Geography C, Art and Design A, Art and Design (Textiles) A, Art and Design (3-D Design) A, D&t: Graphic Design D, English B, English Literature A, Mathematics C,
Science B

She is disappointed to have only got "A"s for her Art, but I think that she did very well given some of the teachers she had.

The Wii is a fun console, but these peripherals are just too much...

Interesting article on the resurgence of the board game.

I am not knowledgeable enough to really comment, but as much as I enjoy Blokus, I wonder if it is enough of a game to attract an audience in their twenties. It is a good family game, but it lacks the complexity to keep others coming back to it. The other games mentioned in the article offer ( Read more... )

DaveL came over this afternoon and we tackled some board games.

He did bring Race For The Galaxy, but he had not read the rules, so we went straight into a couple of games of Gambit 7, which Alex seems to like a lot. Alex won one game, while Dave won another. Dave was impressed enough with the game that he plans to pick up a copy for use at school ( Read more... )

Terrors From Beyond review for Call of Cthulhu

Well, it is over. It was not terrible. It met my expectations because I did not set any. Which makes it easy for everyone.

Can you have too much Radio 4?

I apologise for those you without access to Radio 4 as you will miss the humour of the conversation. I also have to apologising for being condescending and feeling sorry that you do not have access to Radio 4.

The Wizard Of Oz in the Iron Age of comics: http://bit.ly/CnKBC

The Onion does it again with this marvellously redone front page.

Butterfly, butterfly...
Why do you stay?
Butterfly, butterfly...
Please fly away!
Butterfly, butterfly...
Escape this very sad place!
Butterfly, butterfly...
Fly. Fly, fly away!
...Before it's too late.