You’ve seen them already, but you may not know what they’re called. When a movie has the credit as “A Film By” followed by a name (and it’s almost always the director’s name), that credit is known as a possessory credit. The director…
So m’learned colleague Natt has blogged about the recent fracas in the Commons Select Committee. For those who missed it, here’s what happened: Rupert and James Murdoch were answering to a Commons Select Committee about what was known by them about phone…
As dreaming’s been coming up a lot recently in blogs I read, I thought it might be a good idea to teach you all how to lucid dream. Lucid dreaming is when you know that you’re dreaming, and can control the dream.…
Here are five things about me which other people might think lame, but which make me who I am. 1) I cry at sad stories. Including but not limited to Casualty last Saturday, and the sad song that Jessie sings in Toy…
I was out during my lunch hour yesterday when I happened to pass an outpost of the Church of Scientology. And they were offering free stress tests. Well, I had to stop really. The machine they use – an e-meter – is…
Japanese poem Five syllables, then seven Then five at the last To be true haiku A season must be invoked Use a metaphor Kigo, season word Cherry blossom used for spring Snow stands for winter Now use a cutting Haiku should be…
Let’s take a moment to look at Star Trek’s holodeck. We know that it is capable of creating realistic facsimiles of an environment through the use of force-fields and matter conversion systems, such as are used in the replicator units. A replicator…
Steven Moffat is one of the greatest TV writers in the world. Coupling is probably the show he’s best known for. It lasted four series in the UK. He’s also written for Doctor Who. As well as being a bit of a…
When I was a young boy, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents, and my great aunt. Mum and Dad both worked, so my brother and myself were looked after by Nanna, Poppa and Auntie Ann quite a lot of…