Nov
30
Moody
November 30, 2006 | Comments Off
Sorry - the fallout from my weekend’s rather negative feelings have persisted and put me out of the mood to post. I think I’m pretty much over it now though, so here’s normal service.
Normal service in this context of course comes back to NANOWRIMO, and the clear acknowledgement that as today is the last day […]
Nov
27
A Strange Sense Of Disillusionment
November 27, 2006 | Comments Off
I had rather an odd weekend, which has left me feeling slightly at odds with myself over some “interpersonal matters”. It’s hard to put into words without going into all the details, which I don’t want to do here, but in a nutshell I found myself being treated in a way that I consider fairly […]
Nov
26
Damn!
November 26, 2006 | Comments Off
Dave Cockrum has died. The name won’t mean anything to anyone who isn’t a comics fan, but to those who are, the man who created the visuals for the New X-Men and a slew of Legionnaires, and who helped reinvigorate what were then both moribund concepts to the point where they were able to […]
Nov
24
In My Surroundings
November 24, 2006 | 1 Comment
It’s 6am and I’m watching three men drinking pints of Stella Artois.
I’m in an airport, which might possibly be deduced from my previous statement.
The men are Scottish, of which the same may well be true.
:-)
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Nov
23
Six Little Words
November 23, 2006 | Comments Off
Over at Falldog Towers, the man himself has been musing on Hemingway’s Six Word Novel concept, and comes to the conclusion that it doesn’t work. I’m probably in agreement, but of course it’s the kind of thing that requires an attempt.
“When?”
“Yesterday”
“Who?”
“Someone”
“So…?”
“Goodbye.”
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Nov
22
More Whedon Buffy
November 22, 2006 | 6 Comments
Yes, I’ve decided to risk mentioning the man and his most famous creation again. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
Entertainment Weekly is carrying an interview with Joss Whedon about his upcoming projects, including the Wonder Woman film and a new Buffy comic series. In their (and his) own words:
Whedon, 42, is running […]
Nov
21
Robert Altman, RIP
November 21, 2006 | 3 Comments
The BBC is reporting that Robert Altman’s death has been announced.
I’m *desperately* depressed now.
Nov
21
Don’t Ask Why…
November 21, 2006 | Comments Off
… but I’ve been looking at driving directions from Miami to the Kennedy Space Center, and brilliantly, it involves going via Jupiter.
Nov
21
Speaking Of ITV
November 21, 2006 | Comments Off
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d use: ITV look to be trying something actually different.
They’re shortly going to be screening a couple of series which are paired in an unusual way across ITV1 and ITV2. Echo Beach will be a new soap opera shown on ITV2, which will be preceded on ITV1 by Moving […]
Nov
20
B Sky Bah!
November 20, 2006 | Comments Off
So Murdoch finally launches his long planned assault on UK terrestrial TV, apparently more as a spoiler to the Virgin/NTL bid than because he actually knows what to do with it. I’m firmly of the opinion that it shouldn’t be allowed, but no doubt the whole thing has been carefully calculated to stay inside whichever […]