Monthly Archives: May 2006

Like a cat

Posted on Saturday 6 May 2006 by Hazel

The Puppet Show (Dean Batali and Rob Des Hotel) This is a potentially great episode which fails due to a storyline that is just too twisty, too confusing and with too many suspects for its own good. Sid himself was … Continue reading →

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Girls on film

Posted on Saturday 6 May 2006 by Hazel

Where are they? What I have long thought to be so regarding female roles has been shown to be true (in a study by Geena Davis’s SeeJane organisation) that girls and women are under represented in children’s films. Why is … Continue reading →

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I can’t be asked to do that

Posted on Thursday 4 May 2006 by Hazel

There are some absolute corkers of “phonetic near-misses” here. One of my favourites in fan fiction is peeked or peaked for piqued: it crops up all the time and I cheer when it is spelled correctly.

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The Grand Union Canal at Clitheroe’s Lock

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2006 by Hazel

The view from Clitheroe’s Lock Originally uploaded by moley75. This looks so peaceful yet you can hear the M4 rushing past.

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That’s not where I dangle it

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2006 by Hazel

I Robot, You Jane (Ashley Gable and Thomas A. Swyden) This has the most unlikely and irritating plot full of clunky computer clichés like Willow speaking out loud as she types and people switching monitors on and off as if … Continue reading →

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