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I'm not really that big a believer in New Year's resolutions - generally, I think that if something's worth changing about your life, you should do it as soon as possible rather than waiting for some arbitrary day on the...

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Christmas BDs: Christmas trains: I'll write more later....

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I'd known this was inevitable for some time, but all the same I was deeply saddened and somewhat shocked to wake up this morning to discover that Christopher Hitchens, author of GOD IS NOT GREAT: HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING, had...

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Had a couple of requests for a sample recorded from my new microphone. Ignore the crappy quality of my webcam plus low lighting conditions:...

Posted at 10:52 PM in General

Spine-tingling seasonal greetings to you, faithful readers! Tonight's spooktacular viewing aboard the HMS Whimsy shall consist of: SCREAM 4 (Wes Craven, 2011) - Despite the negative word of mouth, I'm doing my best to keep an open mind about this...

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Sorry about the complete lack of posts over the last week (seems like I'm forever saying this these days). This time, the culprit was a rather nasty stomach bug, followed up for good measure by a less nasty but still...

Posted at 11:27 PM in General

Tomorrow, I'll be heading down south for a three-day scriptwriting course in Elstree. I'll probably be without internet access during that time and in any event am unlikely to have time to post anything. So, see you on Friday!...

Posted at 5:13 PM in General

A train, some movies, a game... and a bag of Jelly Bellies....

Posted at 9:47 AM in General

I'm currently doing my best to finish the first draft of Chapter 6 of my PhD thesis, which I'm intending to submit to my supervisor on Tuesday. I'm afraid I've done my usual thing of stretching the research and note-taking...

Posted at 8:21 PM in General

No updates until the weekend, folks. I'm flying down to London tomorrow morning and from there heading out to Elstree for a three-day course on story structure....

Posted at 11:35 AM in General

The composer best known for his Bond scores died this morning at the age of 77. The BBC Archive has republished a nice tribute to his Bond themes from 1995, hosted by Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny)....

Posted at 10:45 AM in General

Only half an hour to go! Well, it's been a pretty eventful year, both on a personal level and in terms of the wider world. I'm not going to bore you by doing a round-up of everything of note...

Posted at 11:30 PM in General

Plus money and Jelly Bellies....

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...that a measly bit of snow is capable of bringing this country to a standstill? I was meant to be going on relief to a smaller library that's a little less straightforward to get to than my normal branch (a...

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Sorry about the lack of updates. I wish I could say I've been super-busy, but in actual fact for the last few days I've been laid low with the flu. If you sent me an email in the last few...

Posted at 5:04 PM in General

...sorry for the total lack of updates of late. I'm super-busy at the moment, redrafting Chapters 3-5 of my thesis ahead of an October 4th submission date. There's nothing major to report anyway, but keep checking back....

Posted at 11:05 PM in General

Sorry for the criminal lack of updates to this site recently. I'm still here, just pretty busy with other stuff at the moment, namely writing. My thesis is getting the bulk of my attention at the moment, but while I...

Posted at 9:15 PM in General

...and here is my swag: - Roccat Kave 5.1 surround sound gaming headset - DRAGON AGE: AWAKENING expansion set - TRUE BLOOD: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON on BD - FIGHT CLUB on BD - THE BOX on BD ...and a...

Posted at 9:40 AM in General

I'm now on annual leave for the next two weeks and have set my PhD to one side as well. I'll still be working on my CASUALTY script throughout this period (well, except on my birthday, I would assume), but...

Posted at 10:22 PM in General

Sorry about the total lack of posts recently. This past week has been the busiest I've experienced in a long time, and to be honest I haven't had a chance to watch any BDs or come up with any other...

Posted at 8:42 PM in General

Liberal Democrats in Number 10 - my God, did I go to sleep and wake up in some fantasy dimension? I find myself in a rather bizarre situation in which the outcome I wanted least - the Conservatives in power...

Posted at 2:38 PM in General

How anyone can take seriously a system that allows a result like this is beyond me. Source: BBC News...

Posted at 8:45 PM in General

Just checking in quickly to apologise for the total lack of news posts lately. I've been super-busy lately working on revisions for the second analysis chapter of my thesis. That said, I've ordered the remaining two components of my system...

Posted at 8:06 PM in General

Something rather amazing is happening in British politics. The latest YouGov poll, which measures the public's voting intention for the country's three main political parties, puts the Liberal Democrats in first place for the first time in... well, certain...

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