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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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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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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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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