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Just to remind anyone who's still not got around to doing so, that whilst I'm considering posting occasional archive material on this site, my main site is now stevegreen. I've also launched uk_sf_events for those wanting to discuss and promote UK/Irish sf cons, groups, etc.

The briefest of comments on Serenity - and a cute pic of Summer Glau - now appear on my new LJournal, stevegreen.

...has got to be one of the saddest headlines I've seen on the front of a British tabloid in quite a while, given that the daily dose of wars, disasters and other human tragedies are usually relegated to page five in order that the first three or four can be given over to such shockers as "Famous Thin Model Takes Drugs". (What next? "Ursine Faecal ( Read more... )

A bunch of girls. A well-known Japanese supernatural thriller. And a malicious tv crew. The result is real horrorshow.

Profundo_rosso in Science FactionFunded by a mysterious benefactor, profundo_rosso (Adam Sandler) moves to a town where computers control the lives of the townsfolk. That, at least, he knows for sure. jervaulx (Queen Latifah) turns to the inventor of chronodynamics, Professor trav28 (Will Smith), for help concerning the recent transpiration of time. The DVD features ( Read more... )

This, just in via Randy Cassingham's This is True newsletter:

CHARISMATIC, STIGMATIC -- WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? Parents are upset with a priest at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Corn Hill, Texas, after he called about 15 children up to the altar during mass. The lesson: how Jesus suffered during crucifixion. His method: pricking the children's ( Read more... )

miss_behave and I were discussing garlic on Thursday, when lis0r pointed us towards a recipe for moretum, a Roman dish involving cheese and garlic which is mentioned in Virgil's Aeniad. jervaulx was in the kitchen at the time, looked over a hardcopy and immediately rustled up her own riff, which she modestly dubbed:

Annie's Aeniad

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