Geek Syndicate Issue 8 | Page 10

Geek Syndicate Image © Bulbul Films, 2005 Barry TV -The Good Wife (Channel 4) Overview: This is a legal drama which stars Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, the wife of a disgraced politician who after playing the dutiful wife and mother for thirteen years decides to return to practice law. In the first season she starts at the bottom of the ladder and subsequent seasons chart her progress up the ladder. Why I love it: I love Margulies portrayal of Alicia Florrick in this show. She’s both strong and vulnerable at the same time. She also has a bit of a dark side to her as well which we see more of the higher she climbs the business ladder. Image © Penguin Books, 1988 The problem with many other shows I what is that they invest so much into the central character it is to the detriment of the supporting cast. Not so with the Good Wife which has a solid cast of regulars and a great rotating cast of minor characters like the fiendishly brilliant Michael J Fox as a duplicitous lawyer who is not above using his disability to win a case or two. Lose yourself to the draw of the bow 10 From wife and mother to legal professional Book -Zen and the Art of Archery Overview: This book is the result of the author’s six year quest to learn archery in the hands of Japanese Zen masters. It is an honest account of one man’s journey to complete abandonment of ‘the self’ and the Western principles that we use to define ourselves. Professor Herrigel imparts knowledge from his experiences and guides the reader through physical and spiritual lessons in a clear and insightful way. Yes I nicked that blurb from Amazon. Why I love it: I read this back when I was many, many years younger and on first reading thought it was just a kind of martial arts training book. I had no idea that I was being exposed to the idea of Zen. Although a lot of it went over my head on that first reading there