Synopsis: How one woman’s search for extra-terrestrial life changes the world when she decodes a signal from deep space. Based on a Carl Sagan novel,
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Film Blogathon 07/17: Tornado Warning (originally: Alien Tornado)
Synopsis: Aliens are lured to Earth by a strange electronic signal, and they appear to you and me as destructive electromagnetic tornadoes (really!). Brilliant high
Film Blogathon 06/17: The House Bunny
I know right? There’s this girl? And she’s like an actual Playboy Bunny? You know? Actually lives with Hugh Heffner in his mansion and everything?
Film Blogathon 05/17: M:I-2
Mission Impossible 2 (An Accent Too Far) M:I-2 is an odd film which features an impossible implausible plot and: An arch baddie with a bad
Thinking of shopping at IKEA? Think again…
A cautionary tale about buying a kitchen from IKEA In the last two years we have had a significant amount of work done in the
Film Blogathon 04/17: Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down, the film that spawned a thousand videogames. Based on a true story (the key word there is ‘based’), this is the
Film Blogathon 03/17: Lost Boys
I watched this skillfully-directed but very badly-edited, film for the first – and last – time, last week. What a difference five years made. From
Film Blogathon 02/17: Pitch Perfect
You know those annoying syrupy films so self-consumed that they can’t see the joke at the centre of their own reason for existing? Well, Pitch
Film Blogathon 01/17: Now You See Me 2
I saw Now You See Me – the first one – a while ago. It was a good fun flick, all about a group of
Film Blogathon 00/17: First Thoughts
Well. This is another fine mess you’ve got me in to. It’s the last time I listen to you. You and your ‘good ideas’. Pah!
New family member!
Last Friday was a special day. We left Nottingham and drove to Sheffield, where we transferred from my car in to a lorry. Then we
June Blogathon
I’ve given this a lot of thought. Young Masher‘s February Blogathon went very well (as one would expect). The reviews were excellent: A Stunning Triumph
On being ‘dahn sarf’
We have had a short break. Dahn sarf. Cornwall being about as ‘dahn sarf’ as it is possible to get in this highly entertaining country
Neighbours (a synopsis)
Early last month I posted an excerpt of a writing project that caught my imagination, in draft, while I was kicking a few ideas around
Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours
I should blog about neighbours. Not the actual soap opera from Australia that starred Jason and Kylie (in which the best actor by far was
New motor!
I have spent the day grappling with a new motorised, four-wheeled beast. It’s a rear-wheel drive automatic. And carries a massive engine delivering a huge
When being quiet means being busy
It’s been a bunch of time since I last bothered this little corner of t’internet, but… I have been busy. I could list everything that’s
Blogathon 28/17: Candles
I’m going to a gig tomorrow night. Actually, that’s not correct. We are going to a gig tomorrow night. We are going all the way
Blogathon 27/17: Self-driving car
I like my new car. I Bluetooth my phone to the in-car entertainment system and amazing things happen. I can read incoming SMS messages on
Blogathon 26/17: Security, security, security
Not just because the current President of the USA is a Russian asset, but because security lives with me every day of my professional life
Blogathon 25/17: Saturday stuff!
Four loads of washing up/putting away. A spell at the ironing board (shirts and t-shirts). A trip to Costco, following by a lovely long shopping
Blogathon 24/17: It’s the weekend!
There was a day this week when I woke up and was hit by an overwhelming feeling that it was a Ferris Bueller kind of
Blogathon 23/17: Doris
Storm Doris Storm Doris has been hanging around in these parts. There have been the usual social media gags Southerners have been advised by the
Blogathon 22/17: Tidy house, tidy mind
There is an old saying that somehow ties together the tidy house/tidy mind as a joined up package of thought. I can’t quite remember what
Blogathon 21/17: Raining cats (not dogs)
No, not this: I mean these: The house is occupied by two girl cats, two boy cattens, three human girls, and me. You can feel
Blogathon 20/17: The Insomnia Paradox
Stay in bed, or get up? And if stay in bed, then for how long before getting up? And if stay in bed, but putting
Blogathon 19/17: TW3
That was the week(end) that was… [insert gratuitous photo here] Like last week, I seem to have spent much of this weekend feeling worn right
Blogathon 18/17: Wise and foolish virgins
You know that ‘wise and foolish virgins’ parable? Mathew 25, verses 1-13? Well this post isn’t about that. Although, here’s a bit of wisdom to
Blogathon 17/17: It’s a bit obvious
The headline to this story caught my eye: Ford developing pothole alert system for drivers said the eye-grabbing headline. The full story is here. But
Blogathon 16/17: LinkedOut
I have a really big blogpost in me about breaking the culture that holds an organisation in stasis, thereby blocking it from adapting to change
Blogathon 15/17: Voting
Sometimes it seems that we have become obsessed with ‘having our say’. ‘It is my opinion and I’m going to bloody well give it to
Blogathon 14/17: Getting it on
It’s been one of ‘those’ occasions this evening. You know the ones. The secretive, indulgent, pleasure-filled moments. When you get home before your other half.
Blogathon 13/17: MIA no more
I have returned from Deepest, Darkest, Devon. I spent Sunday night in a pub on the edge of Dartmoor, to enable me to be at
Blogathon 12/17: MIA
You have heard of the land that time forgot? Well, this evening I’m in the land that the Internet forgot. It’s all very well the
Blogathon 11/17: Weekend wind-down
It’s been snowing, off and on, all day. And, at the peak of the day, the temperature tottered upwards to a wholly magnificent 1c. Neither of
Blogathon 10/17: Speed Thrills
Kawasaki, my motorbike manufacturer of choice, have a new bike out, any day now. It’s the 2017 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon. It’s broadly similar to
Blogathon 09/17: Not working. Not being smart
These days everyone in the UK (and wider afield) has access to smart technology. I was out with a friend for dinner, a few weeks
Blogathon 08/17: Just Taking (the Mick)
Like just about everyone who uses the Internet for keeping in touch with people, I’ve contributed money to various charitable causes through the endeavors of
Blogathon 07/17: Whoops!
We’ve all done it, right? Pushed things just a little too quickly to get somewhere? Been a little bit too keen to get home?
Blogathon 07/17: Storage
The entire contents of my video and audio libraries are on my NAS. In the last 15 years I have experienced two laptop hard-disk failures. Each
Blogathon 06/17: Licence to print money
The BBC have announced a revamp of their iPlayer service. A recent change in the law has already tightened up the rules about how and
Blogathon 05/17: Favourite snackage
Continuing the weekend of postings of the less-seriousnesses Shall we start at the beginning? Sandwich? Or bap? And if bap, soft or crusty? And if
Blogathon 04/17: Lazy
Man, it’s been a hectic week. But it seems to have been a hectic week every week, for the last few months. At work, we