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I just ate a tasty, tasty yogurt and wanted to share — honestly, what good is having a blog if you can’t post about anything that comes to mind? And this really was yummy, a nice raspberry flavoured Activia brand.
I’ve gotten bad. I ate low-fat yogurt for a long time but you know what? I [...]
Those whacky folks in the US military are at it again! They’ve developed a heat-ray gun that’s capable of producing an intense but harmless (yeah, I believe that) burning sensation and, what’s weirder, they’re calling on scientists to contribute to development of an artificial “black ice”. The really strange thing about the black ice (better [...]
I am so loving Ugly Betty. It’s one of the two shows I’m making a point of watching this season, the other being Heroes. I’ve been very impressed by Heroes — I’ve been enjoying the unravelling storyline and the way the character have been developing.
The last two episodes of Ugly Betty, however, have just blown [...]
Stuart MacBride’s Halfhead is officially my favorite blog — you have to go read today’s instalment, “Timmy and the Sniffy Spaniel.”
Although unless you enjoy being looked at like the giggling idiot you are, you might want to read it in private.
Sweet! I was interviewed about The Dragon Below trilogy recently by the good people at mania.com and the interview has gone live on their site today. You can read it here.
They asked some very insightful questions about inspiration and characters (I was surprised when they said “We hear you’re a big fan of European cities [...]
We saw Dreamgirls last night and I was definitely impressed. I’m not a huge fan of the musical movie (best musical movie in a long time IMHO? South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut), Dreamgirls was really good. It had a good good story, really great songs and vocal performances, and the acting was solid. I [...]
If you’re one of the unlucky people who ended up with a defective copy of The Killing Song (pages 219-250 have replaced by a duplicate of pages 91-122 or vice versa), here’s what you can do about it — and there’s good news for people who may not be near a store to exchange it.
Take [...]