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a wee hairy spider
Happy belated Burns Night – had my haggis and neeps last night – but once again didn’t get round to making the cranachan damn. Later on I did get a laugh at my research job though. I was looking into traditional Burns poems, and I came across some kids interpretations of them. The best by…
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IT bites
Seems like I am IT. The challenge from Miss Read is to “Grab the book nearest you. Turn to page 123. Go down to the fifth line. Type out the next three sentences.” I was hoping I’d have some weighty tome that would sound impressive, but of course not, the book closest to hand is…
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we have the technology
This is my first post on broadband! About time I know, and it did take an expensive call to my isp to get it finally working, but its already MUCH faster than dial-up. People have been freaking me out with tales of hackers though so to indulge my paranoia I’m going to unplug the modem…
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Assignments oh yes
Why is January such a month from HELL? I’ve got tax returns to do as I’m self-employed, I’m doing some work as an online researcher so have to set-up that over the next few days, I’ve finally got broadband (hurrah!) so have to sort that before the research job kicks in, I’ve got a car…
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Notes on a Scandal
I saw ‘Notes on a Scandal’ last night – adapted from Zoe Hellers novel. I can thoroughly recommend it, an incredibly powerful film – and the other positive aspect being that it was only just over 90 mins long! Great entertainment watching Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett out-act each other, though Dench won – ‘Barbara…
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Tomorrows World returns (in a fashion)
Apparently the Tomorrows World ‘brand’ is returning with Maggie Philbin! I loved this programme growing up with all its mad inventions and occasionally spookily accurate future forecasting. When I think of it I always hear the late great Raymond Baxters voice introducing a weird space-age contraption. The actual programme sadly isn’t returning but little slots…
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nice fangs, shame about the content
BTW – wasn’t that BBC version of Dracula pretty disappointing – I was SO looking forward to it but it just seemed awfully lacking substance, and had one of the worst wigs I’ve ever seen on poor Marc Warren. It didn’t reek much of gothic otherworldness either (which is sort of necessary for a true…
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‘no Manny.. use TWO HANDS’
Forgive me – I’ve been slack SO slack – its been 6 weeks since I posted! So a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to anyone who actually reads my drivel – I hope you have a warm, happy and fun 2007. Christmas was pretty fantastic this year – relaxed and tons of…
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some like it hot
Just been watching ‘Some Like It Hot’ again for a presentation I’m giving at Uni next week, and it has yet to get boring. I must have watched that film more than 20 times over the years and its STILL in my top 10 of all time. I read an interesting quote from Roger Ebert…
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torchwood touch wood
Just watching a tape of Torchwood, hmmmm I’m still not utterly convinced but I’m liking it a LOT more than I did Robin Hood (which I’ve given up on). Something about Torchwood still doesn’t gel for me but I can’t yet put my finger on it – maybe its because its trying too hard to…
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