Eight Days Since Last Blog Post

It's been 8 days since I last posted an entry on the 'Thots from the BToS'. That's a long time, even for someone like me, an old fart with nothing to do but observe the world and characterize it to fit the train I'm traveling on.

Looking back on the past week or so, there were no big events that would have taken my mind away from a post; even the facebook minutia wasn't enough to captivate my interests. Basically, I could come up with no rationale to justify the lack of action on my part; but no post.

Pondering what I've been doing for the past week, the only thing I came up with is my current interest in reading Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' book. It's not the type book I would normally spend time with as I'm more of a non-fiction kinda guy when it comes to books.

However, on one of my jaunts thru Costco a few weeks ago, I was perusing DVD s and noticed the restored version of the 'Pride and Prejudice' BBC TV series from the mid '90s. I enjoy British flicks and Colin Firth. I also recalled Jennifer Ehle from the movie 'Possession'. So I figured what's $17 for a 6 part TV series with 2 actors that I enjoy.

After watching the TV series over several evenings (summer TV is slow even with a TiVo to capture middle of the night shows), I decided that while the show was great, it might be nice to actually attempt to read the book that was written a couple of hundred years ago too, mainly to pick up some details and get a better feel for the spacing of time in the events that were depicted in the series.

I don't really think Amazon.com is my browser's home page, but it's only a bookmark away. I ordered a copy of the book which I am just now within 50 pages of finishing. 'Pride and Prejudice' has been my reading room item for a while now. Progress is slow, but the light is good and I'm not rushed.

I've concluded that I would have a very difficult time enjoying the book had I not visited the TV series. Having said that, I am definitely enjoying the book and have a much better appreciation for the spacing of time for all the events and the added details the book provides that aren't available in the TV series. I've also been watching the TV series an episode at a time to match my progress thru the book and uncover more nuances with each visit.

So there you have it, no posts had been made for 8 days and now I've bared my soul to you and revealed my latest escapade in the reading room and completed this post for 'Thots from the BToS'.

Until next time; do good stuff and be sure to have some fun,
JD