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Why? Who? - It's a character thing.
Why do some people love some characters and hate others?
For me I think it comes down to one thing. Is the character active or passive? Are they reacting short term, pathetically -- or are they more than that?
A lot of The Doctor's companions fall into the passive role, Amy even when she's forced to make a choice, she's reacts like she hasn't ( Read more... ) -
Red Dwarf is BACK well, kind of -- it's Red Dwarf: BACK TO EARTH
Did you say something Mr Flibble?
That's CRAZY Red dwarf could never return to earth. Only --
http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/red-dwarf-finally-returns-to-earthand-to-uk-tv.php
So there you go. Assign me three weeks W.O.O. and hand me a dose of antivirus.
OK so it's ten years too late and the BBC has finally realized how much money they threw away by ( Read more... ) -
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For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
Mark 4.25
I remembered this quote from a book, and it seemed to fit with the tragedy unravelling in the Gaza strip. But there are also other places in which children suffer dreadfully, so I thought perhaps it being the beginning of a new ( Read more... ) -
ginger beer, vegetarianism and women's rights
It struck me with great force, the idea that in Edwardian times the women's rights movement was fueled by the two staples of my childhood - ginger beer and vegetarian fare. Ok yes, I was watching a stupid program with kids and it might have slightly overstated the case -- that at such restaurants in the 1800's the heroes of the women's rights ( Read more... ) -
Schools out
It's just like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders. The kids have reverted right back to second childhood. I'm reading bed-time stories, partly because they want more "mum time" and partly because of the horror of the Horton hears a Who movie. It moved my daughter to tears. "They butchered it." Sadly I agreed. It was no longer about the ( Read more... ) -
David Tennant says goodbye to Dr Who
I picked this, it must have been a year ago (no - longer ) when I heard David Tennant was doing a shortened 2009 season because of other interests. I was p!ssed off then - and I'm still p!ssed off. Don't get me wrong - Tennant was great. Is great. But either you're Dr Who or you're not. Either you're making a commitment or you're not, and maybe it' ( Read more... ) -
Books wot I read, and goodbye 4 a bit while I do some writing be back in a month or two
Books wat I've red recently ( Read more... ) -
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Yeah, It's me. I want to be angry. It just feels right.
There's nothing like waiting for people you love to die, watching their personality wither and knowing it was preventable and that it is now too late to do anything about it.
According to http://www.aihw.gov.au/cdarf/index.cfm chronic diseases are largely preventable. I guess they're correct ( Read more... ) -
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Read the George RR Martin Dreamsongs no 1 must be about a week ago, and finished it more or less at the same time as the last Dune book ( Read more... )