WASPS WOULD BE RUBBISH ON ROBOT WARS
Not just because they are not robots, because in word, deed and attitude they are barely seperate from the Cyberman’s old pets Cybermats*. No-one like wasps after all. They look evil, sting and are always in[…]

MORE ON THE EXPLODING SMOOTHIE MENACE
Do these Pret A Manger smoothies come with warnings on?

Freakytrigger reader Stuart McSkimming sent in this example which went, like a hand-grenade, after just three hours. Goodness me, I feel a consumer campaig[…]

He’s as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Imagine giving this offer to David Blunkett. Sorry mate, your current state of not being able to see at all is going to be down graded to the worst form of blindness of all. You can only[…]

Look at the name. This is no piddling fire, this is an inferno. And as infernos go, this one towers over you. A behemoth of burning, I give you The Towering Inferno.
The film is nowhere near as good as its name, though it does try. Paul Newman AND St[…]

Spanish Restaurants in London
I love Spanish food. I am vegetarian. Two statements that make uneasy bedfellows.
Go to Spain and the selection is limited. Tortilla, plus patatas in one form or another, gazpacho in the south, peppers, maybe something […]

UNAPPETIZING FOODSTUFF DESCRIPTIONS: Supermalt
A helpdesk fella has just popped in to my office to disentagle yet another flaw with Windows 2000 Professional and spied a kay of Yebisu Malt Beer. Now Yebisu is one of my favourite Japanese beers and su[…]

Libidinize THIS!
Here’s a question which I asked in the comments box to this posting but which I wanted to highlight because it seems to run contrary to established rules of economics (or capital if you prefer):
How come the cheapest fish fing[…]

I’ve become less self-conscious about walking out of films: second to get the chop this year was Jacques Lacan’s Psychoanalysis: Part One, after 45 of its threatened 60 minutes. The film, probably made for TV, was shot in 1974 by Benoit J[…]

Reading Any Human Heart by William Boyd I got a sense of deja vu. It reminded me of something. A wide ranging novel about a twentieth century life, staring an artist of sorts who intersects with real people at key moments of history. An interesting s[…]

Timewyrm: Revelation – Paul Cornell (8/10)
(TARDIS crew: 7th, Ace; VILLAIN: The Timewyrm, Chad Boyle, Rupert Hemmings)
(Okay, I was slacking for a little bit in my writing; you all have my heartfelt apologies. The hiatus has given me a chance t[…]