Sparta, virtual worlds, nights out, temporal shifts and miscellaneous stuff
300 rocks. That it's flaws stick out shows you the quality. I just went past the almost naked Spartan warriors being macho and appreciated the laconic wit of hard b'stards and some very impressively choreographed fight sequences.
"You're not going to let that scratch stop you fighting are you?"
I have also done the unthinkable. I visited Second Life. I have created a slightly off-the-wall goth type and have been seen dancing, shopping and flying about like Peter Pan. At no point was sex, BDSM or unthinkable perversion on the menu (which will doubtlessly shock some of the readership I'm sure). I can understand why people get very into it, it is interesting... but I've had better immersion with books.
Then again 3 hours did fly by while I was flying about, chatting to people from Greece and dancing with a nice German lady. I comprehend the whole online gaming thing (having done it with text-based RPGs) and while the graphics are impressive I can understand why people get all bent out of shape over it.
And I've lost another hour due to British Summer Time following the accompaniment of M, his sister, friends and family during a night out which ranged between the Pit, Langtrys and the Tap. Ran into B who glommed why I've been away from the Tap for a while and caught up with a metric boatload of peeps. However have drunk way too much Coke, caffeine in my caffeine stream ohdearieme.
I am off alcohol for the next 10 weeks. I have decided to launch a counterstrike against this outrageous turn of events by learning to drive (like DUI is going to be a problem). Now all I need to do is get the sleep deprivation under control and I'm in business. Oh heck yes though the bottles of mead, heather ale and organic beer will suffer a terrible fate when this dry spell ends.
In other news:
Couple finish 7 year pub crawl. The irony is that one of them is practically tee-total. Mind you, someone who plans a pub crawl around all the pubs with the word 'Bell' in the name has clearly the kind of dedication needed to achieve something wonderful.
Instructions on how to create your own miniature universe encapsulated by a black hole. Now at no point are the words 'just add water' included which I think is a terrible mistake. Mind you, the whole 'encapsulated by a black hole' thing intrigues me. I mean what would that look like? What makes this article quite amusing is the idea of a 'cobbled-together' spacetime bubble.
Visions of Heaven and Hell according to a number of major religions. To go with this, here is the BBC version of the end of the world replayed in five different flavours. Hmmm. Wonder if there's a market for 'choose your own apocalypse' books?
"You're not going to let that scratch stop you fighting are you?"
I have also done the unthinkable. I visited Second Life. I have created a slightly off-the-wall goth type and have been seen dancing, shopping and flying about like Peter Pan. At no point was sex, BDSM or unthinkable perversion on the menu (which will doubtlessly shock some of the readership I'm sure). I can understand why people get very into it, it is interesting... but I've had better immersion with books.
Then again 3 hours did fly by while I was flying about, chatting to people from Greece and dancing with a nice German lady. I comprehend the whole online gaming thing (having done it with text-based RPGs) and while the graphics are impressive I can understand why people get all bent out of shape over it.
And I've lost another hour due to British Summer Time following the accompaniment of M, his sister, friends and family during a night out which ranged between the Pit, Langtrys and the Tap. Ran into B who glommed why I've been away from the Tap for a while and caught up with a metric boatload of peeps. However have drunk way too much Coke, caffeine in my caffeine stream ohdearieme.
I am off alcohol for the next 10 weeks. I have decided to launch a counterstrike against this outrageous turn of events by learning to drive (like DUI is going to be a problem). Now all I need to do is get the sleep deprivation under control and I'm in business. Oh heck yes though the bottles of mead, heather ale and organic beer will suffer a terrible fate when this dry spell ends.
In other news:
Couple finish 7 year pub crawl. The irony is that one of them is practically tee-total. Mind you, someone who plans a pub crawl around all the pubs with the word 'Bell' in the name has clearly the kind of dedication needed to achieve something wonderful.
Instructions on how to create your own miniature universe encapsulated by a black hole. Now at no point are the words 'just add water' included which I think is a terrible mistake. Mind you, the whole 'encapsulated by a black hole' thing intrigues me. I mean what would that look like? What makes this article quite amusing is the idea of a 'cobbled-together' spacetime bubble.
Visions of Heaven and Hell according to a number of major religions. To go with this, here is the BBC version of the end of the world replayed in five different flavours. Hmmm. Wonder if there's a market for 'choose your own apocalypse' books?