I wrote this last night, when the pain was still fresh in my memory...

Before I go into my rant on the cinematic stillbirth that is the live action adaptation of Blood: The Last Vampire, I should warn you that there will be many spoilers. So if you're intent on seeing this God awful movie, you should stop reading now.
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So I've had an interest in these virtual worlds online for a while now. I figure it's pretty cool to make a little avatar of yourself and walk around a 3D environment, meeting new people and networking. And hell, there are guys on Second Life who make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year by selling virtual property and the like. So hey, I ( Read more... )

British metal band Akercocke appeared on Northern Irish television show "Nolan Live" to discuss Satanism, of which all four members are followers. Believing they were going to engage in an intelligent discussion with members of the clergy, they soon realised this was a Northern Irish programme, where such concepts as "intelligence" and " ( Read more... )

When did the ideal vision of beauty change from this:


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Yesterday I read a piece on zarq's blog bringing attention the terrible hand that has been dealt to roaring_mouse. Her apartment block has been sold and is being converted into condos. Under Californian state law, her landlord is supposed to help her in her search for new accommodation. Except that her landlord has decided not to do this. On top of that, ( Read more... )

This can't be good.My only hope is that it's just gonna be Aer Lingus flights that are disrupted (I booked my flight with Delta.) Still, this was the last thing I needed to read about. After two days of stress and bullshit at work, I am not in the mood for these things. All I want to do is spend a week with my girlfriend - is that really too much ( Read more... )