Yesterday, I bought a new kettle. Today, there's already chalky scum. Not long 'til the chunks of scale. It seems to me the hard water here is getting properly hardcore lately. My hair also does so much better in soft water. That's all.

So I can't contain myself about Merlin.

( It feels like I've wandered into some glorious fairytale where slash pairings are canon in everything but name... )

Anyone know anything about Acer laptops? I'm wondering about getting one, but I don't know about their reputation. Heard anything? Any good/bad experiences ( Read more... )

The Devil's Whore was too baffling for me. I don't get the main character. Religiously confused, saw Satan up a tree, married her cousin and got ignored by the king? Ooookay. It's written by Peter Flannery ('Our Friends in the North') and has a cracking cast, but the approach - history through the eyes of an individual - just didn't gel for me ( Read more... )

Can anyone point me to a shot of John Simpson morphed with a Tweenie ( Read more... )

If you're only half-listening to the radio news, 'Somali Pirates' = 'Miley Cyrus'
Seriously, though, I feel exceptionally uninformed about Somalia...there seem to have been 'pirate' incidents on and off over the past couple of years. It sounded bizarre at first; now it's properly worrying.

Unrelatedly, and very unexpectedly, Merlin continues to ( Read more... )

I usually keep half an eye on the news in Northern Ireland...

( I am calm about all this, for definite, but still watchful. )

'The Commander' seems really popular. Why?
( Here be spoilers )

( Who the heck am I then, if I'm not me? More importantly, who is me? )

I had completely not paid attention to Sophia Myles being in Underworld. How did that happen? Maybe she was under my radar pre-Doctor Who ( Read more... )