Cookie-tickets

The cats are one of the few bright points in Inside Llewyn Davis, which I saw last night with G. It is a watchable but bleak film, minor in its ambitions. I liked Luc Sante's account (that's the movie I saw, unless I'd been reviewing it for Cat Fancy or similar!); here's another interesting related link.

Closing tabs:

Indestructible but non-delicious gingerbread houses; the great Finnish gingerbread ticket fiasco of 2013.

I need to do a proper light reading end-of-year roundup, but that entails reading back through the year's blog posts, and I am not sure I have the vim to do it this evening. Currently having very enjoyable Susan Howatch reread - I reread the three St. Benet's books and now am on the second of the Starbridge novels. Appealingly both like and unlike Trollope.

Monasticism

Hmmmm, really I am an extreme recluse and have been allowing my stay-at-home tendencies to override any notion that I should get out and do things, but I was thinking that next week's Happy Endings reading at Joe's Pub (featuring Colson Whitehead, Kevin Wilson, Amy Cohen and musical guest Sam Amidon - possibly Thomas Bartlett as well?) would be worth getting myself downtown for - only by now it is sold out! Anyone got an extra they want to sell me?!?