Tag Archives: idiots
The Rings of Power
Okay so I guess we’re talking about this. There is a new piece of the Lord of the Rings saga being adapted for the screen. After the functionally-impossible-to-top trilogy of the early 2000s and the well-meaning prequel trilogy of the … Continue reading
Interlude: If People Don’t Like You, It May Simply Be Because You’re A Fucking Arsehole
Day 64. 114,550 words. This pointless little news story irritated me mildly last night. Director Kevin “Silent Bob” Smith had a big ol’ heart attack a little while ago, and was fortunately fixed up by his surgeons. Actor Chris “Star … Continue reading
Warning: Some Politics Ahead
So tomorrow (I think) the UK is going to have a public vote over whether or not they will remain in the EU. I’m really too weary to debate this, but it does make me mad. By all means, brexit[1] … Continue reading
Interlude: Weekend, again
Day 44. 160 pages, 75,287 words. No change. Been a nice enough weekend. Saturday night we played the Game of Thrones board game with some friends (the day was won by Mrs. Hatboy playing the Baratheons), and today we’re going … Continue reading
Rehabilitation
Day 36. 83 pages, 40,131 words. So it seems another pair of Australian brains-trusts have been caught smuggling drugs in Indonesia, and now they’re on the brink of execution. Okay, so this didn’t happen recently – in fact the whole … Continue reading
Stop creating racism
Day 66. 160 pages, 75,630 words. So, this one’s probably not going to be very popular, but I’m in a brown study[1] so let’s just dive in and go for it. [1] I always liked that expression. When I first … Continue reading
Veritasium
Day 54. 140 pages, 65,324 words. I saw an interesting blog post and series of videos the other day, about the videos made by this guy. There are a lot of cool videos there. See, this is what I’m saying, … Continue reading
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