Monthly Archives: April 2007

Daleks

Just watching the new season of Doctor Who, starring the latest incarnation of the Daleks. It’s brilliant – plastic props, plastic supporting actors, and plastic plots. But David Tennant delivers the corn beautifully, and his assistant is an easy watch, so it’s a definite thumbs up from me. That doesn’t mean I’m happy about flying [...]

Good news!

Not for you, obviously – this is my blog, you want good news for you get your own ego massaging outlet. First, I have a cold. Not obviously good news, you might think, but last week I had tonsilitis, and yesterday I woke up with a sore throat, so a mere cold is pretty good. [...]

Finest Americans

This post from Marty has been bobbing around at the back of my mind for some time, so I figured I should just blog it and move on. The bit that really struck me, beyond the general disagreement I’d have with it, is this line: We have an outstanding military force comprised of the finest [...]

The most British thing ever

From the BBC: It has emerged that the crew of a Nimrod used a teapot to block a hatch gap in their plane after a mid-air mechanical fault. An RAF Kinloss spokeswoman said there was a malfunction with a hatch from which sonar buoys are thrown during search and rescue missions. The spokeswoman said: “There [...]

Dodgy Headlines

Man cuts off penis in restaurant. I bet he took the last After Eight as well. Some people have no class.