Monthly Archives: February 2008

Prince Harry

It’s time for another episode of ‘The Objectively Game’. For those of you not familiar with the rules… well I guess you’re not a Republican. The idea is to take some tangential element of an event, subtly (or not) twist it, then point out that your target is objectively pro-{something you don’t like}. This time [...]

Emotional Rollercoaster

How to mess with a film fan’s dreams in two sentences by announcing a new film: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins… Cool – not high art, but likely to be a fun couple of hours …features Batman Begins star Christian Bale as rebel leader John Connor. YES! Christian Bale rocks! Charlie’s Angels director McG will [...]

Garfield

Hoping on the latest craze to sweep the internets, check out these pictures of Garfield without the cat. Seriously funny.

Birthday

I aged radically yesterday, suddenly becoming a whole year older than I was the day before. Fortunately this shocking event was cushioned by a trip to the pub with the three people I love most, and a small but perfectly chosen set of gifts (including a teleconverter for my camera, and a photography book from [...]

Missile Defense

I’ve been amazed at the acclaim that the recent shooting down of a failing US satellite has met (here’s just one example, from the ironically titled American Thinker). I’ve no doubt it was an impressive technical achievement, especially when we don’t have a system setup in advance to do this sort of thing. But it’s [...]