Monthly Archives: January 2006

24 January 2006
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran
Script: Danny McBride, Len Wiseman
Genre: Action, sff
5 Stars
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Underworld: Evolution directed by Len Wiseman

I’ll admit to being a fan of the first Underworld film. Not that it was a great film or anything, but it had style and an interesting premise. Although the execution was lacking it still kept me entertained enough to … Continue reading →

24 January 2006
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bingely-bingely-beep

Memo to self: When walking down the street do not listen to Gift Grub. Laughing to yourself is the sign of a mad person. Do not sing along with songs entitled Bloody Mother Fucking Assholes while waiting in the queue. … Continue reading →

23 January 2006
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: Randland
7 Stars
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Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan

ISBN: 1841491837 Wheel of Time #10 This was a reread for me, I first read it when the hardback was released a few years ago. Sped through it and then said, in disgust, Nothing Happened. But as the newest book … Continue reading →

23 January 2006
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What is it good for?

So someone posted about the bad writing in The Historian, and the Grumpy Old Bookman linked and now, boy and girls, it is all out WAR! Just take a browse through the comments. I do tink everyone needs ta buy … Continue reading →

23 January 2006
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You’re a liar and a thief…. Murderer!

ETA: pix added *disclaimer* Peoples, by reading this post you all agree to not prosecute[1] and never breathe a word to The Law. It seems I am an accessory to a crime. Not just any crime, but murder! Although possibly … Continue reading →

21 January 2006
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But the God I don’t believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He’s not the mean and stupid God you make him out to be

I’m away at the moment. But before I went I did a book quiz. Turns out I’m a gorram genius book You’re Catch-22! by Joseph Heller Incredibly witty and funny, you have a taste for irony in all that you … Continue reading →

20 January 2006
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I heard her voice come crashing in the waves that broke all round for miles and miles

So you might be aware that I recently bought Declan O’Rourke’s album Since Kyabram, and there is one song in particular that I really like. It is called Marrying the Sea. And I’m actually really tempted to just leave it … Continue reading →

20 January 2006
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I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

So I’ve not been as verbose as usual for two reasons. Issue the first: work. Now that we’ve got the catalogue & circulation up and running there is a lot of stuff to do. And it is time-consuming, kinda boring … Continue reading →

19 January 2006
Call no: 800
Genre: fictional biography, historical fiction
Setting: Britain - Georgian, London
6 Stars
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According To Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge

ISBN: 0349114471 This novel may possibly have had a greater impact on me if I knew anything about the life and times of Samuel Johnson apart from the fact that he wrote a dictionary, and of course that the Life … Continue reading →

19 January 2006
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You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

NM called round yesterday. We were supposed to be kino-ing, either to see Jarhead or Breakfast on Pluto only when we got to the cinema there were huge queues, the place was dubh le daoine. So we waitied in the … Continue reading →