Dalekboy

Having been inspired by James Gunn's lists of hundred things he likes and hates, I thought I'd do something similar. But instead of just doing a list of things in one hit, I'm going to do mine over the course of one hundred days. I probably won't manage to post every day, especially with the move coming up, but I'd like to try. I think it'll be an interesting exercise.

The Rules
There will be no particular order to the posts, and while I say 'love or hate', some things will doubtless be things I merely like or dislike. These will be things that I love or hate, you may feel differently about them, I don't care so long as you don't pester me about it.
Each post will be behind a cut because there will be foul language, there will be some deeply personal issues discussed, there will be adult concepts talked about in detail, there will be taboo subjects - and that's just on the love list *grin*. I tend to self-censor quite a bit, so part of this is about trying not to. Once I warm up, expect some occasional really over the top ranting or praising.

And so with no further bullshit...

Customer Service
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Continuum 4
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In recent months I've watched the media, under the guise of informing the public, try to stir everyone up into a panic about bird 'flu. There's a fine line between informing people and instilling fear to get ratings/sell papers/whatever. As usual, the media have worked less towards a policy of dissemination of information and more towards the instillation of fear.

What I find myself wondering is, is it wrong of me to want bird 'flu to hit?( Read more... )

Ok, yesterday I was out and about looking at DVD's. Now I knew that they had released the first three Nightmare on Elm St films locally, but yesterday seeing them around everywhere it just built to the point where I got really pissed off. Why? A few years back, in the US, they released a nice big boxed set of all the Elm St. films. It was going to be released here about six months later, I even had it on pre-order, but they canceled the release. Now the boxed set has tonnes of material in it. For a fan of the films, it's a wonderful treat.

Wind forward and what have Roadshow done? ( Incoherent ranting with occasional naughty words below the cut... )

Shaz and I own a van, so we often get roped into helping people shift.

Most recently we helped Tiki shift into her new digs. Tiki hired a 3 tonne van and we got pretty much everything shifted in one hit. It's one of the reasons I tell people to hire a van to move their stuff - it makes the whole job easier. A 2 or 3 tonne van is big enough to move most households.( Read more... )

I'm going to go into a rant here about the new Star Wars film. Now I want to make something clear - I actually quite liked it. I think it's a reasonable film and definitely the best of Lucas's recent efforts. And my major problem with it is not one that the Star Wars films alone are guilty of.

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