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You're so loyal, you know that? Time to test that loyalty to breaking point. This blog, as of today, is no more. BUTHead over to www.ohyeahmetoo.net for the new and excitinger site. It'll be updated at least quite a lot, and will have words and pictures and videos and memes. What's that site again? Good question, person. It'swww.ohyeahmetoo.net

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"Go on, give us a nice smile"

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-17859641937397908502010-07-12T10:41:00.005+01:002010-07-12T10:44:02.749+01:00

This video combines two of my favourite things: medleys of current popular music, and bees.

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I like to think I'm pretty up on my popular culture; I visit The Daily What every day, I spend all my free time watching HBO boxsets, and generally know what's going on, as long as "what's going on" is the obscure kind of fact that won't get you a girlfriend.I didn't know anything about Asian pop culture though, the mangas, the animes, the weird tentacle cartoons, and the girls with their fingers

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-20396628272350446782010-07-10T20:32:00.001+01:002010-07-10T20:32:27.598+01:00

So you’ve decided to become a Bachelor of the Arts. Did you not see the current economic climate? Couldn’t you have done something a bit more practical, like bomb disposal or shining the shoes of investment bankers? I suppose it’s too late for shudda-wudda-cudda’s now, so you’ll just have to put up with your smug management friends going on about starting salaries of £25k and their new

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-73069626656042521942010-07-07T23:29:00.003+01:002010-07-07T23:30:23.119+01:00

While I'm rustling up the second half of the "So You've Decided to be a Bachelor of the Arts" article, watch this. I can't decide whether I like the song or the video more, but both are equally Bruce. That's right, I'm using it as an adjective now.I'm Bruce Willis from wreckandsalvage on Vimeo.

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It was the usual; a Thursday night, an essay due on Friday morning, and I was there with a crayon in hand, designing my entry for a university competition. The brief was to design a new room for the £2m development imaginatively named "The Learning Zone" and so I took it upon myself to present a practical and efficient learning environment.I'll do some clickable thumbnails of the entry, and then

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-79557064657212466422010-06-05T23:32:00.008+01:002010-06-17T15:37:17.229+01:00

It makes sense that so much of Britain’s TV comes from overseas; when we’re left to our own devices, we make things like Come Dine with Me (essentially a show where you watch people eat round each other’s houses) and that comedy programme - you know, the one where Jeremy Kyle makes fat people cry.But luckily we live right next to Europe, the land of Versace, Ikea, and the Crazy Frog. The quality

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-10204078022164218972010-05-21T19:49:00.006+01:002010-06-08T12:55:29.321+01:00

I’m probably not in the target audience for Glee; I’m male, a young adult, and I don’t have any major mental deficiencies. In the world of Glee - a forty minute jazz-hands-fest of shiny faced, manically grinning, drama school graduates with teeth so bright you'll need to look at them through a floppy disk or risk going blind - the worst things that happen are vaguely amusing scandals involving

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-69796835211609476172010-05-09T00:01:00.011+01:002010-05-09T00:35:50.432+01:00

Every now and then, you get something really really mad to watch on television, and Iron Chef is probably one of the most surreal programmes on TV at the moment; but does it live up to its potential?They still show repeats of the original Japanese version around the world, and it’s hard to describe just how strange it is, but if you imagine a combination of Pokemon, Gladiators and Master Chef,

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-56181729272488901302010-04-26T13:31:00.005+01:002010-05-09T00:37:15.895+01:00

This article was going to be about how stupid I thought Lady Gaga was, but during the process of research I've become completely, utterly and dangerously obsessed with her. Why didn't anyone tell me she was this good? Her album is like disco smallpox; it might make your skin blister and ultimately kill you, but you'll want to be thrusting your hips right to the very end. The first few tracks of

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-70038667325597406842010-04-02T02:02:00.006+01:002010-06-08T13:02:28.973+01:00

Like most self-respecting human males, I hadn’t heard of Twilight until the first film came out, and ever since it did, there’s been a deluge of vampire-y stories; True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, Mona the Vampire, etc. Let me briefly outline the plot of the Twilight saga so far based upon a single viewing of each film and very little background knowledge. Bella Swan arrives in a town mostly

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-9474180594898189432010-02-27T17:04:00.006Z2010-04-02T02:07:18.179+01:00

Anyone who knows me will say I'm probably a bit of a worrier. I suppose I'm a bit of a Woody Allen type, and I'm one of those people who'll lie awake at night worrying that they might be neurotic. I have identity crises when someone spells my name wrong, and won't even mention how I get when my monthly phone bill arrives addressed to "Mrs Calum King". Hopefully the picture I'm painting is vivid

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-35320698886508518162010-02-17T13:09:00.003Z2010-02-17T13:11:39.821Z

Living in a Cave - The GodfatherThere are classic quotes that everyone knows: "Here's Johnny", "I'll never let go, Jack", "Bring on the wall"... but a lot of the time, I find myself quoting things without having actually seen the source material. The Godfather (1972) is one of the most quoted films in history, with classic lines like "My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse" and even

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-22575497676920012532010-02-17T13:05:00.003Z2010-02-17T13:12:18.033Z

My 200th post, and the first of my articles for Lancaster Uni's newspaper, SCAN.Living in a Cave - The WireOver the next few issues, I’m going to introduce you to some examples of culture that I probably should have stumbled across sooner; things everyone else seemed to know about except me. I’ll be looking at things like The Sopranos, The Godfather, The Wire, Dr Dre, and, if we’ve got time,

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-78450447586322571492009-11-29T23:56:00.008Z2009-11-30T00:19:40.721Z

Hi! Welcome to my (apparently) bi-annual blog. Here's some facts about me and my last six months.I like margherita pizzas, but am not a fan of most of the other varieties... I find them too busy.I recently took out a new phone contract, and as a result won an xbox 360! Only it wasn't a competition, and I'm now paying through the nose for a contract that I didn't realise also involves paying for a

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-65743386521673683362009-07-07T19:43:00.003+01:002009-07-07T19:49:39.775+01:00

Hullo, sorry for the long break, but I've been readjusting to life on the Isle of Iona, which is where I holiday. ...and live, when I'm not at university. It's a funny place, slightly hard to describe, but the community on the island involves a lot of young people, which means I'm able to join in and pester them. At the moment, I'm working in the community gift shop on the island, which sells tea

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-8998421594794576252009-06-10T17:47:00.004+01:002009-06-10T18:04:47.108+01:00

Exams are done with now, which means (for those of you who want to keep score) I've only got 9 hours of official educational exams left. Unless I fail any, in which case I get to come back in August, with sunburn and a raffia donkey under my arm, and resit them.You'd think that without the pressure of exams, I'd blossom, bloom into a cheerful, sunnily disposed individual, but luckily that wasn't

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-71123148120282596582009-06-03T21:06:00.001+01:002009-06-03T21:07:52.725+01:00

I just finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone! Finally. I'm going to read Chamber of Secrets now, only I forgot to bring my copy of that particular tale to university, which might make reading it difficult.Might just watch the film.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-22333673850490341702009-06-03T11:42:00.005+01:002009-06-10T18:03:38.279+01:00

The fire alarm woke me up this morning, and along with about sixty bleary-eyed students, I stood outside my building complaining bitterly about being woken up so early. What kind of person gets up at 10am? Went back to bed for a few minutes before the alarm went off again. Process was repeated, this time with me wearing shoes. Then again.Anyway, I finished my exams yesterday, so have completed my

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-17572242975287649782009-05-27T18:20:00.005+01:002009-05-27T18:54:17.973+01:00

I don't get exams. I understand why exams are important at school, to keep kids from being happy and make sure they don't run around in the sunshine and overdose on Vitamin D, but at university I don't see the point. I do philosophy, which during term-time means pretending to read philosophy books, and writing mediocre essays to hand in at the end of each term... but at the end of each year, you

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-60384265323946649472009-05-22T18:19:00.008+01:002009-05-22T19:41:01.277+01:00

Sod off, blog. You thought you'd defeated me, didn't you? You thought that just because nobody ever visits, and you've had the same layout since 2007 that I'd give up. Don't deny it. Stupid blog.Oh! Hello, I'm sorry you had to see that.Welcome to Cal's blog FOURPOINTOH.Listening/// The Gossip - Heavy Cross (born sweaty remix)Doing/// Revising ano....anomo...aphonomalous...anomalous monism. It's

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-41726471190646265832009-05-03T20:19:00.005+01:002009-05-03T20:29:04.038+01:00

Every year, about this time in May, I write about how I've got exams to revise for. Every Summer, since I was 13, I've had exams... Thinking about it, I've only got two more sets of exams left, this year and next year, and that's 3 exams each. 6 exams. At 3 hours each, that's... oh my maths is awful.Three sixes are eighteen.... 18 hours of exams left in my schooling career, and hopefully I'll

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-80189293177562236462009-03-18T12:26:00.004Z2009-03-18T12:37:48.872Z

I want to make this a bit more like a normal blog, with things from my ACTUAL REAL LIFE included. So, here's a snapshot.I'm a day away from a massive deadline, and the last two weeks have been spent in a sobbing heap in Lancaster University Library, finishing (and starting) three essays on subjects I don't understand.From somewhere I seem to have found the 7500, that's SEVENTY FIVE HUNDRED words

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-82667859772212534992009-02-22T23:07:00.001Z2009-02-22T23:07:42.097Z

I feel really lucky to live where I do... (outside of term time, anyway)Island Christmas from mynameiscal on Vimeo.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-6795649899572161842009-02-17T01:20:00.002Z2009-02-17T01:24:02.614Z

The thing about university is that often you forget that, obviously in the background, there's quite a lot of work to be done. It's something of a buzzkill.So, for mid march, I have three 2,500 word philosophy essays to complete, a 3000 word critique of someone (from my creative writing class)'s dreary creative writing pieces from the year (stories about shoes, that kind of thing) and a 10,000

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-72919467787490505172009-02-15T16:56:00.002Z2009-02-15T16:57:27.573Z

Winter 09 from mynameiscal on Vimeo....Just in case you were wondering what I've been up to these last few months!

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-27433624619616040182009-02-15T16:49:00.003Z2009-03-18T12:44:57.535Z

1. Little BootsShe won the BBC sound of 2009 whatsit, and she's pretty good. She does free mixtapes which can be AMAZING. She started off doing songs and covers in her bedroom.But now she's a bit more professional...2. Dan BlackWhommmmI've been going on about him for ages...he did a cover of Biggie's Hypnotize which came out awesome, and he's got some other songs and an album on the way.3. French

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-44788585388032014692009-01-18T15:24:00.002Z2009-01-18T15:26:42.181Z

I can't think of anything to write... I've totally dried up.I'm also REALLY hungover, I went out friday and saturday night, and I feel like I've definitely got two hangovers as a punishment...

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-74346188213212660922008-12-12T10:01:00.004Z2008-12-12T10:13:52.037Z

Apparently scientists at a top Japanese brain examining school, (ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories) have been able to take direct images from a subject's brain, bringing us one step closer, they say, to being able to see our dreams.This is amazing... though I'm not totally sure I understand the diagram, which helpfully shows how they collect the data: from the computer screen, the image

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-31839458437338692502008-12-11T14:51:00.004Z2008-12-11T14:59:50.081Z

If this isn't the meaning of Christmas...I don't know what is. And one for luck:I'm not sure I understand the world anymore.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-53618092034192757622008-12-10T22:49:00.003Z2008-12-10T22:57:55.834Z

...otherwise known as a riot in a creche.It really makes me sad how much hooting and hollering goes on in the Houses of Parliament, and also that the room contains on one side the people who rule the country, and on the other, the people who want to. Seriously, when the Tories started jeering, it sounded like lunchtime at the Drones... if they'd had bread-rolls you can be sure Gordon Brown would

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-4327737899597851622008-11-23T22:42:00.005Z2008-11-23T22:57:11.173Z

I spent my Sunday in the library today. I've got three essays to hand in at the beginning of December (Merry freaking Advent) and they're hysterically long, and I'm hilariously crap at writing essays. Each word I type is accompanied by a tear splashing on the keyboard, each footnote by a spray of blood from my wounded brain. I've written 2000 out of 8000 words so far.And somehow, in the midst of

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-9341632975645361942008-11-09T15:08:00.005Z2008-11-09T15:23:28.505Z

What am I doing? I've just turned twenty for the first time (I turned 18 twice...) and ever since I've had odd feelings about life and what I'm doing with mine. Also, for the last five weeks I've had pretty constant colds, ending with flu last week, so I'm hilariously unhealthy having spent more than a month in bed with Doritos and iPlayer.My life feels like everyone's. We all seem to be on the

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-27326997037399393382008-10-05T13:05:00.000+01:002008-10-05T13:06:10.956+01:00

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-46678510199705116552008-09-25T16:31:00.006+01:002008-09-25T17:44:36.860+01:00

How many series of Strictly Come Dancing have there been now? 12? 29? However many it is, I'd always prided...prouded...prude...prodded...taken pride in the fact that I'd never seen it. Somehow I felt it just made me more heterosexual than everyone else, and I felt like that was something I needed - I'm not good at sports and don't have a girlfriend. People are beginning to talk.Anyway, throwing

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-32928702266877237512008-09-20T14:31:00.004+01:002008-09-20T14:44:25.013+01:00

Whatever I had, I seem to have lost... my writing skills are now so appalling that I put semi-colons where I shouldn't, and hyphens in the middle of ill-advised phrases. I'm not sure I even know what a clause is any more, parenthetic or otherwise, and this saddens me.I'm not even amusing. There was a time I'd think of something dry to write on my blog, and there was a time people would read it.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-24290342259372788222008-09-05T20:39:00.002+01:002008-09-05T21:14:10.673+01:00

Number 1 rule of politics: Realise that the general public are fupping morons. Speak slowly and stop letting them read the Daily Mail.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-26330764849781112662008-09-05T14:46:00.003+01:002008-09-05T14:58:39.854+01:00

So it seems that I'm worse at this blogging lark than John McCain is at choosing a Vice President. Oh snap.But really, why do I know so much about the American elections? Perhaps it's because the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 news (everyone knows nobody watches Five News) have been saturated with exciting news from the glorious Motherland. I guess we do live in the 51st state... I honestly couldn't tell

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-85501413133853553212008-08-11T10:43:00.006+01:002008-08-11T15:52:31.158+01:00

Good old iTunes emails...I barely give them a second look most of the time, but I'm glad I did.Apparently Seth Lakeman is now responsible for Family Guy. Folksy singing/songwriting/violin-playing Seth Lakeman.Not Seth McFarlane... yeah that'd be ridiculous.Anyway, I quite enjoyed that. Am I the only one who noticed? Am I the only one who reads the emails? Am I the only person who reads this blog?

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-80838660044283559362008-08-05T19:19:00.007+01:002008-08-05T19:30:03.982+01:00

Well hello there. It's been a while, hasn't it? ...What do you mean you didn't notice...Recently my life has become a little more interesting (for me anyway..). I've spent the past 6 weeks extending and prolonging my stay on Iona. I came for 2 weeks, and after 6 I'm still here, and planning on going home in 2 weeks time...I'll be heartbroken to leave.For the first time in my life I know what love

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-34382242229398726662008-06-09T13:01:00.003+01:002008-06-11T13:42:35.534+01:00

Hulk. Is that new? I could've sworn a film like that came out five years ago. I didn't see it, but I heard it was SO good, that nobody went to see it, and it got bad reviews from jealous critics.So, after five years of licking their wounds, Hollywood......made a new one? Is this what's going to happen now? Are we going to be fed re-hashes of films that tanked previously in the box office?If so,

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-39734125127618284602008-05-30T11:55:00.007+01:002008-05-30T22:31:01.059+01:00

As any student will tell you, the exam period leads to a decrease in learning and an increase in the use of Facebook. A certain portion of Facebook time is naturally spent choosing and applying a profile picture for your friends to see when they're stalking you; but how do we decide on this important picture, and how does it stand out from the rest?Here are the types of profile pictures,

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-44053793902221963552008-05-24T23:27:00.001+01:002008-05-24T23:28:30.279+01:00

Joint last?......Nice to know Europe still hates us.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-43430175457795080622008-05-20T14:47:00.002+01:002008-05-20T15:01:16.989+01:00

We, here in the North, (where it's normally just a bit windier than everywhere else) had about a week of blissful sunshine recently. The temperature was high, the sky blue, and the humidity excruciating. People gamboled on the grass, threw frisbees to each other and munched on ice-lollies 'til their tongues froze.... ...And there I sat; gazing at them from behind the protective layer of

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-10203245401050273202008-05-11T14:23:00.005+01:002008-05-11T14:47:41.824+01:00

As part of my revision schedule, I decided to buy Grand Theft Auto 4. It's been hailed as the best game of the decade, and I'm not going to disagree...it's pretty awesome.It's matured from the grannie-whacking, hooker-killing sandbox game it used to be (Vice City, San Andreas), and now it's a harrowing adventure through the tough lives of Liberty City (New York) immigrants who, thanks to poverty

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-74258692510658981062008-05-05T17:43:00.004+01:002008-05-05T17:45:15.190+01:00

Because you know he's going to suck.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-4621980603144241982008-05-04T21:17:00.003+01:002008-05-04T21:45:59.078+01:00

I've mentioned before my fear of the outside world. It's not being outside that scares me, but rather what I might find while I'm out there. Here is a short list of things I'm scared of.WaspsPollenDeep WaterLow-flying BirdsGirlsand Jars big enough to get your hand into, but not out of.And those aren't the only things.Anyway, I was granted day release from Lancaster and went to the Lakes with my

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-23684471295767831902008-04-24T15:50:00.004+01:002008-04-24T16:00:08.215+01:00

In a recent philosophy lecture about morality, my lecturer chuckled and said (this was relevant at the time): "Most of us would agree that it's common sense to want to live in the real world. To be hooked up to some kind of matrix, being fed endless pleasurable experiences would be nice, but surely not preferable to real life?"He then asked us (the 150 odd philosophy cool-kids) what we thought. I

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-85113163467065246112008-04-06T20:04:00.003+01:002008-04-06T20:09:13.662+01:00

I'm bored already. And why have they shot it in the style of an Artois advert? I'm expecting a pretty French waitress to offer one of the soldiers a refreshing beer.And the trailer looked like an M&S advert.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-15821826482769127872008-04-04T14:05:00.004+01:002008-04-04T14:17:52.291+01:00

Recently I've been trying to get fit, and what with being lazy and scared of the outside world, it's been a challenge.I'm hoping to make my physique a little less smudged around the edges, and toughen up and tone. I want to tone. That said, I did see an advert for Channel Five's sensitive documentary about Manuel Uribe, entitled "The Man Who Crushed his Entire Family." Or something like that.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-7856553584684876602008-03-24T17:45:00.007Z2008-03-24T18:14:58.169Z

People are rubbish, aren't they? No matter how much we want to do something nice, most of us, most the time, really can't be arsed. We even have to have a "season of goodwill" at Christmas in which, for a few short weeks out of the year, we try to be a little nicer to each other, before going back to making people cry and aiming party poppers at them in the New Year.I may want to be wholesome and

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-53346049407383575082008-03-18T12:52:00.006Z2008-03-18T13:24:52.551Z

I've really been neglecting my blog lately, which is bad. I'm the sure the nine people who regularly visit (well...they say they do) were distraught without any posts for quite so long.I wanted to post, really I did...but seemingly like the writers of Private Eye, every time I thought of something witty and biting, I'd forgotten what it was by the time I'd switched the computer on. And I didn't

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-53563830753518600072008-03-17T02:09:00.002Z2008-03-17T02:12:02.880Z

Apologies for the lack of anything for the last month; I've mostly been focusing on my new diet. The Butterfield Diet has done wonders for me and my physique, and now my trousers are almost as loose as Brian's! The Butterfield Diet allows me, for one day at least, the chance to keep enjoying the foods that I love, such as bonbonbonbons and large macs. See for yourself.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-35033197820871007092008-02-12T01:15:00.008Z2008-02-13T14:10:36.747Z

Damages - Intelligent and brutally realistic, Damages is more a tense legal drama than anything else, but like "The Shield" (Channel 5), the first episode reveals an exciting twist that continues through the entire series. The writing is sharp, and there's enough tension, and smouldering performances from Ted Danson, and Glenn Close make it near perfection.The first episode is free on iTunes, and

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-73416644131449918392008-02-08T23:11:00.001Z2008-02-09T08:54:03.890Z

I still think you're ace. You're the wisest, most awesomest person in the country, and anybody who says otherwise is a wally, jumping on the criticising-bandwagon. It'll blow over soon, Rowan, they won't be able to stay angry at that face for long.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-79787984332858014812008-02-06T01:44:00.000Z2008-02-06T02:09:16.189Z

Another country's primary elections make headline news. Every day. Seriously though : Primaries. YAY. I'm so excited I could haemorrhage. I now know every detail about the US elections, because it's everywhere - it's on my news, on my internet, in my newspaper... I actually feel cheated that I won't be able to vote.And yet, would an American know who David Cameron is? Would an American know

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-51493837187002932362008-01-29T13:54:00.000Z2008-01-29T14:18:28.929Z

I take a course, as part of my degree, called "The Universe as an Art". It's intended to be a sort of hit-list of all that's exciting in the world of Science. Oh it's as exciting as it sounds.The first term was about space; and with modules such as "Exotic Bodies" and "Hot Young Stars", I had a feeling I'd enjoy it. I'd also assumed the pictures on the lecturer's Powerpoint would be a little more

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-62404803780337367122008-01-25T18:09:00.000Z2008-01-25T18:10:46.628Z

This is the final piece in the "Stuff I've Drawn During Lectures" exhibition, so please let me know what you thought of it in the comments!

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-86143624166020523072008-01-24T19:05:00.001Z2008-01-24T19:06:24.824Z

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-60745169487581821832008-01-23T14:07:00.000Z2008-01-23T14:17:08.496Z

Click for a biggy. Tomorrow I'll be putting my immense artistic talent to better use.. But are there any scenes you'd like me to represent through the medium of doodle? The moon landings? Underwater exploration? Your choice.All suggestions welcome! (Except the bad ones. Or rude ones. Or ones I don't really want to do)

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-47680969940387548552008-01-23T02:29:00.001Z2008-01-23T14:07:04.188Z

And there's plenty more where that came from, don't you worry. Stay tuned for a Wild West doodle, and an exciting courtroom scene doodle!

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-81181157473646108592008-01-21T01:46:00.000Z2008-01-21T01:48:38.502Z

Turns out he was innocent! I'm glad. Though it's still a tragedy, and I'm sure he's not particularly overjoyed..I'm not sure why I posted this, it turned out more depressing than I'd intended. I was swept along after thinking up "Speight Gate"

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-25666371303814164182008-01-17T00:31:00.001Z2008-01-17T00:40:56.067Z

Big news in the astronomy world came out recently, with the first high definition photos of Mercury being taken as the Messenger spacecraft makes its leisurely way around the solar system.Click that bad-boy for a closer look.I don't know about you, but I'm a bit disappointed. It's incredible yes, but it looks a bit like the moon to me. The amount of money that's being pumped into Nasa, you'd

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-71694710332923684772008-01-11T00:16:00.000Z2008-01-21T01:45:45.906Z

I was in town today, minding my own business, wearing my hood up and my headphones in. As I passed the market, a pretty young woman bounded up to me, and in a slightly American accent asked:"Could I ask you a question?"I took a headphone out of my ear, and lowered my hood. She'd caught me completely off-guard; what would she want? Endless possibilities ran through my head as I looked vacantly

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-55192923752524230302008-01-07T18:39:00.000Z2008-01-07T18:50:35.079Z

I just found it funny. BBC3 and BBC4 have clearly been working together...

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-15567765755754604102008-01-06T16:25:00.000Z2008-01-06T16:47:40.542Z

"Timewatch - Bloody Omaha" is on tonight, and I'm considering giving it a watch. One slight problem though, Richard Hammond's presenting it. It's not that I don't like him, and his fantastically Topman haircut; but a World War 2 documentary? Really?It's about as natural a coupling as Jeremy Clarkson presenting a documentary about gay marriage. ("But you haven't seen a proper gay marriage until

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-31938462501049596122008-01-05T00:06:00.000Z2008-01-05T00:46:33.678Z

Not a review of the world in general, but the blindingly and arse-achingly fantasmic piece of filming that is Planet Earth. I got it on DVD for christmas, and despite seeing it before, need to now write about it.In an age when climate campaigners are about as irritating as an itchy scalp, and Live Earth being about as entertaining as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, getting people to really care about

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-29483586874825542462008-01-04T23:43:00.001Z2008-01-05T00:51:15.935Z

It's been a busy week for news, for a number of different reasons...Mark Speight was arrested in connection with the sudden death of his fiancee. Shocking and tragic, so there won't be any flippant remarks for this one (my history teacher told me I was too flippant once, so I told her she looked like a character from the Wizard of Oz). Mark Speight used to present SMart, and people my age grew up

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-50783973896120091622007-12-27T12:27:00.000Z2007-12-27T12:36:51.992Z

Person 1 - "...joyful and triumphant". I'm very partial to the carols at Christmas.Person 2 - Oh absolutely, the jauntiness of "Calypso Carol" and the reflectiveness of "Away in a Manger"...what do you think son?Me - Well, that's an interesting question, one I'd have to answer with: "He rocks in the treetops all day long, hoppin' and a boppin' and singin' his song."Person 2 - But...but isn't that

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-8934932145445323082007-12-16T12:13:00.000Z2007-12-16T12:44:59.452Z

John Major's taken the WILD step, of suggesting that Labour's ten year rule hasn't been completely squeaky clean.But nobody's perfect, are they John?Ah that evening...when all the rest of the Tory boys were going out for a Chinese, and you decided you'd have a curry instead...Labour are sleazy though, aren't they John.When is politics not? It's playground bullying for grown-ups. Watch BBC

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-65295285607848898922007-12-03T20:56:00.000Z2007-12-03T21:57:24.577Z

This might get me in trouble...I might (heaven forbid) lose my only readers because of this post. But please don't leave me.Why I don't like Ugly BettyUgly Betty looked great from the offset - I was excited by the trailers for the pilot, and sat myself down to watch it when the big day came. Disappointment was the main feeling I felt.. a similar emotion to when they stopped selling Frisps in my

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-30482485201946298132007-12-01T12:50:00.001Z2007-12-01T12:50:55.311Z

Sorry for two videos in a row, but this restored my faith in Americans, and humans in general. Check it out:

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Oh, and spot the casual sexism.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-75324820968925664232007-11-29T16:52:00.000Z2007-12-01T01:41:13.955Z

I'm not having a good week.I like to think this week has been the worst week since Mr Farynor left the oven on.Lancaster, up till now, has pleasantly surprised me with its combination of rustic charm, and shell-suit clad nutters. That said, when I slept through my alarm last Wednesday, and only had 5 minutes for a shower, I could have cried when I found that the only water to be found, was

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-87862601509543708722007-11-25T13:09:00.000Z2007-11-25T13:20:27.310Z

So I gave in. After 7 months of using an mp3 player that didn't actually work with my computer, I decided to buy an iPod Nano.I may do a review about it soon - that is if I haven't lost it by then, because it's so darn small. Losing it isn't my only worry; I'm scared I might accidentally swallow it, or inhale it, or sit on it. Sitting on it apparently won't break it, as it's sturdy and robust...

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-5987094195709715532007-11-23T19:43:00.000Z2007-11-23T19:54:06.033Z

It's in the news that a lady has won the right to not tell her family, or the father, that she's pregnant. As I didn't really understand this....I thought I'd do some research on the matter, partly to find out whether the mother would be allowed to know she's pregnant. Turns out she already knew.Basically she's not told anyone she's had a baby, and put it up for adoption...which is fair enough I

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-28933170419828821092007-11-20T12:56:00.001Z2007-11-20T13:02:56.532Z

I'm getting a bit of a reputation in seminars. It's not that I'm particularly good (or terrible) but if there's an awkward silence, I'm always the one to break it. The silences normally crop up when a particularly difficult question is asked, and this is how it goes down.Tutor - Can anybody tell me how fast we're moving in the universe?*Silence**SILENCE*Me - (quietly) 20 metres per second.Tutor -

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-38385311717110709552007-11-15T12:58:00.000Z2007-11-15T14:12:34.516Z

Last night, while slowly drifting off to sleep, and listening to a late night Radio1 music show, I heard an amazing song. It's like Arcade Fire, only without the slightly pretentious singing, and an English folky feel to it.I love it when I find a band I've never heard of, because it reminds me that music's not ALL Girls Aloud and Westlife, but there's some quite creative people in the UK. Even

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-2614441129695487232007-11-14T15:29:00.000Z2007-11-14T15:51:57.295Z

George Bush, basking in the reddish glow of his own self-worth, has bewildered even more people recently. He's stepping up his space defenses, in order to "deliver a payload" to anywhere on Earth within two hours. (Basically means killing a heap of people, but sounds less bad.)I love this; didn't the USA just shout Iran down, because apparently the small country was a threat to world stability?

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-72141022930694649852007-11-09T02:06:00.000Z2007-11-09T02:13:32.052Z

As one of the biggest natural threats for years bares down on the capital, I hope and wish that it's not as bad as expected, and that everyone's safe.If it doesn't happen, then there'll be relief all round...Though the Tabloids would probably call for a witch-hunt at the BBC to find who panicked the viewers, and somebody will lose their job.I'm inclined to blame Michael Fish.On a more dramatic

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-89690305454968538492007-11-05T15:13:00.000Z2007-11-06T21:30:51.715Z

Recently, on perusing the popular Facebook group "The Daily Mail really are a bunch of ******* *****", I saw that an interesting high-brow article had been written about "ladettes" and whatnot.The article goes on to show a number of embarassing facebook photos, and passes gleeful judgement on the subjects, and the state of the world as a result:The ladettes who glorify their shameful drunken

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-54188446002076121942007-11-03T12:49:00.000Z2007-11-03T12:58:00.486Z

(A wife walks to the bed of Mr Brown, a coma patient who's just woken up after 15 years)Mrs Brown - How do you feel John?Mr Brown - I..Mrs Brown - And where did you put the remote control? It's just we've been looking for it for quite some time now.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-56378326727735411532007-11-01T14:59:00.000Z2007-11-01T15:11:20.808Z

Today's breaking news is that the Metropolitan Police have been found guilty of breaching health and safety regulations over the shooting of innocent man Jean Charles de Menezes. I'm glad that the police aren't above the law, but the form of punishment leaves me a little confused.In order to make sure this sort of thing doesn't happen again, the force is being fined £175,000 and has been ordered

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-31622704891168635092007-10-30T14:03:00.001Z2007-10-30T14:03:22.906Z

Bold Move Pays Off Originally uploaded by 4durt No words today, and to celebrate my 100th post, here's a picture of a romantic couple.It's been a great few months on this blog, and if it's brought an occasional smile to your lips, then it's been worth every drop of blood and sweat.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-71622442171911803642007-10-25T01:27:00.000+01:002007-10-27T19:07:30.202+01:00

The title of this review will probably add nicely to my hit-count, with people accidentally stumbling across this page whilst looking for *something else*, which is rather good.Seeing the adverts on the BBC for this period drama, and having assumed that BBC4 was the sort of high-brow-low-thrills type of channel, I thought I'd give this a watch. I even persuaded my flatmates to join me, in this

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-47943562436305648612007-10-24T14:05:00.000+01:002007-10-24T16:57:07.296+01:00

Today I shall focus on pop-band "Samanda"With the musical flair of a deaf giant-panda.When I first heard their song, it drove me to tears,I ripped off my fingers to shove in my ears."Barbie Girl" is the song that they've stole,But I think it's really quite good on the whole -Except for the singing, the tune and the beat,Look at them though, they're so northern and sweet.Their accents don't

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-12129446198438742152007-10-20T21:58:00.000+01:002007-10-20T22:20:48.804+01:00

A sad day. Not only were England beaten in the world cup final by the Boks, but the site that most students have as their homepage has been shut down. I refer, of course, to Tv-links.co.uk.Tv-links doesn't host any illegal videos, it just points you in the direction of them - this raises the point, in my mind, of where the law lies: if I point someone in the direction of a shop, which he then

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-30470930184792583762007-10-15T20:25:00.000+01:002007-10-15T21:01:11.090+01:00

I was going to do a post today about some comedic happenings in my recent life, but I saw the news, and decided to stand up for a beleaguered man.Menzies Campbell was a capable leader of the Liberal Democrats, and even though, as a party, they might not have earned as many votes as the other two Political juggernauts, he appeared to be a man of integrity and pride. The way he was criticised due

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-32032344688254764182007-10-12T21:32:00.000+01:002007-10-12T21:39:56.850+01:00

Some interesting news this week - Kiefer Sutherland will spend 48 days in prison. When I first heard the scoop, I assumed it was thanks to the criminally bad Season 6 of 24, but it turns out they managed to pin something else on him - drink driving. Drink driving seems to be the latest celebrity fad; slightly more adventurous than owning a chihuahua, yet slightly less weird than Kaballah.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-47500693860683383672007-10-07T20:19:00.000+01:002007-10-07T20:40:55.191+01:00

I've neglected to describe much of my recent travels; the last week has passed in globules of time, sometimes fast and frenetic, sometimes dull and infuriating.Fresher's week is a strange time for everybody; I suppose there's no other time that you'll be thrust into an environment with thousands of similar-aged people, with fairly few pre-made friends for support - and it's daunting. Thankfully

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-2344597078074302002007-10-01T14:35:00.000+01:002007-10-01T18:18:38.161+01:00

I bound into the shared kitchen with all the enthusiasm of a Springer Spaniel with ADHD, and greet my fellow flatmates:Hey guys! Where you all from? I'm from down south, which probably means I've brought half a dozen cattle diseases with me on my shoes!Silence.Isn't Margaret Thatcher great?Silence.I'll be in my room.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-78502767034323384922007-09-28T11:54:00.000+01:002007-09-28T12:18:08.284+01:00

Apple used to be cool. As a brand, they used to be the slightly cooler - more mysterious older brother of Microsoft, with a unique style and fantastic customer service.Don't get me wrong, I'm writing this on an Apple Macbook - I think it's awesome - but in the last few months I've completely lost the respect I had for the company who made it.What happened to the cheerful company who replaced a

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-64817204780863629782007-09-24T23:55:00.001+01:002007-09-25T00:11:51.210+01:00

I took this with my back to Ground Zero in New York. I wanted to get a shot that didn't even include anything 9/11 ish, but that was taken at the Twin Towers site, so I decided to invade a couple's privacy, and take their picture. I quite like the blurred cars, because it seems like the pair are frozen in time.Pretentious? Moi? How dare you. I will now take off my corduroys to beat you with.

Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794192772436825395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169445626263924083.post-74677862522700461552007-09-23T22:34:00.000+01:002007-09-23T22:37:10.530+01:00

I begin my university experience in under a week....it's a little worrying. Actually it's more than a little worrying...I haven't been this nervous since I went on Changing Rooms with the Hitlers.Part of me even forgot that I have to learn while I'm there....I guess that's a little important.

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I've never watched a single episode of this programme...partly because the title reminds me of something my primary school headteacher would say to me during playtime.It's a bit of a shame really...I've always been fairly interested with family history - many a bright Summer's day was spent in the Family Records Office in central London...(It was a bizarre childhood.)The other reason I don't

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To make up for my lack of posting, I've organised a special treat.Nah, only kidding. But it's a video I made of the Harry Potter release, that I went to with some friends. I thought I'd make it as dramatic as possible, therefore encapsulating the drama of the evening; and because it's quite dull.

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1. Just how creepy my local station is at 1.02am on a Wednesday morning. Just look at it. If that's not a teen-massacre waiting to happen, I don't know what is.2. I've started doing lots of lists, as easy and quick posts. This will stop soon, at least after I've compiled my top ten favourite lists of all time. (Not including Schindler's.)3. Charlie Brooker is a genius. On the one hand, he's a

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5. You give up seeing your friends in real life, but rather speak to them using a website.4. Every day, photos are tagged of you.....most of which were taken whilst you were drunkenly swinging a bottle of vodka around your hot, red, sweaty face.3. Everyone now knows of you as "that knob who keeps writing on his own wall".2. Your family are beginning to succumb to the Facebook fad, and you are

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I've been completely silent for a little while....and there's a long list of reviews I'd like to have written, but haven't got around to. For this reason (and that I'm lazy) I've decided to do several little'uns.Arcade Fire: Neon Bible - I first listened to this, their most recent album, when I was on a bus on an island in the Inner Hebrides. I was alone, except for a couple of wizened oldies,

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