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Bizarre classes
I've just been playing with the Basic/Expert D&D random class generator and came up with this one:
( My thrilling new class ) -
Historical cookery fail
For those of you who enjoyed Marc's recently stroganoff fail, here's one of the first meals he ever cooked me ( Read more... ) -
Cookery fail
In another exciting edition of 'funny things Marc does,' we feature cookery ( Read more... ) -
A surprise story
While browsing Techtales I found a story from 2003 ( Read more... ) -
You what now?
My sympathies to my Australian friends who have to share a country with this moron.
'Ireland a joke for not joining Team GB in Olympic'’ -
Faraday cages. Never forget.
A while ago I discussed the importance of shielding your electronics in the future in the context of Terra Nova. Having recently watched The Matrix, I was reminded that despite being one of the most awesome films of the 1990s (and incidentally one of the greenest films ever made), it also suffered from a serious lack of electronic shielding. The ( Read more... ) -
Abortion in popular culture (for which read TV that I've seen recently.)
I've been watching Bedlam series 2 on Sky Living, and to be honest, it's not that good. When you've only got six episodes in your series, you need to make every one count. This series has had five episodes so far (I haven't watched the finale yet) and only two of them really felt worth the effort ( Read more... ) -
Damn you, Etsy!
I want ALL THE THINGS. -
Hellraiser, as watched in 2012
The trouble with 80s movies is that no matter how much of a classic they might have at the time, when I watch them now all I can think is "So much synth!" or "Mullets mullets mullets!" which is really quite distracting. Terminator was an excellent film, but it was difficult to be scared of the clunky stop-motion animation while everyone ran around ( Read more... ) -
Fetch the scorpion pit, or, in which my beloved fails at communication
Another item in the growing list of funny things Marc does: attempt to communicate through mime. I have no idea why. As far as I know, he has no formal theatrical training. He's not Italian, or related to my paternal grandfather (a man who I suspect could be rendered mute with a set of handcuffs). He just periodically abandons spoken language ( Read more... )