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I don't think I'll forget today in a hurry...
It's been a day and a half. At least that's what it feels like. Flash (the cat in my icon or whatever they call it on Facebook) needed dental work. We had, therefore, to withhold food for all the cats from 10pm last night and lift the water at 6am, before getting Flash to the vets' between 8:30 and 9 am. Of course, the cats woke me at 3:30 am ( Read more... ) -
Another one gone...
I am deeply sorry to hear of the death of Graham Joyce, a lovely bloke and an excellent author of dark fantasy, horror, and some things that are unclassifiable. I can't say I loved everything he wrote - I think you have to be a bloke to actually like 'The Tooth Fairy' though no doubt someone will come racing in to tell me I'm wrong, but his books ( Read more... ) -
Shopping - or how did that get there?
Humph. Apart from a 'Stark Industries' Tee (Howard era) and some earrings based on Captain America's shield, two Loncon beer 'glasses' and a couple of mugs with wolves on them, I seem to have acquired a Micro Drone plus camera. How did that happen? Well, it was that or a drinking horn and the micro drone is of marginally more use. And more fun. -
Guardians of the Galaxy: a bit of good; a bit of bad; a bit of both.
Perhaps I went in with too high expectations - I am a great fan of the current comics interpretation of the Guardians - but after the over the top critical reaction to Iron Man 3 (which I really, really disliked, primarily because of a dreadful script devoid (we are told) of any ad libs by RDJ that took superb material and debased it) I do not ( Read more... ) -
Fifty Ways To Get Eliminated
Yesterday, my gorgeous Smooth Collie, Bren, went to his first BAA (British Agility Association) show, Jumping Jacks at Redhill. Thing started off reasonably well - we made good time over the river but arrived lateish at about ten to nine, and in the next 50 minutes got the dogs measured (again in Draco's case) with slightly different results than ( Read more... ) -
Life, death and holes in the ground.
Not a good day today. Went out this morning with the dogs and put a foot down one of the almost invisible holes that litter our local rec. (Some of them are the result of an over-ethusiastic dog, others of practicing golfers, and some may even be due to rabbits.) I don't think I've broken anything, but a two hour application of ice (during which ( Read more... ) -
The Dark Knight... falls.
Finally got round to watching 'The Dark Knight Rises'. What the fuck Nolan?
Lovely cinematography, great acting from the minor characters, total lack of sense in respect of the plot. And I'm only an hour or so in. My thought is now: 'No wonder Ina walked out.' -
Marvel Announces Thor to be Woman, Texts from Superheroes responds.
This link leads to the response from 'Texts from Superheroes' to Marvel's announcement that from now on Thor is going to be a woman* in the mainstream comics (616 ( Read more... ) -
International Gin Day
Apparently, this is International Gin Day.
Hence the White Lady cocktails I have just mixed.
Cheers!
