Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Sometimes, I feel I should live up to my promise. Although I haven't been posting many updates about drumming along in Guitar Hero 5 I am still playing, practising my favourites and pushing myself to improve in the more difficult songs. The single-song gig structure of the game, ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Every year there is a large board gaming convention held in Essen, Germany, where many manufacturers show off their new releases and huge crowds turn up to play the latest games and pick up some bargains. Although there are simplistic games like Monopoly and Cluedo around, most of the ...
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
The marvellous, national treasure that is Stephen Fry has released a new book, a collection of Oscar Wilde's Stories for All Ages. I am fortunate enough to get a couple of tickets to the book signing at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, purely by the good timing of seeing ...
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009
My old canvas motorbike cover had seen better days when it disappeared. I can only assume that the cover blew off the bike in the wind and someone threw it away, mistaking the dirty and ripped cover for a discarded rag, and I can't blame them for that. ...
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
My neighbour's cat moved in with me and the neighbour was concerned about the kitty being a nuisance. A couple of short discussions helped convince my neighbour that, actually, I really like cats and I'm fine with her treating my flat like a hotel, as that's what cats do. ...
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Monday, May 25th, 2009
Browsing around at LOLCATS I notice an advert for Shana Logic, an on-line company whose adverts I have seen here before as they often show off attractive and stylish wares at the side of the photos of cats with wacky captions. This time something catches my attention enough to ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
My neighbour's cat has been spending an awful lot of time with me, seemingly either being inside my flat or outside and roaming, and the neighbour hadn't been around to check that Panda cat was okay. However, after quite a few weeks my neighbour calls and asks, 'Is my ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Late last year I come home to find a small kitty mewing at my neighbour's door. I have seen the neighbour just walk inside and, as it is cold and damp, knock on the door to let her know her kitten is outside wanting to come in. There ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
When I joined up with some friends to see Watchmen at the IMAX last week we spent a little time wandering around comic shops. In Forbidden Planet I saw a superb statue of a character from the Oh! My Goddess! manga and although I generally don't buy statues ...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
It's another meme! Melmoth randomly generates his band's album cover, following the advice of Greenspeak, and is keen to see other examples. I am not one to refuse such a polite request, even if I almost completely lack any image manipulation skills.
I like the results, I have to ...
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