Last night we watched Star Dust. A movie made from Neil Gaiman's  original tale about a Star that falls to earth in the form of a beautiful woman. She then falls in love with a young man, while they both attempt to cross a magical land, escaping villains who intend to capture the Star and cut out her heart in order to use it to live for ever.
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Those clever people at Creepshow Productions have been very busy putting this little beauty together. Definitely something worth getting our sticky little mitts on...
Official spiel from their website as follows:


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Ok, so recently there have been a few discussions about the place on vegetarian diets and healthy food options. And with about a zillion of my friends following a well respected meat free or even vegan diet,  I have been itching to raise the issue of Soy and it's supposed health benefits.

Now, before I start, I want to point out that I am not 100 ( Read more... )

Alrighty, tonight between 8 and 9pm is Earth Hour where we turn off our lights and sit in the dark as a contribution to saving power and a pledge to conserving our worlds resources.  It's a planetary thing and as you well know, every little bit counts.  So come on guys,  I know you dirty ol' Goths have hoards of candles so join in, lights off, ( Read more... )

Looksie here It is gooood.

And for those that don't know what I often get up to when I'm not parenting or wifeying, look here
It is time to brush off the pureed apple and get the fingers back a'plucking and the voice box back a'making noise.

Came home from a nice lunch in town, put baby down to sleep and popped outside to have a go at our overgrown paving edges. In a tailored skirt and Cure T Shirt.
Goth gardening?

Let's dance to Joy Division,
And celebrate the irony,
Everything is going wrong,
But we're so happy....

If it's not to late by the time you read this, and you want to safely view the partial solar eclipse without burning your eyes to bits, then take a piece of card and put a hole in it, a wee bit bigger then a pin hole. Go outside. Duh. Then hold the card above a sheet of paper and see where the light shines through the hole. You should see a ( Read more... )

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Well I've deactivated my face book account. I'm almost embarrassed to have even had one. I mean, after you've rated a few friends, stroked a few  egos, listed your favorite movies and sent a few hundred eggs, what more is there? It's interesting that this is apparently the favored networking site for the adult population (in comparison to "Bebo" ( Read more... )