Just watched - Kokoda: 39th battalion. Aussie war film set during the New Guinea campaign. A squad of half-trained reservists is cut off by a Japanese attack and take to the jungle in a bid to get back to their lines. If you want "Rah rah. let's kill Japs." this is not the film for you. In...

Wow.

There does seem to be an awful lot of blood coming out of my nose at the moment.

Just watched: Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. Set in 7th Century China, a disgraced and imprisoned detective is recalled to discover the reason people are inexplicably bursting into flame. Interesting mix of Chinese historical drama and murder mystery. The visuals are as spectacu...

I had forgotten about red eye actually.

I was thinking more about animals at night. Get a fox in torchlight and their eyes damn near glow. Same with dogs and cats.

I have a query.

Animal eyes reflect light. (dogs and cats anyway)

How come human eyes don't?

The weekend is here, I have money in my pocket, a plate of Kung Po in my belly, my Xmas shopping is halfway done and I have DVDs to watch.

A bit of a mixed bag

Dear rest of world,
Please be advised that due to excessive demand and late delivery, Big D's supply of fuck has run out.
If you wish for me to give a fuck, please return at a later date.
Or don't.

Big D

I love the fact that somehow the nation's economic future rests on reforming public sector pensions. If Westminster is that hard up, maybe we should have a whip round.

Some good news about something that's been pissing me off/ stressing me out and generally making me a grumpy badger.

Got paid. Bought stuff. Decided I'm getting my nieces Wolf Hats. Will eat big kebab later.

Two things: Firstly, I'm half-expecting to get a letter on my doormat reading "You owe us a metric fuckton of money" or possibly " We'd rather you weren't our tenant any more." Secondly...hands up anybody else who's had a bucket of concentrated Hydrochloric Acid abandoned in thei...

It gets better.

Take a wild guess as to who this is supposed to be:


Hint: The real version has significantly bigger ears.

Princess Diana - The manga


I'd love to see how much resemblance it bears to actual events but that would involve actually reading it. And that's just never going to happen.