Glacial melt has doubled in speed over the last four years.

Alzheimer's Research Trust page.  If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett, there is an Ebay auction which may be relevant to your interests.

Incredible Hulk trailer.  Edward Norton as Bruce Banner.  Interesting.

Neil Marshall has got the money for Sacrilege, an old western horror movie to ( Read more... )

French town forbids locals dying because cemetary is full.  Will zombies oust mayor from office?  Enquiring minds etc.

Italian wives are allowed to lie about their lovers to protect their honour, according to the highest court of appeal in Italy today.  Cosi fan tutti?

American company offers to remove negative links from Web by hiding them in ( Read more... )

Let's get something clear.  I like Conan.  The stories are full of energy and paced marvellously even if the characters are a bit stock.

However, having read all of the Robert E. Howard ones, I did promise a metric.


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Dare I look?  Movie franchise of Clive Barker's Books of Blood.  As long as Jonas Armstrong gets to die! for his Mancunian Robin Hoodie then it cannot be a bad thing.  In other movie news, Rob Zombie may be taking a look at a Conan movie.  If you want a real laugh, take a look at some of the comments on this page.  I haven't seen this kind of bile ( Read more... )

Nice wedding on Saturday.  High points include my first handfasting, the overhead traffic and the fact that despite being underwater for half of it due to head cold I got to see people I hadn't seen upwards of two years.  Also there was much Tenacious D.  Weather held off, bride was radiant and honour guards had katanas.

Sunday was cool.

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Got the courier to come round to deliver the mead today.  Ha!  I could have brewed my own, I know but... (hic)

In other news -
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We have a ninja.  It's the courier who was supposed to deliver a crate of mead this morning.  I was sat on the other side of a door awake and awaiting the nice gentleman (Incentive? A crate of mead - obviously!) when I don't even hear the letterbox go.  Now I am impressed with the skill of this 'Colin' - if that's his real name (ninja being sneaky ( Read more... )

Spent a productive morning working on databases and helping upgrade servers.  I have been at work.  Yay overtime.

QOTD: "Given the right drugs I can handle anything."  - Me in response to 'can I handle visiting a friend for a certain duration.'; for some reason the quote inspired me to GIS the phrase 'Gentleman Junkie'.  Pics of William S. Burroughs ( Read more... )

Wife is home. More on that later.

In the interim...

On Arrakis, you will find your destiny. Or a cute kitten impersonating a sandworm.  Other cat news - the effects of local power stations on your environment.  Now I've freaked out the cat lovers, I have to include this one as a gratuitous nod to
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Book Review: Singularity Sky by Charles Stross. 4 out of 5 ( Read more... )