Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp
Woke up this morning, and Tom Dunne was playing James Blunt. You know “You’re Beautiful”. First time I heard that song I didn’t care one way or the other, but OMFG...
What’s left if our freedom is sold?
I usually don’t listen to the radio on the way home from work[1], but because of the attacks in London I did today. Luckily, they aren’t anywhere near the scale of...
1610: A Sundial In A Grave by Mary Gentle
ISBN: 0575072504 According to the mathematic calculations of the Hermetic astrologer Robert Fludd, 1610 is the pivotal year in deciding the world’s future. It is the year that the King of...
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
ISBN: 0099426145 The thing about these Heyer books is that you always know how it is going to end up, but it doesn’t matter. When Sir Horace heads off to South...
Bombón (el perro) dir. by Carlos Sorin
Set in Patagonia is this the story of an unemployed mechanic (Villegas) who is given a dog as reward for a good deed. This dog, Bombón Le Chein is a pedigree...
Edward Scissorhands dir. by Tim Burton
This really is a great film. I bought it on DVD quite a while ago, but it has taken me some time to actually watch it. And I still have the...
Orcs by Stan Nicholls
ISBN: 0575074876On the back of this book one the quotes says it: “Subverts traditional fantasy tropes by centring on the much-maligned orcs. It is quick, fast, dirty, very funny and often...
Bunk Beds and Gates
While over at Anne’s I got involved in a discussion on bunk beds and the harm that may, possibly, befall bunkees, which leads to this story, which you may think is...
FIFA
The new world rankings are up on FIFA’s site. SO the question that must be raised is “You are kidding right?” Any football ranking system that puts the USA at number...
Interviewed
Questions from A High and Hidden Place You were born in the wrong time. If you could live in any time period but our own, where and when would you live?...
Vanity Fair [based on book] by William Makepiece Thackery dir. by Mira Nair
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This is not a good film. To be honest it isn’t even worth discussing, apart from two aspects. There is wonderful look of the costumes,...
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