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What on earth is 42?
By Mark Vernon It’s 30 years since Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy made its debut on BBC radio, but its most famous mystery is still waiting to be resolved. The radio serie...
Quote game answers.
Didn’t have a lot of people taking part but, here we go. Films first: I’ve spoken my piece and counted to three. SisterMoon got this one, it’s Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? There’s 30 million p...
IMDB quote game: films
So, I’ve decided to give this a go. You know the rules. Pick a bunch of your favourite films, stick quotes in here, see who can guess them, yadda, yadda, yadda. Notes will be private for this...
IMDB quote game: TV
And the same as the previous entry, but with TV programmes. Again, answers on Thursday. Good luck! I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. No, it’s not… it’s time to kick your ass all the way back to hell...
Sorry it’s been a while.
So, interview. Turned up at the Riverside stadium all suited and booted (after realising that I hate wearing suits as there are not enough pockets for all my stuff) and was promptly given wrong...
2/26/08
TV’s top 25 put-downs published Insults by Captain Mainwaring and Lord Blackadder have been named among the top 25 put-downs in TV history, as chosen by the Radio Times magazine. “Stupid Boy!” ...
Fowl Eurovision entry for Ireland
Eurovision Song Contest feathers may be ruffled by Ireland’s decision to be represented in May’s cross-continental competition by a puppet bird. Dustin The Turkey was plucked from a raft of six...
28th Annual Golden Raspberry (Razzie©) Award…
…Winners Worst Picture: I Know Who Killed Me (Sony/Tri-Star) Worst Actor: Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) NORBIT Worst Actress (TIE) : Lindsay Lohan (as Aubrey) and Lindsay Lohan (as Dakota) I ...
You can’t talk! You don’t have a larynx
On a bit of a Wonderfalls kick. I forgot how damn good that show was. DAMN YOU FOX! So I’m getting a sore throat. Just in time for my job interview tomorrow. Yay! I’m just about ready for ...
IMDB Game: Whedon Edition*
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (film): Ben Affleck appears in one scene as a basketball player. In the original version of the script, Merrick committed suicide to escape being turned into a vampire...
2/13/08
Panic: Getting a text message from the people you have a job interview with wishing you good luck for the interview, despite having been previously told it’s just over a week away. Relief: Gett...
IMDB Game: Sorkin Edition
So, a few of my favourites have done this, so I’ve decided to give it a go as well. The rules are you look up a favourite film/TV show on IMDB and quote random facts about it. What I’ll be doi...
I’m happy, hope you’re happy too
So I’ve watched Ashes To Ashes twice now, and there’s only one thing I can say: The Gene Genie is back! (And those of you who haven’t seen Life On Mars (and if not, you shouldhang your head in...
Sharia law in UK is ‘unavoidable’
The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of certain aspects of Sharia law in the UK “seems unavoidable”. Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4’s World at One that the UK has to “face up to the f...
What starts F and ends UCK?
Hello people. Well, I finally got my laptop working again. Had to factory reset it though. I think I’ve reinstalled everything I need to and now it’s good to go! Sort of. It’s still being a...
Short Story: Time and Tide
© William Forbes 2008 The weather is bland. Boring. Its not extreme, bright sunshine, but at the same time its not blizzards and thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening me either....
Video entry people! *EDIT*
Enjoy! Will *EDIT* I was hoping to post this yesterday, but youtube was being annoying. But I’ve got it working now (so those of you who were sulking can stop now). Will Get great free wid...
Amazing
From the people who brought you this: Comes a brand new type of alcoholic refreshment: Incidently, there were four signs promoting the drinks deal. This was the only one spelt wrongly. W...
President Bush Remains Mute Throughout…
…2008 State of the Union Address Date 2008/1/27 15:44:46 | Topic: Politics By Ion Zwitter, Avant News Editor Washington, D.C., January 28, 2008 In a surprise development that some pundits are ...
Warning: pic heavy!*EDIT*
So, what’s been happening in my world lately? Went out for a few drinks on my birthday with some friends. Bumped into my ex, but didn’t speak to her. Had a couple of drinks, sang Life On Mars...
ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was plannin to write a proper update here, complete with loads of pics. But my computer is being a son of a bitch at the moment. It’s running incredibly slow. As a result, I’m having proble...
Fun with fundies!
All these taken from here. (My comments in itallics.) I am a bit troubled. I believe my son has a girlfriend, because she left a dirty magazine with men in it under his bed. My son is only 16 ...
Goodbye Torchwood
WARNING: the following rant is about the TV series Torchwood. As such, it contains spoilers for series 1, the first episode of series 2, Dr Who (through to and including Voyage Of The Damned) a...
Economists Say Movie Violence…
…Might Temper the Real Thing By PETER S. GOODMAN NEW ORLEANS Are movies like Hannibal and the remake of Halloween, which serve up murder and mutilation as routine fare, actually making th...
Razzies!
Lohans KILLED ME, Murphys NORBIT, Sandlers CHUCK & LARRY Lead 28th RAZZIE® Awards Race Eddie Sets a New Worst Achievement Record with 5 Nods in a Single Year In an awards season where t...
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