Year: 2005

I had lunch today at the cafe with Paul, Claire, Andy R, Sian, Bryn, Ruth, JTA, Liz, Hayley, and Jon, for the first public scrutiny of the script for The Film. As Production Coordinator (and Assistant Director), I'll be keeping Paul and The Cast from killing one another. Or, at least, keep the former from …

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Do you remember Ceefax, that wonderful service from the BBC that seemed so cool until you discovered the internet? Well I do. And so does a Dutch consultant who set up a system, on the web, for searching Ceefax pages.

Well; in any case; I thought that his site was fun (in a nostalgic kind-of way) …

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Would you know it: there's an "opposite number" to the Dewey Decimal System (introduction to the system [PDF]) - which for the most part of a centurey has been used to categorise books according to their topic and content - for categorising folk tales: the Aarne-Thompson Classification System.

It's horrendously difficult to find information on it …

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I originally tried to post this message from my mobile phone, on the journey back from Norfolk, but fucked it up and failed miserabley. So here's a second attempt:

On the way back, in accordance with The Tradition, Claire and I visited Tesco in Wisbech (The Tradition dictates that any Aberite who leaves Aberysywth to visit …

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Thought I'd share with you all some pictures of Claire and her dad that we took with his camera while out and about in Norfolk. Click for larger images.







We'll be back with you Aberites tomorrow evening. I assume that Andy's blog post relates to Paul's inability (or discomfort) with writing lesbian sex scenes for the …

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Claire and I's grand tour of the United Kingdom brought us yesterday to Terrington St. Clement, near Kings' Lynn, in Norfolk, where Claire's dad lives.

As I anticipated, this has resulted in me here, too, helping to repair computers. Claire's dad's PC was a mess - Ad-Aware reported 183 malware/adware programs, Norton Anti-Virus reported 10 threats …

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Things achieved so far:

Got to Preston in three hours, which is pretty good going. We got stuck behind some idiots who seemed to think that "national speed limit" meant 30mph for awhile, but by the time we got to the big roads it was plain sailing. Without sails. Or a boat.
Fixed …

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Aber's great this time of year - late enough that the weather becomes favourable, but early enough that the tourists haven't arrived. Alec came down the day before yesterday for an interview for the PGCE course he wants to get onto, which was cool, 'cos I haven't seen him in a long while, and we …

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Yesterday, as Claire and I ate our lunch, we had an idea. It was a gorgeous Sunday, warm like Easter break should be, so we thought - why not gather those folks who remain in town for a big game of hide & seek in Aberystwyth Castle. This was great fun last Autumn and the …

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Well, the plans are set now.

On Thursday night (or Friday), Claire and I will be travelling up to Preston to spend the weekend with my folks. Hopefully my gran will be able to make it down, too. We'll also get a chance to look at the new puppies (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3), who'll …

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Is this actor real? Seymore Butts (say it out loud) is listed on the IMDb, director of such films as Anal Surprise Party, Female Ejaculation Review, and Tongue In Cheeks, as well as over 60 other films. Also performed in 50 films... most of which don't have an IMDb score...

...so it's an anonymous pornstar with …

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