In addition to dreaming about the extra rooms in my parents house I woke up very abruptly at 4.00am this morning with the distinct impression that someone was walking around the flat. I could hear floorboards creaking and it didn't sound as if it was the numpty upstairs as she thumps her heels into the floor. So I jumped out of bed, knowing that I ( Read more... )

I had one of those dreams last night where you find rooms you never knew existed through a door in a place you used to live. This time, however, it was my parents' house. The odd thing was that I was dreaming about it in its current state where all the rooms had been cleared by the Evil Bitch. I've never been in the house when it was like that. The ( Read more... )

It is very hard to post anything about Star Trek Into Darkness without spoilers. I will say this that there are so many nice touches, and a lot of attention to detail which will please most Star Trek fans. I went to the midnight showing at Cineworld along with a lot of other people. I think everyone enjoyed it ( Read more... )

I may disagree with people over a number of issues but at least I don't cut them out of my friends list simply for expressing their opinions. I'd only do that if it was a personal attack directed at myself and so far there has only been one person I have had to delete because of that sort of thing. So I have to say I am a bit annoyed at some people ( Read more... )

I've had quite a good weekend. I went on a walk yesterday along the Kelvin walkway, I saw GI Joe at the cinema, and today after doing various things in the house I went over to Easterhouse (of all places) and bought a new pair of running shoes ( Read more... )

It's only a few days to Eastercon and I ought to be looking forward to going. I am looking forward to it but I keep having all sorts of Things To Worry About that pop into my head and annoy me. I know I need the break, I will enjoy it once I'm there but my brain is determined to make me worry ( Read more... )

I've not seen it in Star Trek, nor Star Wars. I've not read it in The Lost Fleet series nor has Honor Harrington dealt with it. OK, Babylon 5 had a small reference to it in a scene involving Garibaldi and Sinclair. However, "Praxis" by Walter Jon Williams, which I'm reading for Eastercon, has the following dialogue during an action sequence ( Read more... )

There's nothing I can do over the next couple of days to make things any better than they are as with the whole shitty situation over my mother's will. The only thing I can do is to make things better for myself. With that in mind I am going out to walk in the fresh air, enjoy the countryside and meet up with people I know ( Read more... )

So after months of to-ing and fro-ing with the Legal Aid board I have now received a letter saying they have refused my application. I have a meeting arranged with my lawyer on Tuesday to discuss what I can do next ( Read more... )

So last night after unkinking and stretching my back out after spending too many hours in the one spot in front of a PC I tried to watch some TV. I had the second episode of Game of Thrones and a few other things. However, my inconsiderate moron of an upstairs neighbour decided to add an extra soundtrack to the TV. She's been spoken to about this ( Read more... )