November 2008
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This week, I have mostly been:
reading Watchmen (and keeping my fingers crossed that the big squiddy makes it into the film)
Behancing myself
balking – yes, that’s right, balking – at DC’s latest cynical publicity stunt
getting to grips with Team Fortress 2
watching some fine Shakespeare whilst trying to eat Quavers really really quietly
annually reporting.
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WatchThe good Doctor and I are jetting off to New York in a few weeks. There’s so much about that city that I love, especially the people, so watching this little film by Crush & Lovely just makes me feel all bubbly and optimistic, and now I can’t wait to get on that plane! Thanks to SwissMiss).
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Manhattan’s iconic High Line carved a route through the 20th century at a height of three storeys. Now it is to be reborn as a green space. Read more at the Guardian.
Just why do vampires always have terrible hair? →
“Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It’s more like...”
– Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy
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Over-networked
Gosh the Internet can be be hard work sometimes. I’m now a member of four separate social networking sites. They’re all good, and they all serve diferent purposes, but it’s just a pain that they’re not all in one place.
First of all, there’s Facebook. There’s no way out of that. There are currently only fourteen people in the world who don’t have a...
“For three Star Wars movies, we take it on faith that you don’t want to get a...”
– Five Major Flaws in The Empire Strikes Back (and how to fix them)
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This week, I have mostly been:
attending the wedding of the year
despairing at some people’s poor gig etiquette
staring slack-jawed at the awfulness that is Apparitions, starring Martin Shaw made up to look like Trevor Eve, for some reason
dealing with BT’s ineptness again
continuing to unpack boxes
running out of money
not blinking, but still speaking, and still not blinking, still speaking, not blinking …
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Another great Watchmen trailer suggests the entire... →
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– Does James Bond hate architecture?
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