what a difference Milo didn't make

[mockturle06]

So I never got to see Milo.

I spent six hours trapped in meetings with the hobgoblin I can't stand instead. When I wailed that that was cruel and unusual punishment, an aquaintance said it was karma (they ain't no friend of mine no more). Sure, it wasn't the end of the world but that comment really upset me. It wasn't like I'd not had an exceptionally horrid day.

Fortunately I have way better friends than that, one of whom has sent me pages of Milo piccies as consolation (see below). And, oh yes, there were krispy kremes. With sprinkles. And a nice hot cup of tea.

So much for my resolution not to bury my misery in calories. Bollocks to that. Though today I was drowning my sorrows in cold, damp fish (aka what passes for sashimi at the local sushi counter).

So, no Milo. No telly either as I missed most of the double (!) Burn Notice on Monday. Yesterday I did catch Time Team at the Isle of Man and a Doctor Who repeat (family of blood) and some of the Spooks repeat.

You know, I've watched that episode a few times now, and only now, when I wasn't paying proper attention, did I notice that Adam Carter was running around (for a bit, anyway) in jeans, a brown leather coat and no shirt! Tres Bullshitters. After that I just couldn't stop myself imagining Mr Carter dashing around London in bright red budgie smugglers clutching a bag of 10p for the phone. Not even once Zaf had rustled up a grey t-shirt for him from somewhere.

Nope, that mental image isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Rather tired of Mr Tennant's gurning on Doctor Who, but I like the Family of Blood story, even if the WWI stuff was so heavy handed one was required to don an authentic WWI helmet to weather the storm and you can't beat an army of creepy saarecrows and a creepy little girl with a red balloon and evil posh schoolboys. Himself took umbridge at the Confidentials claiming there had never been living scarecrows on tv before (was Jon Pertwee completely wiped from Who lore, snarled Himself) and I rolled eyes when they compared that their WWI location was all muddy. The poor precious little dears. Unlike those sunny fields of clover that we remember from the real Somme (she huffs).

That's pretty much it, in my Milo free existence. And the MI5 guys (or M-Fifteen as Foxtel insists on pronouncing it) think they've got it hard doing thankless service for the public. I had six hours of meetings and I missed Milo. Talk about yer sacrifices for the greater good. The greater good can go bite me, quite frankly.

Milo
http://hq-heaven.org/images/displayimage.php?pid=6856&fullsize=1

Milo Ventimiglia And Masi Oka Signing Copies Of 'Heroes' Season 2 In Sydney
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/EIN9Emc2LsX/Milo+Ventimiglia+Masi+Oka+Signing+Copies+Heroes/

"Heroes" Stars Meet Fans In Sydney
http://www.wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?cbi=13622&igi=331351&nbc1=1

Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine Has Died at 68
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/09/01/voiceover-master-don-lafontaine-has-died-at-68/

Another Bastard On Board
http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=23153

Exclusive: Ritchie Talks Sherlock Holmes
http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=23155

Alexander Skarsgard
http://alexander-skarsgard.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=76&pos=3
http://alexander-skarsgard.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=78&pos=2
http://pics.livejournal.com/cyberducks/pic/000hz5c9
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd136/kirshpgh/trueblood/Alexander%20Skarsgard/Alex_1_Paul_Schefz.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd136/kirshpgh/trueblood/Alexander%20Skarsgard/Alex_2_Paul_Schefz.jpg

Roald Dahl's seductive work as a British spy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/global/2008/09/01/noindex/Roald-Dahls.xml&DCMP=EMC-exp_01092008

Top Gear duo turn on illuminations
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/showbiz/Gear-duo-turn-illuminations/article-297457-detail/article.html

Top Gear on road as stage version
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24272261-2902,00.html?referrer=email

Jeremy Clarkson launches Top Gear Live with tank drive
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24284964-5003422,00.html

Top Gear duo Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond heading Down Under
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24272492-5006014,00.html

Jeremy Clarkson tanked about Top Gear Australia
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24280507-5006014,00.html

Top Gear's big guns to take live show on £20m world tour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/02/bbc.television

Top Gear launches live world tour
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7591702.stm

100 million-yr-old fish fossil found in outback Qld
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2351921.htm

Pride and Prejudice meets Life on Mars in ITV1's Lost in Austen
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4613100.ece

Gene behind mens' relationship woes: study
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/02/2353748.htm

Joe Flanigan Interview
http://www.scifitv.com.au/Blog/2008/09/Joe-Flanigan-Interview/

Call girl's secret diary
http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/call-girls-secret-diary/2008/08/30/1219516773754.html

Billie Piper: playing prostitute Belle de Jour while pregnant was hard
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2661440/Billie-Piper-playing-prostitute-Belle-de-Jour-while-pregnant-was-hard.html

Piper "stressed" by 'Dr Who' attention
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a128530/piper-stressed-by-dr-who-attention.html

'Playing a prostitute while pregnant was hard'... Billie just wanted to sit in the corner eating
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23549686-details/%27Playing+a+prostitute+while+pregnant+was+hard%27...+Billie+just+wanted+to+sit+in+the+corner+eating/article.do

Veteran actor Michael Pate dies
http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/veteran-actor-michael-pate-dies/2008/09/02/1220121183804.html

Ancient burial chamber found in Egypt
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2352151.htm

Looking for the perfect partner? Then just take a good look at your parents
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Looking-for--the-perfect.4451348.jp

I am increasingly concerned that at the centre of my soul lurks a terrifying blankness. Any suggestions?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/01/2

King Arthur - his role in France
http://www.connexionfrance.com/expatriate-news-article.php?art=240

Actor Michael Pate dies
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/02/2352559.htm

Actor Michael Pate dies at 88
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24280394-5003420,00.html

Australian acting legend Michael Pate dead at 88
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24280913-5006022,00.html

Australian actor Michael Pate dies
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24280591-5006347,00.html

Veteran Aussie actor Michael Pate dies, aged 88
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/entertainment/veteran-aussie-actor-dies/2008/09/02/1220121225083.html

Torchwood Series 2 Finale Upsets Even Hitler
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=35554980

What's worse: fake Austen or real Big Brother?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/09/02/do0202.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_02092008

Lost in Austen: finally, I get a straight leading role
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/09/lost_in_austen.html

Thunderbirds could be coming back to TV
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24267390-5006022,00.html

'The Banana Splits'
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-bananasplits2-2008sep02,0,5614487.story

Making a scene: Is the BBC drama department obsessed with costumes, bonnets and wigs?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/making-a-scene-is-the-bbc-drama-department-obsessed-with-costumes-bonnets-and-wigs-914401.html