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Anal Probes
Imagine the following scenario at a restaurant. There are two items on the menu that you really like: one is the Caeser Salad, and the other is the Steak-and-Ale Pie. You are always in the mood for something savoury but feel the pie may be too filling. The salad is more healthy but may leave you feeling hungry. Instead of making a decision in ( Read more... ) -
Police Tactics
The most obvious thing that struck me about the current riots is the change in police tactics relative to what I have seen in the past. In the last few days have only seen videos of police in full riot gear shuffling around, hanging back, doing very little ( Read more... ) -
True Blood
The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris have mysteriously found their way onto my Kindle. These novels form the basis for the HBO series True Blood. I had been looking forward to reading them.
The first novel is narrated in the first person by the principal protagonist Sookie Stackhouse. The writing can only be described as 'functional" ( Read more... ) -
Foreign Countries
When we visited Scotland in May I brought back my father's old Eumig P8 cine projector and a large number of 5" reels of film. My father bought his first cine camera in 1959 when we were living in Nyasaland (now Malawi). We were in Nyasaland for only about 6 years (~1958 - 1964) but that time covered most of my primary school years (7 to 13) and ( Read more... ) -
Fire and Ice
I've been re-reading the first four volumes of R.R. Martin's Fire & Ice saga. This will be the third time. This was triggered partly by HBO's excellent (if condensed) adaptation of Book One, A Game of Thrones, but also by the release of the fifth volume, A Dance with Dragons.
I haven't read fantasy for a long time. I would sooner read excellent ( Read more... )
