Archive > May 2008

Freakangels

Warren Ellis bades me tell you that the latest episode of his free online comic, Freakangels, is now available for your consumption at www.freakangels.com (natch).
His word is my command and if I don’t do as he requests, I fear he may pass me the runes when I least suspect.

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Thief of Time

I’ve been having anxiety dreams all this week mostly related to the things in my life that I keep putting off that I really, really, really know I should be doing. This has also lead to me waking up early even to the point at finding myself in the gym at 7:30 on Wednesday [...]

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What a wheeze!

So have you seen the video for Weezer’s single “Pork and Beans?” You haven’t? Well it’s all over YouTube which is quite appropriate really seeing as how it features references (and the stars of) some of the most “famous” internet and YouTube celebs. We’re talking the Numa Numa kid, the Star Wars [...]

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Familiarity Breeds Contempt

I have a guilty secret – well, one of many. This one regards my occassional habit of watching Eastenders – not compulsively but enough to know who’s who and what’s going on. I can’t call it a guilty pleasure like, for example, shooting up with crystal meth might be although it’s probably just [...]

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UEFA Euro Cup 2008

So: England not in the cup this year? Who are you supporting? Me – find out after the jump!

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Life After People

If you’ve ever thought about writing or directing a film set in a post-apocalyptic world then this History Channel special, shown last night on Channel 4, was especially useful. It was a theoretical documentary featuring interviews with scientists and engineers and discussed what would happen to the earth and the life on it if [...]

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What happens when a toad gets hit by lightning?

It’s common knowledge that Joss Whedon was brought in to do a pass over on the screenplay for the X-Men film. It may also be common knowledge that his draft of the script was pretty much chucked because, as the telling of it goes, the studio only wanted him to spice it up with [...]

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Concerning Home Birth

It’s coming up to a month since the birth of my daughter – I can’t believe how quickly it’s passed! So now I’m going to tell you a little more about giving birth at home (but don’t worry, I’m not going into detail about the minutiae.) The reason I asked if people wanted [...]

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Weathergirls and wankers

So I’m watching tonight’s installment of The Apprentice and more so than any other episode I’m extremely fucking irritated and frustrated at the total incompetence and fucking fuckwittery of the contestants. Except for Lucinda who is right about everything for a change. Why? Because it’s all about film-making and advertising. Now [...]

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Delivery sweet

By the way, who wants to know more about home birth?

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