Mike Lupica Tour for ROBERT B. PARKER'S BROKEN TRUST

© by Gerald So | 9:00 AM

Mike Lupica's tour to promote his first Spenser continuation, ROBERT B. PARKER'S BROKEN TRUST, consists of a virtual event with Scottsdale, Arizona's The Poisoned Pen Bookstore and two in-person Florida appearances:

• Monday, November 27, 6:00 PM Mountain/8:00 PM Eastern, The Poisoned Pen via Facebook Live and YouTube
• Tuesday, November 28, 7:00 PM Eastern, CROSS MEETS SPENSER with James Patterson, moderated by Charles Todd, Palm Beach County Library, 14350 Hagen Ranch Road, Delray Beach, FL 33446
• Friday, December 1, 5:00 PM Eastern, Vero Beach Book Center, 392 21st Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960

NOV. 28 UPDATE: I've edited the Facebook Live and YouTube links to lead to videos of the Poisoned Pen event. Comment below or join my Fans of Robert B. Parker public Matrix chatroom to discuss it.

I Wanna Stop and Thank You

© by Gerald So | 8:00 AM

My mother, brother, and I had a nice, quiet Thanksgiving. I air-fried turkey burgers and topped them with cranberry sauce and provolone cheese for lunch.

The next morning I caught myself seeking Black Friday deals, craving a day of rest, and took just one deal, on FRASIER: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD set.

Thank you for another year reading my blog.

NCIS: SYDNEY "Gone Fission"

© by Gerald So | 4:00 AM

Australian Federal Police Sgt. Jim Dempsey and Constable Evie Cooper (Todd Lasance and Tuuli Narkle) are forced to support NCIS agents Michelle Mackey and DeShawn Jackson (Olivia Swann and Sean Sagar) when an American aubmariner suspiciously falls into Sydney Harbor to his death during an Australian-U.S. ceremony.

First airing on Paramount + and Australia's Network 10, NCIS SYDNEY was slotted into American CBS TV as a contigency plan during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. I've been an NCIS fan from the beginning. After twenty seasons and three spinoffs, it's a tough task to freshen things up, but NCIS: SYDNEY does, with genuinely new territory and younger characters whose futures are more at stake.

"Gone Fission" cut smoothly through the exposition and set up an arc that could carry through the eight-episode season. With the strikes over, NCIS and NCIS: HAWAII will return when that season wraps up.

Fans of Robert B. Parker on Matrix

© by Gerald So | 1:30 AM

Photo by John Earle

I recently began using the free, open-source, decentralized protocol Matrix for end-to-end encrypted messaging. You might use Matrix apps like Element to communicate privately with your family or team. The apps also let you create unencrypted public rooms for less-sensitive topics.

I've created a public Fans of Robert B. Parker room to discuss his works, the film and TV versions, and the sequels commissioned by his estate. If you have or create an account on a Matrix homeserver, you can join the room at https://matrix.to/#/#rbp-fans:matrix.org.

Icebreaker topic: Which of Parker's novels (or the sequels commissioned by his estate) did you read first? Which is your favorite and why?