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Dad’s Army
I’ve taken a bit of an interest in Dad’s Army ever since I ran a short-lived roleplaying game in the 1990s in which the player characters were members of the Home Guard, dealing with mysterious happenings which turned out to be due to a burrow of Wombles rather than fifth-columnists - although one of the Wombles was blessed with the name Berlin…
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Do the Dance Apocalyptic!
Well, I already knew I was an extremist, as Nick Clegg was kind enough to inform me of it a couple of years ago.
What I hadn’t realised was that I’m practically one of the horsemen of the Apocalypse. According to George Robertson - sorry, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen - Scottish independence would be “cataclysmic in geo-political terms”. Gosh, ( Read more... ) -
…and the Kitchen Sink
I don’t know whether you’ve posted anything recently? I’m not a very frequent poster of things but it was my sister’s birthday recently and that’s definitely a posting time.
My sister’s an active outdoors person - in fact she works as an outdoor instructor, after previous employment as a reindeer herder - so outdoorsy stuff is good, particularly ( Read more... ) -
Eurovision 2013
I was at first puzzled, then interested, when Spain’s entry appeared. Introduced by Graham Norton as ESDM, they and their sound were kind of familiar, and they started with the sound of Asturian bagpipes. Then the lead singer looked familiar, although I didn’t know her from Oxford where apparently she lived for a time. It didn’t take long for the ( Read more... ) -
Dr. Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
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