Hooray for the ‘flu followed by a week of weird Internet connectivity problems. I’ve been having to spend time out in the big room instead, which is scary. There are bears out there…
Anyway, on to more important matters: I’d very much like to replace the ridiculous number of power-strips in my house with these, but [...]
Serenity: We didn’t get tickets to the premier of this, but we did get Joss Weedeon and some of the cast stopping in breifly to introduce the film. They seemed knackered and were literally on their way to the airport, so there wasn’t a chance to speak to them afterwards. Probably just as well, since [...]
I was planning to write some reviews of the films I saw at the Edinburgh Film Festival. They’ll have to wait a bit though, since I’m currently dying of the Dreaded Lurghy.
I’m also simultaneously chuckling and hating the world.
Pixies - Meadowbank Stadium and Alexandra Palace: My favourite band, twice in one week. Life is good. The first show was outdoors at Meadowbank stadium in Edinburgh, and the second was indoors at the (huge) main hall in Alexandra palace in London. Tthe sound was much better at the first show, but it was evened [...]
A man in Islington found an example of the world’s largest species of centipede, Scolopendra gigantea, crawling up his living room wall. He trapped the highly venemous invertebrate in a plastic tub and took it to the Natural History museum for identification. It’s assumed that it got into the country by hitching a ride with [...]