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Almost two years since last post
I do not know where the time went and about to head home from work as got to pack as I head to Skomer island to spend a couple of days surrounded by Puffins.
I am just back from a holiday in South Korea, even learning some Hangul (korean written language before I went). I will try to post something soon. -
Sunday Hobby
Hobby the bird that is.
Took a trip to Lakenheath Fen, and managed to get some good shots of these fast little blighters going after the dragonflies. I shot at a 1250th of a second, but could have done with being faster. The movement effect though may have worked better with the freeze frame.
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Day 1 - NaNoWriMo
I had my Friday appointment cancel on me today so instead of driving around the M25 (the motorway (freeway) around London which is a lovely road to drive when it works, and when it doesn't it fails in style), I have written the first 1% of the novel and I am now writing this ( Read more... ) -
45 minutes of DVD reviews
Ok so I have decided to work through my DVD collection and review them. So I am going to try and start it off by taking the next 45 minutes to go through as many as I can before I head into work.
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Gordon's alive?!!?
I started watching the TV series of Flash Gordon. It startted off as very hokey and tongue in cheek humour. Just incase you were thinking that they were being serious and it was just a case of bad acting or writing, they played nonsensicle music that could have found a home in a carry on movie ( Read more... ) -
student update
The phd student of colm's has been given his one months notice. He was grilled for by two academics with his cv in front of him. Conditions for letting him stay were out in place ( Read more... ) -
George RR Martin
GRRM has started screening comments for his post. Good on him I say. He started his LJ less for updates about his next installment for ASOIAF and more about his love of american football and little bits about various projects as well as publicising the HUGO awards and new writers to watch out for ( Read more... ) -
He was a quiet man
I just saw one of the most fantastic films in my life. IT is called as the subject says "He was a quiet man". What seems pretty straight forward to begin with becomes a really good film with twists. Christian Slater is fantastic in his role. Probably one of his best to date ( Read more... )