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If I ruled the world...
any fanfic author who uses 'hoard' to describe a large throng of people, or 'horde' to describe a store of money or treasure, would be sentenced to be pursued across the Mongolian steppe by thirty thousand Mongol warriors armed with composite bows. -
If I ruled the world...
...I would make it a death penalty offence to write 'with baited breath' in a fanfic. -
At last something good in 2016
2016 has been a horrible year. Brexit. Trump. And the death list of Bowie, Prince, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Leonard Cohen, Glen Frey, Rick Parfitt, Christina Grimmie, Chyna, Alan Rickman, Victoria Wood, Gene Wilder, Kenny Baker, Robert Vaughn... I have my fingers crossed for Carrie Fisher ( Read more... ) -
A mystery solved?
Was the Trump campaign speechwriter who wrote the speech for Melania Trump and 'borrowed' extensively from Michelle Obama and Rick Astley...
...Cassie Claire/Cassandra Clare? -
May contain spoilers for the football...
Hergé, René Magritte, Thierry Boutsen, Adolphe Sax, Jacky Ickx, Eddy Merckx, Kim Huybrechts, Jean-Claude Van Damme… your boys took one Hell of a beating! Can you hear me, King Philippe? Your boys took one Hell of a beating ( Read more... ) -
Don't blame me, I'm Manx...
I propose another UK referendum on a different but related subject.
"Should all Old Etonians be rounded up and exiled to Ascension Island? Yes/No." -
Shooting yourself in the foot
The Isle of Man is not part of the UK, nor even of the EU, and I didn't get a vote in the referendum. So I'm not going to comment about the result except to say one thing.
This conclusively proves that David Cameron is the stupidest person ever to have been UK Prime Minister. -
Crossover Fic: Tabula Avatar Ch. 76 (BtVS/Baldur's Gate 2)
Thoughts on recent TV adverts: I love the Paddy Power ‘Scotland’ advert that re-writes ‘Vindaloo’ from a Scottish perspective. And I hate the ‘Haribo’ adverts; I hope the ‘happy world of Haribo’ is struck by an asteroid, or attacked by the Goa’uld, or by the aliens from ‘Independence Day ( Read more... ) -
Eurovision travesty
Absolutely gutted by the results of the Eurovision semi-final tonight. It was the best semi ever, with several entries that were really excellent by Eurovision standards, and only a few dreadful ones. And all the dreadful ones went through to the final and most of the excellent ones didn't ( Read more... ) -
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to kazzy_cee!