Ingrid Braulini

There is nothing worse than an inaccurate portrayal of history in a novel by a well-known writer who is attempting to speak with authority. One has to wonder where the editor was hiding or did they assume because it was McDermott that there could be no errors? From that first major error of giving us the faulty timeline and geographic “oops” it was hard not to stop thinking of the mistakes instead of immersing oneself in a what should have been a good book. What a shame!

This past week is probably the last time I’ll waste my time watching Maher. Besides being obviously unprepared for his show this past Monday, he also had no concept of what he was doing on stage and asked stupid, irrelevant questions of his special guest. I used to watch Bill on Politically Incorrect and then off and on over the years but losing interest as he became more and more caustic and less funny or clever. Every now and again he has brilliance like in the old days but all he does now is react to those who don’t agree with him or call him on his bullshit, making himself look nasty and aggressive and not at all clever and insightful. I mourn the clever and astute man who has kept me guffawing and shocked at his knowledge and wit over the years. It’s a shame HBO renewed his contract.

I agree with Christine. The last Sydney episode was absolutely ridiculous. You would have been better off killing him off, like our wonky American series usually do. He doesn’t need Amanda but he sure doesn’t need that weird one hop-in-the-bed and-I’m-in-love storyline either. Then last night, poor Leonard who is so conflicted, goes off the deep end and reports Will even after his lover tells him to be kind. If your reasoning is to get Leonard to take over, you sure set it up wrong. Leonard is lovable and sensitive, not a bitchy back stabber. Did they get a new writer for this show?