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Amazon reaps what they sows
A few days ago at lot of my friends got really excited on Facebook because Amazon had sent them a puff e-mail for them to "Pre-order 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' which would contain an 'extended version' and an 'alternate ending ( Read more... ) -
Two half days make one, or something. Sunday and Monday am at Eastercon
Internal clock well out of wack, so didn't get much sleep Sunday night ( Read more... ) -
On the second day of the convention...
Because of a mixup/misprint in the Read Me about the timings of breakfast, the queues went on forever, but the breakfast wasn't bad. Ina and I have decided to eat as little of the overpriced hotel food as possible. The beer and cider in the fan bar (arranged by Martin Hoare) are, however, excellent ( Read more... ) -
On the first day of the convention...
Well, time to retire to our room after ( Read more... ) -
You can be in tears and damn angry at the same time!
Watching 'Supervet' last night, I was deeply sorry for the lady with the GSD pup who agreed to have it put to sleep on the recommendation of Noel-I-hate-the-supervet-label-Fitzpatrick because even he can do nothing with severe hip dysplasia plus other problems - until she bought another pup from the exact same breeding! Does she not know that this ( Read more... ) -
Jagger the Setter was not poisoned at Crufts.
As has been widely speculated by the vets, it turns out that the setter supposedly poisoned at Crufts was, in fact, almost certainly fed the meat - with fast acting poison - in Belgium not long before his death.
Also, there have still been no confirmed or properly sourced reports of any other dogs being poisoned at Crufts either. dogs, dog showsGoodbye to Terry
I first became aware of Terry Pratchett when he attended a long-ago Novacon, just as The Colour of Magic was published. He soon became an established member of fandom, well known for his 'Terry-and-an-audience' sessions, where he expounded something controversial and we yelled back at him. (He also noted any witty heckles for use in his books.) ( Read more... )
