#Spooktober 26 – The Lost Room

October 26, 2023

Do you want something spooky that’s not Gothic and yet manages to be deeply unsettling? This 2006 mini-series starring Peter Krause and Julianna Margulies is an absolute gem.

After coming across several objects that hide incredibly weird powers behind an absolutely ordinary appearance, detective Joe Miller finds himself tangled up in a paranormal investigation revolving around a mysterious Room that got somehow eradicated from existence. The Event, as it’s called, dislocated objects and scattered them through time, but was the room empty or should we heed the signs that a man was there? And what happened to him?

movies and tv

Unveil: Jadewind

Well, I did something unusual: I watched a Chinese TV series that has no English dubbing, just subtitles. Which makes it hard to do it while I work because I have to pay more attention to the subtitles, but I guess it’s useful to hone

April 12, 2026 6:24 pm

books and literature

Fox Friday: The Fox by D.H. Lawrence

The two girls were usually known by their surnames, Banford and March. They had taken the farm together, intending to work it all by themselves: that is, they were going to rear chickens, make a living by poultry, and add to this by keeping a

April 10, 2026 9:00 am

architecture, engineering and construction

Who EIRs the EIR?

There’s a game I’d like to play (queue The Cranberries): take two EIRs from the last month, any project really, and delete project name and phase. Then place them in front of somebody else and ask them to guess. Which kind of project? Is it

April 8, 2026 9:00 am