Yes yes book, no yes film

Books | Movies | penge @ 22:59, April 30th, 2009.

For all you good folk out there in reader-land, here’s some worthwhile advice that you should heed. It’s free of charge. We are good to you.
The book called Yes Man written by Danny Wallace: An excellent read, full of humour, amusing happenings, poignant thought and at times deep reflection upon the way life takes you. [...]

The United State-istics of America

USA | penge @ 18:41, April 26th, 2009.

With very little fanfare and a minor amount of red carpet being rolled out, myself and the new Mrs Penge are back in Blighty, delighted to return home to a place where you don’t have to specifically ask for your tea to be served ‘hot’.
Instead of waffling on about everything in great detail (a treat [...]

Your Randomlinkage Random Thought of the Week.

Filth | Observations of Life | trench @ 00:53, April 22nd, 2009.

Skiddies.
How is it that the word ’skiddies’ is at least 20% funnier than it’s marginally more serious counterpart, ’skidmarks’?
Science must be able to tell us.
Both refer to the same unpleasant residue, which may be deposited in the undergarments of an unwitting person. Both conjure up images of playground teasing, “Urgh! You’ve got skiddies!”. Yet without [...]

Red Dwarf: Back to Earth

Comedy | Geek | SF | Television | trench @ 13:52, April 15th, 2009.

So close.
My initial thoughts there also make a delightful nugget-sized review for readers with short attention spans. For those of you with empty brains that require filling with my opinio-fact then read on.
As a longtime ‘Dwarfer I was a bit nervous about the new specials. Because despite the good faith built up by seven consistantly [...]

Wedcast

USA | penge @ 23:55, April 8th, 2009.

Hurrah and huzzah! Via the miracle of Nevada’s marriage laws, I should hopefully be a married man and the Feisty Kim should hopefully be a married woman. Of course, I am writing this pre-emptively, what with it being approximately 15:55 in Las Vegas, so there is every chance that the wedding is off because the Feisty one [...]

Onward, to marriage!

USA | penge @ 22:09, April 4th, 2009.

Well folks, I am here to bid you farewell for a short while. The time has arrived for me to travel to the America land and become betrothed to the Feisty Kim. When I return to fair Blighty I shall be a married man. I’m not entirely sure if this means I should act like [...]

Upcoming film entertainment

Movies | penge @ 22:40, April 1st, 2009.

Having just checked my calendar, it appears to be that time of year when I look at loads of upcoming films and think “I’ll definitely go to the cinema to see that!”, knowing full well that I won’t and I’ll wait for it to come out on DVD instead, drawing the usual comments of “You have [...]

Hard to bear.

Bodily Harm | Television | trench @ 00:22, April 1st, 2009.

Channel 4 have recently had a bit of a bear-themed season, the highlight of which was the premiere of Grizzly Man. This top banana documentary, (not to be confused with Grizzly Banana: Del Monte’s Search for the Fabled Fruit of Fiji), follows bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell with footage taken from years his own video diaries [...]