Apr
26
I’ll Leap On Any Bandwagon Going
April 26, 2006 | Comments Off
Next week, Marvel publish the first issue of Civil War, a new ‘event’ series which is going to radically redefine their superheroes’ world. Courtesy of my connections, I’ve already read the scripts for all but the last issue, and I’m extremely excited about the series - far more so than the almost unreadable Infinite […]
Apr
26
I’m Sorry?????
April 26, 2006 | 4 Comments
John Prescott had an affair?
JOHN PRESCOTT????????
I thought I’d seen everything when The Vile Blunkett got his end away, but really, that was small potatoes compared to the horror of this. Poor Pauline.
I’m reminded of the Victoria Wood monologue in which she’s discussing the Laurence Olivier biography which revealed his affair with Danny Kaye; “I’m […]
Apr
21
Bon Voyage, Dave
April 21, 2006 | 1 Comment
Just a quick note to wish Dave a safe and fun trip to Hong Kong. This is his much-delayed holiday to see his dad, and after all the times he’s had to plan it and cancel it, I should imagine he won’t believe he’s made it until he’s got a drink in his hand […]
Apr
19
Speaking Of Thinking Things Through
April 19, 2006 | 2 Comments
We are finally into serious planning of our not-under-any-circumstances-to-be-called-a-wedding, and it’s proving to be a nightmare.
The minute you start talking about 100-plus people in a venue that neither of us wants to be in the ‘room-above-a-pub’ mould, everything goes insane.
To start with, ‘nice’ venues capable of holding that many people are few and far between. […]
Apr
17
A Major Error Of Judgement
April 17, 2006 | 1 Comment
Don’t tell me you’ve never done it; taken one look into a pair of stunning blue eyes and found yourself taking someone home who you really shouldn’t have. Well, that was the big Saturday mistake in our house.
In defence, I should stress that there was no big intention to introduce a stranger into the […]
Apr
11
Really Simple
April 11, 2006 | Comments Off
In connection with helping David get his podcast online, I finally kicked myself sufficiently to make the RSS feed of this place officially live. I say officially, because there’s been a page there for a while that’s one of the standard Movable Type templates and it’s been updated every time I’ve posted. Checking […]
Apr
10
Help! I’m Dating A Pod Person
April 10, 2006 | Comments Off
The Object Of My Affection has been talking about podcasting of late, specifically in relation to creating a series of podcasts about Oblivion (see postings passim), and has invested in some good quality recording equipment and software with that aim in mind.
After some deliberation on his subjects and structure, he got around to recording, mixing […]
Apr
9
Strictly Speaking
April 9, 2006 | Comments Off
It’s as I said last week - I’m going to be gripped by Strictly Dance Fever. The final auditions last night were great - lots of tears, lots of great reactions (to both good and bad news), and a few personality clashes that should make for entertaining weeks ahead.
Huge cheers in our house for […]
Apr
6
More On Oblivion
April 6, 2006 | Comments Off
So - been playing it on and off since the weekend now, and I’m really enjoying it. It offers supposedly completely freeform gameplay, in that you can go anywhere on the map, follow the main quest, unconnected quests, or no quests at all, and essentially the challenges you face will get harder as you […]
Apr
5
Trailer Park
April 5, 2006 | Comments Off
Seen the new Doctor Who trailers? Looking pretty nifty. That werewolf alone looks better than almost any monster effect I can think of from last year. Of course, the trick will be in making the bits between the highlight clips hang together, but based on last year, the Christmas Special, and everything […]