The homepage for Don Bassingthwaite, Writer
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I saw Wanted the other night. The reviews were good, the trailer looked decent, the movie looked decent, I’m a fan of James McAvoy, I’m a fan of action movies — how could I go wrong?
I hated it.
It’s not that it wasn’t stylish and it’s not that the actors weren’t good (it always amazes me [...]
Check out Think Geek — possibly the most astounding collection of cool/useless/WTF? gadgets I’ve seen in quite some time. I’m especially intrigued by the wi-fi status display t-shirt.
The trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is out. I’m blissful.
Ah, the Christmas season!* And in this particular instance I feel no need to be inclusive and mention “the holiday season” because I want to share my thoughts on something that is, so far as I know, uniquely Christmas related.**
Fruitcake.
I love fruitcake. I love the density, the almost but not quite too sweetness of it, [...]
I treasure my wee Darwin car sticker (like the Jesus fish but with feet), but I would consider swapping it for the Cthulu car sticker from Dagon Industries. Other fun stuff: Euro oval stickers for R’LH (Ryleh) and INN (Innsmouth), a tiki style sticker for the Dagon Surf Shop, a ball cap for CSI: ARKHAM, [...]