Year: 2006
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My Mum On Christmas Day
As Paul indicated, Claire and I are out of Aberystwyth this Christmas: first with my folks, then with hers. As I'd threatened it yesterday, I'm sharing with you and the world in general this video of my mum on Christmas Day. She's had a few drinks already, and she's decided that she's suddenly able to …
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Otters
This morning, I saw a family of three otters swimming up the Rheidol. I've never seen or even heard of otters in Aberystwyth before, so I found this noteworthy and remarkable. In answer to questions in advance: Yes, I'm sure they were otters: I had quite a clear view from the riverbank. No, I don't …
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A Very Merry Troma Night - Tonight At The Cottage
Tonight's Troma Night will be held at The Cottage. It's the final Troma Night of the year, and it'll be our least Christmassy of the "Christmas" Troma Nights ever, we suspect! Here's the plan:
8pm prompt start - order pizza and start watching xXx Top Gun (we can't get hold of a copy of … -
Geek Night Tonight
We haven't had a Geek Night in, like, forever, and a few folks I was talking to last night suggested one. So let's have one! The Cottage at 7pm; see you there.
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Synopsis For Harry Potter Movie
From an e-mail. Original source unknown. -
Gorilla Monsoon Mailing List
The Gorilla Monsoon Mailing List is finally becoming usable, after a lot of kicking of the Monsooners by yours truly. If you're in Aber, and interested in stand-up comedy, and weren't on the mailing list because it was impossible to persuade anybody to put you on it, the problem has now been fixed and you …
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A Wild Wiikend; Part One
We got our Wii at about half past seven this morning, and - excepting breaks for lunch, to attend Gareth's guest lecture at the university, and to handle tech support calls from my place of work - we've been playing it ever since. Here's some of what we've been up to:
Wii Sports
Comes with … -
Happy Wiiday To Me
We're off to get a Wii!
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Hemi-Demi-Semi-Drabbling
You're probably already familiar with the concept of a drabble (if not, where were you in February?), a piece of fiction of exactly one hundred words. Today, I was introduced to the concept of a hemi-demi-semi-drabble: that is, a piece of fiction totalling exactly twelve-and-a-half words. Seeing as, no matter how I try, I can't …
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Troma Night - 9th December 2006
The next Troma Night will take place on Saturday at The Cottage. Following last week's success, we'll be following a similar structure this week. But; there is a difference: all Troma Night folk (and everybody else, for that matter) are invited to start early this week at the Arts Centre to see The Host. The …
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My Favourite Criminals
Sometime over the weekend - probably on Sunday night - my Nintendo DS Lite, DS-Xtreme, and a pair of Claire's sunglasses were stolen from her car, parked outside our house. We noticed this on Monday morning when we found Claire's car door ajar and her glove compartment emptied onto the passenger seat. Needless to … -
You Can Hang Out With All The Boys
This made me laugh out loud. Thanks to Faye for finding and sharing it. -
The Independent Scrutineer
Today I have mostly been listening to The Independent Scrutineer, Pagan Wanderer Lu's new EP. It's very highly recommendable, and well worth the fiver I paid for it.
Unlike his previous releases, The Independent Scrutineer comes on a properly pressed CD (rather than a CD-R) and in a shiny jewel case with full-colour printing, … -
Last Night’s Troma Night
I was going to write a post about how brilliant last night's Troma Night was, but Jimmy's beaten me to it.
The highlight for me must have been when the commanding officer of the "special" forces team in Primal Species shouted at his team after a training exercise because they took 15 seconds longer to complete … -
Troma Night At The Cottage
Troma Night tonight is at The Cottage. I'll dig up as many seats as I can, but be advised that stragglers will end up on the natty wooden chairs so if you're late - bring a cushion! Apart from that; usual rules apply.
We'll be playing The Fifth Element, but with an unusual twist - we'll …