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Enter The Ninja
So, like a handful of others, I'll be participating in Andy's Ninja Burger game tonight. He's asked us each to throw together a character - or at least to look at character generation - so here's mine:
Name: Ava Kurosawa
Job Title: Driver
Qualities:
Average [+0] Ninja
Average [+0] Driver (just because he does it … -
Vanilla Sky, A Letter, And A Trip
VANILLA SKY
Perhaps Vanilla Sky wasn't the best choice of film to finish Troma Night last night on, based on the dream I had:
I dreamt that I was dreaming, and that during that inner dream I became lucid [not so hard, actually, and something I periodically do normally]. In the inner dream, I'd broken my … -
Reasons To Tick The "It's Complicated" Box
Assuming you're reading Abnib in chronological order, you're already aware that Claire and JTA split up a little while ago. I don't think I've ever seen so mutual, so on-equal-terms, so amicable a breakup, ever. While Ruth and I sat on the beach and discussed how we'd need to be ready to provide support to …
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How To Make Money, You Hobo - A Cautionary Tale
Last night I had a particularly vivid and unusual dream:
JTA and I were homeless and living on the streets of some foreign city (it was somewhat reminiscent of London, but most folks spoke French, so I guess it wasn't); jobless, hungry, and generally sleeping in the central railway station, except when the police or … -
Abnib Quotes
It only occurred to me the other week that there are lots of people who would probably want to know about Abnib Quotes - people, even, that are quoted on it - that don't. And that's probably my fault for not blogging about it.
So yeah - there's an Abnib Quotes. It replaces the long-defunct RockMonkey … -
Bicon 2008
Claire and I have decided that after all the fun and games of last year's BiCon, we're going again this year. So, if you want to come, now's the time (well, within the next 30 days or so) to let us know, and we can help you out with lifts, combining payment, etc. If there's …
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Savage Love Readers Talk About The Campsite Rule
As some of you no doubt know, I'm a huge fan of Savage Love, the world's coolest sex, love, and relationships advice column. A few weeks ago, author Dan Savage revisited his "campsite rule," which can be summarised thusly:
If you're in a sexual relationship with somebody significantly younger or less-experienced than you, the rule … -
Super Munchkin
There's been quite a lot said recently on abnib about class. JTA opened up the debate; Claire followed up by listing some of her least favourite things about the stereotypes of the middle class, and attracted a lot of debate in her comments; Matt P argued that the class system doesn't exist (or, at least, …
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The Danville Public Service Announcement
I don't visit Facebook often. In fact, I usually only log on once or twice a month to clear out the billions of requests to install applications (and block those applications) that people don't seem to have noticed that I never accept, or to check up on a mis-placed phone number or e-mail address for …
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Curry And Penny
Went out last night for curry and beer to celebrate Paul's birthday (yes, we're all well aware that Paul's birthday was almost a month ago, but this was the first chance we'd had to really get together and make an ocassion of it). It was great to get together with a handful of folks rarely …
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The Australian Pink Floyd Show
I took Claire, Ruth and JTA to see The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Cardiff International Arena last night. Claire and I had seen them before, back in 2005, and they were as fabulous as ever: I maintain that this tribute band is the only one I've ever seen that, at times, can be …
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Bryn And Heather
I don't want to stir up trouble, and I don't have any intention to take sides. I'm going to say a couple of things, for which I fully expect to be misinterpreted and I'm all set for the barrange of comments I'll get hereafter. But hey, that's enough disclaimerism. On to the controversy:
In case you … -
Garfield Minus Garfield
This is fabulous: Garfield Minus Garfield. It's what you get if you digitally remove Garfield from Garfield comic strips - a better comic, touching on themes of loneliness and schizophrenia. Genius.
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My April Fools
I've always had a thing for big, overcomplicated April Fools' gags. Traditionally, we'd always play pranks on Penbryn Halls at the University, but it's not so easy these days to gain access to halls of residence, now that they've installed door locks that don't open by themselves when you so much as breathe hard on …
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What I've Been Up To This Weekend
This post should have appeared on Monday 24th March 2008, but owing to technical difficulties didn't make it online until Thursday 27th. Sorry!
Like many others, I've had both Good Friday and Easter Monday off work, and as I haven't blogged enough recently, I thought I ought to provide a quick update about the things I've …