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Snows of an Early Winter
Early snow this year, allegedly the coldest winter in a century, if you believe the tabloids, which I wouldn't recommend. It's been snowing all week, with the view out my window below. You can see the autumn leaves are still on the tree outside, and disgruntled ducks have a frozen canal. Also you can see my office tower lurking in the snowy gloom ( Read more... ) -
Next Up
So my long-running Cthulhu campaign 'Masks of Nyarlathotep' is winding up to it's bloody finale after 3.5 years.
Naturally I'm starting to plan for the next campaign, and right on time, out comes this book:
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The Presbyterian Church like enjoys you not!
5 years old, I know, but still worth a laugh - Mistranslated subtitles on bootleg Starwars Revenge of the Sith Useful if you ever wondered where Lolcats got 'Do Not Want' from...
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Berlin photos
Girlfriend hijacking boyfriend's LJ to point you to our Berlin photos. -
Mmm, Avatar
Long time, no posting... Merry Xmas!
We just got back from Avatar, and I heartily recommend it. Plot is hardly original, but it is worth it for the serious eye-candy. Lights. So pretty. I consider it the best eye-candy since the LOTR trilogy. (interesting, since it was also Weta Digital doing the effects ( Read more... ) -
We forgive ourselves, but don't forget the sacrifices of the other guy..
DDay landings commemoration, and I'm sure when He signed up to the Royal Navy in 1915 he never expected to see his Great-great-great-grandchild ( Read more... ) -
Traveller redux and ePaper
In other news, my Traveller game is getting started, alternating weekly with my long-running Cthulhu game. The contrast between Cairo 1925 and the 4th Frontier War in the 57th century is pleasant ( Read more... ) -
Movie of the Week
Our expectations at this time of year at the movie theatre are low, it being the graveyard turn between oscar season (Ben Button, Slumdawg etc) and the start of the summer blockbusters (Watchmen), hence we were very pleasantly surprised last night by 'The International'. Clive Owen & Naomi Watts were as watchable as ever plus the script and ( Read more... ) -
Like Apes before the Monolith
After many years of renting a tv (which we could have bought several times), this year we decided to hit the January sales and get a new HDTV - we chose the 40" LCD Sony KDL-40W4500, which had very good reviews, was top of the midrange and allowed me to continue the Sony-fanboy bit ( Read more... )
