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Kerblam! review
Synopsis: the Doctor gets a delivery from Kerblam! However, when it comes with a note saying “Help me!”, the gang head off to the company warehouse to see what’s happening. HERE BE SPOILERS. ...
I do not think it means what you think it means
I made root beer pulled pork the other day. I’ve been threatening to for a while now, so just decided to go for it. It’s OK, but the recipe called for an entire bottle of BBQ sauce. Sooooooo ...
Deal or no deal
They say a week is a long time in politics. Over here, we’re discovering just how true that is. Tuesday, it was announced that there was a draft of a deal between the EU and the UK concerning ...
Demons of the Punjab review
Synopsis: Yaz convinces the Doctor to take the TARDIS back to the day of the Partition of India so she can find out more about her grandmother. This, as it turns out, may not be the best of ide...
Exelsior!
Don’t worry, I will be reviewing the latest episode of Doctor Who later. Stan Lee. Man, this one hurts. Not as much as Lis Sladen did, he was 95 and in poor health after all, But, it still hu...
Tsundoku
Tsundoku is a Japanese word for book that you buy but don’t read. Yup, definitely have a lot of those. Decided that it was about time that I made my ridiculously simple BBQ rib recipe again. ...
The Tsuranga Conundrum review
Synopsis: after accidentally detonating a sonic mine, the Doctor and companions are rescued by a hospital ship. Then, somewhat predictably, things go wrong. Here be spoilers. . . . . . ....
Ungrumped
Last night, I drank lager, watched Blackadder Goes Forth, some MST3K and The Good Place then crashed. Today, I went into town and in half the time I was out yesterday got everything I was after...
Grump *EDIT*
Today is payday, so I got up early to head over to Stockton. I had a list of things I wanted to get: the second issue of the MST3K comic (the reason I was heading to Stockton, the only comic...
That keeps us star gazing
Hey there folks? How’s you? Friday I went to a live broadcast of a political radio show. It was quite interesting, apart from the idiot on front of me who decided it’d be the ideal time to he...
Arachnids in the UK review
Synopsis: the Doctor finally gets Graham, Yaz and Ryan back to Sheffield, but what’s happening with the spiders in the city? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sigh. I’ve finally ...
When Batman cries
Where did I get my entry title from? Glad you asked: There. That’s a thing you now know exists. You may wish you still didn’t know it existed but, hey, if I have to suffer with this knowle...
Rosa review
Synopsys: The TARDIS takes the Doctor and the gang to Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Why is their atron energy all over the place and what does it have to do with Rosa Parks? Spoilers ahead. . ...
We’ll follow Mr Spoon
I’m being monitored! All the time! I think I’ve mentioned before that I do online surveys for a company called IPSOS. Recently, they asked me if I would be willing to download and constantly ...
The proof that love’s not only blind but deaf
I used that image because it reminds me of something what I wrote about in a previous entry, where a newspaper ranted about students being taught that the monster may not be the bad guy in the b...
The Ghost Monument review
Once again, here be spoilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synopsis: You tell me , we’ll both know. This is not a good thing. Let’s start with the good: The new open...
I’d be fired if that were my job
Today is Mental Health Awareness Day. To honour this, our esteemed Prime Minister announced the creation of the position of suicide prevention minister. So, as is par for the course when May a...
The Woman Who Fell to Earth review
So, this is something new I want to do here. The plan is to review every new episode of Doctor Who. Naturally, there’ll be spoilers. . . . . . . . . . . Synopsis: A mysterious thing...
Makes me smile
Influenced by the way I ended my entry yesterday, here’s some stuff that made me happy and realise there is still good in the world: A cathedral holds a service in memory of a diver who single ...
Arty farty
This weekend is the Middlesbrough Art Weekender. It’s not been going long, in fact this was the second time it’s been run. There was one thing I was interested, something called SONIC Crossing...
Second verse, same as the first
(This pic is indicative of nowt but my sense of humour.) Now, you may have noticed that my last entry was entirely bereft of mentions of my new piercing. That would be because the piercing fe...
ISO 3103
Seriously, look up ISO3013. You can thank me later. As you can see, I did dye my hair. I’ve been getting a fair bit of writing done. I’m writing at least once a day. It’s going well. As I ...
If you can make someone smile, why wouldn’t ya?
Pic is a close up of my ear. Yup, that be the new piercing. When I get the bar changed, I’m going to get a closed hoop put in place instead. It’ll be more noticeable and what’s the point of h...
Saucy!
So, something I did while I was away from ODland was make my own pasta sauce. I tend to make pasta and sauce when I’m really short on cash, simply because it’s cheap. I decided to try making m...
Holey, holey, holey
(The caption on that picture is “Larva Lamp”) So I’ve been thinking about getting a new piercing for a while. I wasn’t particularly fussed what kind of piercing, except it wouldn’t be a nipple...
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