"It profits me but little that a vigilant authority always protects the tranquillity of my pleasures and constantly averts all dangers from my path, without my care or concern, if this same authority is the absolute master of my liberty and my life."

--Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Girl of the Day - House of Cards (Kate Mara)

We just finished watching Sherlock, and it didn't disappoint.   Very, very clever stuff, with great and very funny acting by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Holmes and Watson.   So now we've got a lull until the next  show we're interested in comes on, House of Cards (2/14).  Looking forward to it, and particularly to the fact that, on Netflix, you can watch the whole thing back to back to back if you want to.

Anyway, here is a nice picture of Kate Mara, who plays the ingenue of the show and, I suppose, the heroine, if the show (which is very dark and cynical) has a heroine:




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