Actually, it sounds good!

I'm not a big fan of sitcoms in general. I loved Sports Night and now I'm smitten with The Big Bang Theory (I'm not sure if Cabin Pressure counts since it's a radio show), but overall, I'm not interested in sitcoms. Most of them draw the "funny" from embarrassing situations and my embarrassment squick level is pretty low. But!

I came across this today: link.

[Brandon Routh] has been cast as the boyfriend of Urie’s character in Partners, CBS’ comedy pilot from from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan.

The sitcom revolves around lifelong friends and business partners — architects Charlie (not yet cast), who is straight, and Louis (Urie), who is gay. Routh will play Louis’ steady boyfriend, a former alcoholic model who’s now a sober, vegan nurse.

I love it when shows include gay characters that defy the cliché stereotype - gay people as promiscuous, cheating whores who are not interested in steady relationships - so the fact that Urie and Routh will play a "normal" couple, as in having a steady, loving relationship is a big draw for me! Also, Brandon Routh is HOT!

I might check out this show!

Book #12

"Soulmates" by Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn

4 stars out of 5

This is a short story published in Asimov's so you can't really consider it a book but it's such a lovely tale that I just had to mention it. What is it about?

Gary loses his wife Kathy, his soulmate, he has to unplug her and let her die because she's brain dead after a car accident. But he feels so guilty he starts drinking and his alcoholism threatens his job as a night watchman in a factory. But then he meets the troubleshooting robot MOZ-512 and they become friends.

The story is really short, around 9k words, but the friendship between a man and a machine that starts questioning its programming is wonderful! Do read it if you come across it, it's worth it!

Giddy!

So, I'm reading Dr. Sherlock Holmes v Čechách (Dr Sherlock Holmes in Bohemia) by Rudolf Čechura and I'm delighted! It's wonderful! It's hilarious and tongue-in-the-cheeky - just the names: a beekeeper called Beefeater, a mycologist by the name Mushroom! - and Holmes and Watson have such a fantastic relationship in it!

They are both very, very old here - it takes place in the 1950s so they are around 100! - and yes, they are frail and they don't run after the bad guys anymore - usually, Holmes just points at the fleeing suspect and yells "Fetch!" at the constables - but they are still them! Hilarious and snarky and still so... tender with each other. They both live in Sussex, each in his own house, but they visit each other regularly, they take long walks in the country where there are no cars or pollution and when they feel like it, they prance and giggle like little kids much to the confusion of people who see them and who think that they can't be Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, Holmes and Watson are gentlemen! And they have dinners together and Holmes plays the violin for Watson, a lullaby... And Watson is really smart, keeping up with Holmes in almost everything.

It's so, so wonderful! It's exactly the Sherlock Holmes book I always wanted. His Last Bow was rather sad, suggesting that Holmes and Watson never saw each other again, but this! It shows that they spent another 40 years together and they had so much fun! I want to smooch Čechura, the author, silly, seriously!

Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle & The Copper Beeches

The Blue Carbuncle: The best SH episode so far. It was funny and I just loved the interaction between Holmes and Watson in it. Holmes was such a drama queen, running around their flat in his long night gown and with his hair in disarray while Watson was out shopping for Xmas. Quite a funny episode.

Where I laughed loudest?



This had me in stitches! Oh, Holmes... *rotf*

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The Copper Beeches: Quite the Victorian romance, don't you think? Or a horror. In any case, the way the couple treated Violet made me very uncomfortable. Yeesh, those two were creepy! But I loved that, for once, the young couple didn't need Holmes' help, the young man managed to save his darling all by himself.

And again - why exactly do people consider Holmes a misogynist? Once more, he had a lot of respect for Violet, asking her for help because, as he told her, he considered her a strong woman who could handle it. So, where exactly does Holmes hate on women?! *irritated*

The funniest scene?



I just loved the face Holmes made into the camera when Watson couldn't see him! LOL!