This weekend was good fun. On Saturday, Phil’s parents came up to help us with the garden. We planted a few new shrubs and things, including some Seedums (if that’s how you spell it) and a Cotinus (again, not sure about spelling). We also planted a couple of little trees which I’m not even going…

When I say “Meese”, I of course mean the plural of ‘Moose’. Apparently a man was nearly killed by a falling moose. The article does not specify whether the moose had a mighty mullet or was minging, but I believe it to be unlikely…

There’s been a bit of a debate recently about the blasphemy laws in this country. Various people have weighed in on both sides, with MPs wanting the law abolished but certain members of the Christian community wanting the ban to remain. My opinion is that the law should be repealed. I think it’s pointless: who…

I think it’s probably safe for me to mention now — I have a new job! It’s a software development role with a company based in Chelmsford. I’m starting there on 3rd March, my last day with my current company will be 29th Feb (although I’ve got the last week off on holiday, so I’ll…

I haven’t mentioned much about Torchwood recently – I just wanted to catch up on the past couple of episodes! I thought last week’s episode (“To the Last Man”) was really good. It was what Torchwood does best: looks at characters and how the rift actually affects people, rather than some gung-ho all-guns-blazing kind of…

One of the predictions which Zeth made last month was that ‘Social Networking will become a protocol’. I think that was half right: it’s not a protocol, it’s an API, developed by Google (of course). Not that I think it’s a bad idea, mind, but I do wonder how long this social networking thing is…

A couple of posts ago I mentioned my new guitar. Well, I’ve been practising since then, and it’s starting to get to the stage where I can actually play songs! On the recommendation of Anne-Marie I started out with ‘Great is the Darkness’ (that only has three chords in it! – C, D and G).…

Excellent. Search for ‘Dangerous Cult’ on Google. Heck, I’ll even provide a link for you. Done that? Good. In case it’s no longer working, the first result as of the time of writing was the Church of Scientology’s official website. I don’t know whether this is part of the whole ‘war on scientology’ thing going…

This weekend was a very enjoyable one! On Saturday, Phil’s parents came up for the day to help us with the garden. They brought with them a variety of shrubs and plants – as well as a couple of trees! – for us to plant in the garden. Although it’s still winter and they’re all…

Ok, I admit it: I enjoyed this week’s episode of Torchwood. I think it was an interesting idea, and it certainly had more of the ‘human element’ than Torchwood of last year (namely, I actually empathised with some of the characters!). There were a few problems with it: Although Torchwood is outside the government /…