressive first three episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, last night.
Which meant that tonight?
I have time for an old friend.
~≈Ê≈~
Episode 1 — Chapter 53 — introduces us to Frank (Kevin Spacey) Undrwood’s administration: causing uproar in Congress, demanding the House vote through his War on Terror.
And ALSO sees he and Claire attending a rather important funeral.
Episode 2 — Chapter 54 — Frank organises a lunch for the various state governors: making sure the five who run key swing states get a LOT of attention.
Claire (Robin Wright) finds out an old friend of Franks has gone astray.
Neither of them know anything — in theory — about a rather sever cyber-attack.
Politicians lie, remember?
~≈Ê≈~
Now, I have to say, I was a touch concerned: when I heard, last year that House of Cards creator Beau Willimon would be handing the showrunner duties to Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese.
I shouldn’t have.
House of Cards fifth season looks on good form.
Frank Underwood — as distinct from Kevin Spacey — is looking old.
But still good!
* As of writing? I’ve just looked at the amount of posts I’ve tagged with the phrase, Daily Teaser. Two thousand, five hundred and fifty-seven of them. How Debbi and Olga have managed …
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