I so seldom follow these memes, but this is a cute one: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 123 3. Find the fifth full sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. 5. Don’t search around for…
I recently watched the first couple of episodes of the Nathan Barley tv show, based on the (fake, obviously) tv show “Cunt’ from the spectacularly funny but now defunct “TV Go Home” web site. It was very entertaining, and amusing – I laughed a lot – but having said that, the character…
What Follows is An Open Letter to Brylcreem Dear Brylcreem, Hi. You don’t know me, I’m a first time writer. How are you? I am fine. I’m writing about your “Hair Police” advertising campaign. In this series of ads, delivered in a faux-COPS documentary form complete with…
I mentioned this to Annette the other night, and she encouraged me to blog it. A while back, I went over to Australia on a work-related thing, but the only passport I could find was my EU passport. No sign of my NZ one. So I figured, who cares, I’…
So long, suck show. Goodnight, and Fuck You. [Update] From slashdot: “Q. How many “Enterprise” fans does it take to save a TV series? A. Both of them.”…
So, last night was the first class in the 10-week “Acting for the Camera” class that I am attending. And it was extremely interesting! The exercises were quite different from what I was expecting … I guess I thought it’d be more “Okay, act like you’re sad … NO! WRONG!…
It looks like my hobby radio station plans are coming to some fruition. But, the problem is, now I am once again faced with the big problem of What To Call The Station. I’m currently running with “MEH FM” It’ll be a low power, hobbyist only station, playing…
Sheesh. I’ve just read this on slashdot: “TrekToday is reporting that Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis will guest-star on the season finale of Star Trek: Enterprise, to reprise their Next Generation roles of William T. Riker and Deanna Troi.” I stopped watching this boring-ass show in the middle of…