Jul
31
It’s Not Big, And It’s Not Clever
July 31, 2007 | Comments Off
I haven’t commented much on Big Brother this year, but I’ve been aware of it as the sagas of both Chanelle/Ziggy and the unutterably awful Charley have developed. The eviction of Charley and this insane “has she left?/no she hasn’t/but she still might” palaver with Chanelle, not to mention the addition of the new people […]
Jul
30
On The Road
July 30, 2007 | Comments Off
Well, above the road really.
I’m travelling again, and am out of the country for a week. This time, however, unlike the last time I did this trip, I’m not expecting the house purchase to complete while I’m away, so I’ll hopefully be a bit less fretful.
I’m going to try and use the time this week […]
Jul
27
Lots of news coming out of the San Diego Comics Convention, but the biggest and best as far as I’m concerned is a new Doctor Who comic coming from IDW later this year drawn by the lovely Nick Roche, and the very very lovely Gary Russell - he who introduced me to The Mrs and […]
Jul
27
Continuing A Theme
July 27, 2007 | Comments Off
(That of finally seeing programmes I’ve heard a lot about which finally made their UK terrestrial debut.)
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip kicked off on More Four last night, and I liked it a lot. It screams “created by Aaron Sorkin” in its plotting, the way the characters are introduced and interact, and in […]
Jul
26
Heroic
July 26, 2007 | 4 Comments
Now, I’m going to be a bit wary of gushing overmuch here; I did after all watch the pilot of Lost and think it was great, then watched half of episode two before losing interest and never watched another minute of it again.
But with the proviso that I might do likewise, I have a good […]
Jul
24
Facebooked
July 24, 2007 | 3 Comments
So after much nudging by The Mrs (who is obsessed), I’ve finally decided to see what this Facebook nonsense is all about, and I can safely say that so far I’m not remotely impressed.
The thing that is bothering me the most, even over and above the fact that it’s so clearly a flash in the […]
Jul
23
The End Of Potter
July 23, 2007 | 2 Comments
No spoilers in the following, by the way.
So, I’ve finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. That’s that then.
I managed to get to the end without having to call any kind of support line, and I suspect that as the full enormity of a world without new Harry Potter sinks in I’ll still be […]
Jul
22
Rain, Rain
July 22, 2007 | Comments Off
It’s odd, for all that I’ve been caught in a number of the deluges which have hit the UK in the last few weeks, and obviously I’ve watched the news footage of flooding around the place, it only somehow became real to me last night. We’d gone up to Oxfordshire for a 40th birthday party […]
Jul
21
The Apple Perspective
July 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
The Mrs, as has occasionally been noted on his own blog, is an Apple freak. See the phrase “Baby wants an iPhone” should you need further evidence than the multiple iPods, Macbooks and iMac which litter our home.
The Mrs, meet Lyle. Lyle, meet The Mrs.
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Jul
20
Oh Fer…
July 20, 2007 | Comments Off
The Today programme this morning was reporting that Childline are putting extra volunteers on duty this weekend in case any children become too upset after reading the last Harry Potter book.
I think the world has finally gone completely mad.
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