between the rock and the cold, cold sea

The Dark Knight may not be a film made wholly of win - apparently Gotham city has a distinct aversion to women in starring roles - but it's at least halfway to excellent.

I went to the preview in the local cinema last night. It was hot - damn was it hot - and crowded; full, I suspect. But the audience was silent: I confess myself entirely surprised.

It has explosions, some decent-to-good performances, fisticuffs, and possibly some attempt at social commentary. But don't quote me on that: I was too much distracted by Christian Bale's muscles to pay it much attention (and I ignored it as probably being the sort of social commentary with which I tend to argue, anyway).

So, yeah. Not too bad.

Books 2008: 96

96. Ariana Franklin, The Death Maze.

I believe the US title is different. However, this is the sequel to the award-winning Mistress of the Art of Death, and as a historical murder mystery with attached intrigue and character development, not to mention excellence of historical verisimilitude, it is yet another book of the highest water.

Seriously. If you are going to read any murder mystery, or historical novel, read this one and its predecessor. They are very, very good.

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Running: 3 intervals of 5 minutes and one interval of 3 minutes, separated by 4 minutes each, pushing.

Situps: 5 sets of 10 reps, 20 second rest period between sets.

Pushups: 3 sets of 10 reps, 30 second rest period between sets.

Writing: 2 notebook pages.