Heh. The Honourable Lady Mark[1] mourns the death of Ricardo Montalbán, saying: [he] is probably best known in this country for his role as the proprietor of Fantasy Island
Which, quite frankly, is probably wrong. So I decided to solve the discussion by science. Well, an LJ poll[2]:
( Poll. With ticky boxes. We like ticky boxes. )

In lieu of propper content, and because I'm a) doing more childcare than normal and b) getting addicted to the damn wii, have some links to posts by others that you should be reading.

Firstly, on the Atheist Bus campaign[1], three scientist bloggers, Dave Godfrey, Debi Linton and Strangefrontier who says: Dear Christians on my friendslist, when ( Read more... )

It is a time of year to reflect, to think upon what has come to pass, to learn from the past and thank those that brought us to where we are today. Today, especially, is an exceptional day for these endeavours, being as it is the birthday of one of the greatest and most influential men to walk those green and pleasant landsHis works, agitation and ( Read more... )

Jazz legend Lyttelton dies at 86

Humphrey Lyttelton 1921 - 2008Humph died peacefully with his family and friends around him on April 25th at 7.00pm following surgery.
There are no words I can say.

RIP Humph.

Undoubtedly my favourite author as a teen, and still someone I like to remember now (and who I'll doubtless bring up the reread list now), AP reports that Arthur C. Clarke passed away earlier today. He already had his own tag on here and deservedly so, not only did he predict satellite communications, mobile phones and similar, but he also proved ( Read more... )

I never did get into Dungeons and Dragons. This might seem weird to a lot of you, who either know me through gaming, or know that I am (or at least was) a gamer, but ultimately by the time I tried AD&D I'd played many many much better games (Blood Bowl being my first and favourite "gamers game"), so despite the efforts of friends such as draich_goch and ( Read more... )

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My paper of choice for the best part of 15 years was The Independent, started getting it when I was 17 and took GCSE Politics to go alongside my A Levels. I got in trouble in a politics class once for sneakily reading Miles Kington's column when I was suppoed to be debating something ( Read more... )

Jennie and I met because she and ginasketch came down to London to attend a recording of the News Quiz, a show we were all fans of. Suffice to say I've a little soft spot for the show that inspired Have I Got News For You and is always worth a listen. So these headlines aren't really welcome.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Broadcaster Alan Coren dies at 69
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There are times when you don't even know how great someone is until you read their obituary. Sometimes, it's a name you've never heard before, and then you find out what they did. It's weird, but reading a list of the theme tunes that Ronnie Hazlehurst wrote was just so evocative, they came to me, and I don't normally remember music on tap. My ( Read more... )