A little over five hours ago I wrote the title of this Blogless Lepolt entry. I thought it was a cute title for announcing the publication of the newest Examiner temporal anomalies article, Butterfly Effect part 15: how to lose a girl in 10 seconds.
Then I was called to dinner, but dinner out, so I had to leave to meet people; then upon my return I was faced with an unanticipated family illness which required my attention. I tore myself away from that because I had promised a ride before midnight to a son over half an hour away, and encountered a detour en route in an area with which I am not that familiar. I was also asked to pick up a few things while I was out–the curse of the cellular phone, that such requests can catch up with you even if you managed to get out of the house unnoticed.
Let me say that I do not begrudge any of these people the time; I was pleased to do it. However, it has meant that it is now too late for me to finish everything on my schedule, so I’m cutting corners before I get called away again, so that the essentials (like this announcement) are finished, and the other important tasks (such as the forums) are booted into oblivion for the present. At least, that’s the plan, somewhere around Plan H. (In Plan M Elliot gets killed–that’s a humorous but highly obscure cultural reference, just so you know.)
Let’s see where we go from here.
–M. J. Young
January 27th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Plan M for Murder? I’ve heard of a movie and a book based on this. I don’t think I’ve read or watched it.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
No, it was in the original episode of the television series “Leverage”. At some point the plan goes awry and Nate says he’s switching, they should do this now. One of the others asked if it was plan B, and he said actually it was (something like) plan D. He is then asked how many plans there are and whether there is a plan Z, and he says yes there is, and in plan (something like) M Elliot (and maybe Parker?) get killed.
If you like good caper shows, have access to TBS, and haven’t seen it, catch Leverage. It’s on at 10:00 Eastern Time tonight, and probably that means the same time wherever you are. New episode tonight, so I haven’t seen it. (Airs again at 1:00 if you miss the first show.)
I’m annoyed that USA is now putting Psyche opposite it, because Psyche is almost as much fun and I hate it when two great shows that appeal to similar audiences are faced off against each other. Fortunately since both run at 10 and 1, I should be able to record Leverage at 10 and Psyche at 1; and if something goes wrong at 10 I’ll record Leverage at 1 and trust USA to follow its usual policy of replaying the Psyche episode several times later in the week.
The other really great caper show at the moment is White Collar, which is now USA Tuesdays at 10 and 1.
Does anyone know if Warehouse 13 is returning? I saw the season finale sometime back, and am really eager to see what happens next.
O.K., back to your regularly scheduled program.
–M. J. Young
Oh, and the movie you’re remembering is probably “Dial M for Murder”, which I think was a Hitchcock classic.