I've just watched the first two episodes of Heroes season 3.

It's late, and I don't particularly want to make a "more on this subject later" post, because I have a pretty dismal track record with those (I still have to write What I Did On My Holidays Part Two, in which I tell you about Russia. Hm.), so I'll just be concise.

I liked it, on the whole. ( Read more... )

( Cut for A Song Of Ice And Fire speculation/neepery )

I've been re-reading George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series lately. It's great.

It's a long series (currently, it's planned to run to seven volumes, and volume 3 is so big it was published in two volumes in the UK), and the plot gets very convoluted, full of intrigue, betrayal, spies, giant wolves, dead men walking in the dead of night, ( Read more... )

To mark my imminent birthday, I've booked tickets at the Globe for the Merry Wives of Windsor (Saturday 13th September, 7.30pm). The following people are coming:

Me
Matt
Greg
Pete
Lesley
Andy
Michael

If anyone else wants to come, they're welcome, but will need to book their own tickets. We may well go for a meal beforehand as well.

I've booked £5 " ( Read more... )

The main attraction of being an accountant is, of course, that you make a lot of money. I have decided to squander said money by taking not one but two holidays this year. The first was at the Edinburgh Festival, and the second was in Russia. Here, then, is a series of reviews of all 32 of the shows I saw at the Fringe. More about both holidays to ( Read more... )

The one-day content strike is on for this Friday, March 21, from midnight GMT to midnight GMT. For 24 hours, we will not post or comment to LJ. Not in our own journals, not in communities. Not publicly, privately, or under friends-lock ( Read more... )

My Very Good Friend Ed, as many of you may be aware, makes Flash cartoons of, amongst other things, singing ostriches ( Read more... )

Time to pick the collective brain of my flist.

I have just been given 5 free songs from iTunes, for setting up Auto-Top-Up on my Oyster card.

Which 5 songs should I download?

David Cameron:

"I am wealthy, I have had a wonderfully secure and fortunate upbringing, and I went to a great school.

"But I don't think in our country today that that should disqualify you from talking about issues and from making the changes you want to see in this country."

Yeah, you stick it to the Man, Dave.

Well, I thought I'd break radio silence to give you this summation of the shows I saw on my week in Edinburgh. Overall, I had a superb time, and managed to avoid seeing anything worse than "mildly disappointing", which is quite an achievement considering I took in 25 shows over the week.

Here's what I thought of them all:

Nick Doody: Hypocrite: ( Read more... )