Monthly Archives: August 2007

Basking in reflected glory

I highly recommend a very readable book by David Jennings called Net, Blogs and Rock ‘n’ Roll. It is a look at how people use the Internet to listen to music, to find new music and to make new friends. … Continue reading

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I can’t do a top ten

I’m not entirely sure what this list is. It could be a list of what I consider to be the best episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer or they could be my favourites or they could be both. It’s in … Continue reading

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Interesting BtVS screencap #13

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It hurts

The Body (Joss Whedon) Maybe the best 40 odd minutes of TV ever. There are certainly consistently good serials like I, Claudius and Edge of Darkness but surely no long running series comes close to producing anything like this remarkable … Continue reading

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Objects

This post on Feministing leads to this entire website devoted to the same depressing thing. And then I remembered my disappointment when I saw this: it’s too much.

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Just…trying a little spicy talk

I Was Made to Love You (Jane Espenson) This is such a good episode. It makes you care about the demise of a robot and that is some feat. It also has some of the best dialogue, interactions and smart … Continue reading

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Made it

Unfortunately, the angle makes it look like we weren’t 1327 feet above sea level. We were though! I stopped to admire that view many times on the way up. Originally uploaded by grange85.

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Six days

Edinburgh and Melrose summer 2007

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Angel

I was thinking about the last three episodes of Angel’s season two and it occurred to me that my son – my ten year old son – might have enjoyed watching them. And then it occurred to me that is … Continue reading

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Trains and stairs

If there is an Alfred Hitchcock film I haven’t seen, it is probably missing or called Topaz or Family Plot. Topaz stars Frederick Stafford and Dany Robin while Family Plot stars Karen Black and Bruce Dern, and that’s not quite … Continue reading

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