Rigel wrote:

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The second is rather premoniscient of Nick and Morn, as well.

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I think that's probably one of the reasons that I never liked Morn very much. She's a disaster. She ruins everyone she meets, and she never even notices.

I don't feel that Angus was in any way redeemed by his actions. Ok, he took out Holt Fasner. So what? Holt's physical death was just the icing on the cake of bringing down the edifice he had built for himself. Even if it was more than that, Angus didn't do it because it was right or just. Doing some...

Finished Cloud Atlas . I can't exactly say why I thought it, but I did think it was superb . Jumps about in time all over the place, with hugely varying storylines but with good linking. Kind of like a dystopian fairytale with hints (just hints) of a happy ending. I just finished it. Distinctly dis...

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I have another one up now. Fewer gags this time though. Thanks for the (3D) memories, Nintendo: albatrossrevue.blogspot.com/2011/06/vir ... ed-3d.html

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And here it is.

'Save Me' - my humorous yet scathing thoughts on the woe of the compulsory autosave

If anyone can take the time to read and maybe comment, that would be much appreciated.

Attention game-playing people! UK-based start-up gaming blog Albatross Revue will post my opinion piece about autosaves on Monday. If it gets views and comments I'll be offered a 'permanent gig' (though an unpaid one, since it's only a small site). So when I post the link on Monday, please view and...

You've been outed. The person who was in on this joke has owned up. Give it a rest. Continuing to push the joke after you've been found out and asked to stop is just asking for trouble.

Essentially BBF is not an alternate identity of another member, but he is an acquaintance of another member and is winding us up for laughs. The member in question (whose involvement was surprising only in its limited scope) came clean about his knowledge of the affair once the dreaded 'blue flame' ...

No, I think you're right. While I've never really been a pet person myself, I can understand the emotional attachment and I don't think it's unreasonable to want to be able to keep your dog in your life. I don't know what to suggest as a solution, but I certainly don't think getting rid of your dog ...

Cov, why are you treating him like he's real? You know he's not. Because I'd rather treat someone with undeserved respect than undeserved scorn. BBF's reality or otherwise is becoming increasingly irrelevant. It's ironic really that the idea of showing respect to something unreal is so alien to a s...

My remark wasn't intended as a slight to you. I feel this topic has become another pointless mess of rambling. We have plenty of those already. You often come across as confrontational, or as though you're mocking us. Neither option is very appealing. Still, if you're genuine and you wish to make fr...

I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan. It's not elegant and it's not pretty; it's vulgar, crass and brazen. It is quite fun though, and clever in places. Almost all of my book purchases in the last couple of years have been academic (and some of the non-academic stuff I've read has been rubbish, like Dune) so ...

Murrin wrote:No, it needs to be locked like the Turiya topic was.

Yes. Shut down this godawful waste of time.

drew wrote:parentsshouldnttext.com/

"I hate it when I laugh and my ass falls off". Whoever that mother is, I feel inclined to propose.

The medieval colloquium was awesome. Everyone there was a history student, and most of them were postgrads. That meant that anywhere I went people were talking shop, and interested in hearing about each other's work. I met a few people from other universities and made some new friends from my own. H...

A year or two ago, Lurch posted a link to Astronomy Picture of the Day in the little-used Haven Farm area of Kevin's Watch. There are some breathtaking pictures there. kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15726 (ps. If anybody wants to add a link to the page please feel free to do so - I ha...

danlo wrote:I hear Charlie's already got a new sit-com in the works called 1 and 1/2 brain cells.

Stressed but also eager. The stressful bit is I only have two weeks to get my PhD applications in. Bugger. The bit that makes me eager is I'm going to a 'medieval colloquium' (whatever one of those is) for a couple of days. Food, accomodation and travel are included in the (low) cost, and it's at a ...

Both my tatts are black (well, the crest is black and grey I suppose. I wanted it black and white but the artist thought he knew better). I'm not a fan of colour ones. Or sleeves. There are lots I don't like. It's all personal taste, of course. but the crest of Gormenghast took two bloody hours. I'm...