I don’t think I’ve ever shouted at the television in frustration before. Certainly not when I was on my own, nobody else to hear it. I don’t consider myself an angry person by any means, and it took several steps to get there before it all boiled over. Step 1 was doing ironing and wanting ... [More]
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Part I. Many years ago I had a Ren And Stimpy CD. It’s the kind of CD you buy because for a couple of weeks in 1993 you were kinda amused by the TV series. So you coughed up $25 and listen to it maybe once all the way through, and maybe another track or ... [More]
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Making the Grade
Michael Grade has been appointed chairman of the BBC. Doctor Who fans must be wondering if Grade — the only enemy of the Doctor that managed to kill him completely by getting the series cancelled — will be up to his old tricks. Perhaps he’ll squeeze the production budget so tightly that they can’t even ... [More]
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Found at Southbank
Found this on the pavement at Southbank yesterday. With thanks to the geniuses who drew it, and the person who tipped me off (I’ve lost the e-mail, but you know who you are). I couldn’t get the whole thing into one picture. They got the captions of the doctors a bit wrong, and no sign ... [More]
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Snippets
An update about my colleague who lost his laptop computer on Friday the 13th last month. A couple of weeks later he was playing with his kids in the front yard when a male youth walked past on the footpath. With a laptop under his arm. Colleague recognised the laptop, ran after him and rugby ... [More]
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G rated?
One of the things that saves the arts from censorship is a good reliable ratings system. But it is critical that those responsible for deciding the ratings get it right.
I used to watch The Bill religiously, but haven’t for some years — not since it went soapie. So I was most amused when one of the toys to arrive for Jeremy’s sixth birthday a couple of weeks ago was a The Bill policeman action figure, courtesy of my Uncle Kevin in England (aka UK ... [More]
The Simple Life. After reading a pretty funny article previewing this show the other week, I thought I’d give it a look. It sounded funny. And it was, kinda. I mean, I know they’ve probably spent a lot of time editing this show to make Paris and Nicole seem stupid, but they wouldn’t have been ... [More]
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Happy new year
Well, here we are, 2004. As you may have noticed, I’ve been busy so far with extracurricular activities. But I won’t bore you with that. Instead let me tell you about the car. Tony got the collector’s edition version of Doctor Who: The Three Doctors for Christmas – in the special box with a toy ... [More]
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The Space Museum
In this Doctor Who adventure from 1965, the time travellers visit Federation Square…
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Too damn hot
Too damn hot yesterday. And last night. I’m going to go evaporative cooler shopping. There’s a parent at the school who looks like Billy Connolly when he was in his beardless phase, complete with the windswept and interesting long grey hair. But he has an Australian accent. There’s another parent at the school who looks ... [More]
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The next step in law enforcement
You’ve heard of Robocop… well the next step after that is… Police Dalek! (Courtesy of Isaac’s vivid imagination)