Archive for July, 2008

That’s right. It’s like cookies and cream. Chocolate and banana. Laurel and Hardy. Although, that suggests a comedy, but no analogy bears close examination. In other words, it’s a perfect pairing. One of my all time favourite authors is taking the helm for a two issue special with my all time favourite fictional hero....
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I’m sorry. My internet connection has been very unstable lately. I have no idea why. Yesterday I couldn’t get online at all. However, episode 25 of VFoS is now posted. Next week I’ll be moving house, so episode 26 may not be bang on time either, but I’ll do my best. Anyway, enjoy this...
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There are spoilers later in this post but I’ll warn you before they appear, so read on in safety for now. I actually went to see this movie on Sunday. Today I went to see it again. It’s not often that I’ll do that. In fact, this is the first time in years that...
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I know, it sounds truly ridiculous. And it is. But in a good way. I’m a big fan of Joss Whedon. Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel were top-notch television and Firefly was a notch above them, and a series that should never have been cancelled. It got us Serenity, but that’s not enough....
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Word abuse that is. I was going to try to avoid posting anything about this mass gathering of Catholics (pun very much intended) but I can’t help it. Hundreds of thousands of “pilgrims” from all over the world coming to Sydney to block our roads and cost our small businesses at least a weeks...
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Back from the snow and back on track with the ‘Verse publishing shedule. Episode 24 is online now. Head on over to the Serial Novella page to have a read. In this episode, Ghost takes back control of the situation. Enjoy. .
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I know, it’s late – I apologise. I’m having a few days off enjoying the Australian winter ski season up in Thredbo. It’s been a long time since I last skiid and it’s taking a while for the old skills to come back. Man, my legs hurt. But you don’t care about that. I...
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Well, according to How To Split An Atom anyway. (Thanks to S F Signal for pointing this one out.) Why should I read these books? I suppose it’s out of some kind of sense of belonging. A need to fit in. While I would vehemently deny ever doing anything because I wanted to fit...
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Episode 22 of Verse is up now on the Serial Novella page. In this episode, Ghost has a bit of a tussle with the renegade, Bartellian. Enjoy. .
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Thanks to Michael over at a Nadder for putting me on to this little beauty. According to The Carpetbagger Report (commentary and analysis on politics in America), there are a number of far-right sites that subscribe to the Associated Press news feed but use an auto-correct feature to change certain words that they deem...
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