Polls are fun, so I thought I'd play with one.

( Fluffy poll )

Om, nom, nom - I enjoyed that ( Read more... )

Tonight laosin and I saw "The Fifth Estate" - OK, I went mainly because it had Benedict Cumberbatch in it but also because I was interested to see what a big budget movie would make of the Wikileaks story ( Read more... )

The cinema also showed us this advert, which is very clever, but I need to pick holes in it Be More Doga) they have not allowed for Siamese cats, and similar exuberant breeds - some of the cats, some of the time, are aloof, but it only goes that far ( Read more... )

The thirteen year old boy in the house is on holiday with his cousins, but somehow I still found myself going to see Pacific Rim - a review if you don't know what I am talking about - Mark Kermode Reviews Pacific RimNot a subtle film, but my forty nine year old boy enjoyed it, and so did laosin and I - lots of robot/sea monster battles, but still ( Read more... )

OK, so I've just watched Episode 3 of "The Voice" (UK), because it was on after Dr Who, and then mainlined the highlights of the previous two episodes, with commentary from Daffodil Ranger. As you can probably work out, I enjoyed all of that - the judges, and the contestants, are just so delightfully nice and positive, and pretty talented too, and ( Read more... )

This montage, from about 47:30 onwards, shows someone at the BBC having too much fun ( Read more... )

What has two cast members from Sherlock, one from Being Human, one from Dr Who, and *ARTHUR* in it, and makes both the MIB and Mark Kermode agree with me? There was no-one I recognised from Misfits though - which was a surprise - perhaps their recruiting did not get as far as E4>

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Today I worked out that I have packets of paracetamol and ibuprofen in almost every bag I own - not just for my own use. Dexterity is not my best stat, my weapon of choice is the hockey stick and I have reasonable saving throws against both disease and poison ( Read more... )

It occurred to me today that I haven't noticed any of flist had posting about the BBC4 Series of Dirk Gently, which Daffodil Ranger, the MIB and I all liked, and perhaps it needed drawing to your attention. I could describe it as a mixture of HHGTTG, Sherlock and Misfits - a pretty highly seasoned recipe, but I think it works well enough ( Read more... )