sunday night at random

Park Chan Wook, who directed the bloody Old Boy, talks to the Globe and Mail about his latest vengeance flick Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - out in Singapore soon!

Read Reading Lolita in Tehran? Well some publishers are hoping to capitalise on the success of that book
Reading Look at the Harlequins! in Beautiful Boca Raton anyone?

This one made me snigger, and then have to look around to make sure no one heard that.
The Morning News' Non-Expert solves this reader's conundrum: How do I fall asleep?

Here's the best tip:

Scotch & Henry James
Alcohol is a depressant, and so is Henry James. Scotch at four in the morning is a perfect remedy, but I happen to really like scotch, so it’s tough for me to enjoy a glass and want to fall asleep right after—why sleep when someone, somewhere in New York City, is out partying? So match your liquor with the one author everyone recommends even after you’ve informed them you find said author snorable, overrated, just cotton-penned bad. Fifteen minutes later, you’re deep in a self-satisfied coma.

Listening to The Observatory - Queen of Fate