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Torchwood: No, I’m not moaning this time
I actually thought the newest couple of Torchwood episodes (‘Something Borrowed’ and the one after) were pretty good. (Note: if you haven’t watched the next episode, this may contain spoilers…) ‘Something borrowed’ did have a few moments which made me think “Hmmmm”, but for the most part they kept it pretty interesting all the way…
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The Holy Grail of Weekends
On Friday evening, Alex and Elisa came round for pizza and to watch “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. Elisa hadn’t seen the Holy Grail before, but she wanted to after going to see Spamalot earlier this year. It’s always good to watch some Python, although I’m not quite sure what she made of the…
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New Article: The Ten Commandments
I’ve just published a new article on FocusOnFaith entitled “The Ten Commandments, Part One: Context”. As you may gather from the ‘part one’ reference, it is in fact the first of a series — although I haven’t written the other parts of the series yet, so I don’t know exactly how many more there will…
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So tired…
Well, it’s been a fairly busy weekend! On Friday evening, we headed down to Phil’s parents to stay for the weekend. We got there at around 7:30, and then just had dinner and just spent the rest of the evening rather quietly! On Saturday we met up with a couple of friends for a little…
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Torchwood “Dead Man Walking”
After a couple of weeks of pulling in pretty good, solid episodes (one of them being one of the best episodes I think Torchwood has done – ‘Reset’), they put out ‘Dead Man Walking’. I’m sorry, but — well, it was just poor! The episode just didn’t really make much sense, end-to-end. We also watched…
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No dogs, wombats OK
I just love Rule 51 of the Oxford Union Society Rules: Rule 51: Dogs Any Member introducing or causing to be introduced a dog into the Society’s premises shall be liable to a fine of £5 inflicted by the Treasurer. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat. Any animal…
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Linux Media Players
I’ve been looking round for a new Linux MP3 player for a while now. My previous MP3 player of choice was XMMS, but that’s getting old now and I’m not sure how much longer it’s going to be around (and supported) for. The interface itself, despite using Winamp skins, is pretty old and horrible –…
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Last day at work, and the weekend
It was my last day at work on Friday! Although I’m technically still working there until the end of this week, I had five days holiday left so I’ve got a few days off before starting my new job (next Monday). It was quite a good day – a few people came down to the…
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Eating at Height
Have you ever felt that there’s just simply not enough thrill about your eating experiences? Have you ever wanted to dine while floating through mid-air? Well, look no further, because Dinner in the Sky is here! You eat at a table suspended 50m above ground, giving the food that additional “death-defying” feel. I hasted to…
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The new Bond theme
I was listening to Virgin Radio last night, and Ben Jones interviewed Matt Bellamy of Muse. What interested me was Matt’s response to the possibility of doing the new Bond theme. Virgin Radio have been saying that Muse should do the new Bond theme for a while, and a lot of people agree (see the…