Mark to the rescue!

Had another hellish day at work today: I swear, the little kids are better behaved this time of year than the *GROWN-UPS*. There's times it's all I can do to keep from tearing into the abusive/bad-tempered/demanding above-thirty set and reminding them of the days when their mom or their grandmother or some other adult used to remind them to be on their best behavior or Santa wouldn't bring them anything except some coal.

That said...

A lovely visit from Mark was just what the doctor ordered: he brought over his usual cavalcade of movies, and the two of us watched the entire BBC miniseries of "Neverwhere". I think I prefer the book over the movie, which was a bit unevenly acted (though the fellow who played the Marquis de Carabas was top-notch and utterly spot-on) and suffered a little from a weak production, but it was still fun to watch.