Shakespeare in Ned
A brief google appears to indicate that no one seems to have taken the time to translate any of the works of William Shakespeare into the dialect of Neds. This is a crime. If only I had the time or energy to put it right.
Wonderings and Ponderings
I wonder if using a garish and hideously bright wordpress theme could consitute an actual act of assult. See, I like this one – I munged it many years ago when the intertubes were less slick that they are now, and it reminded me (at the time) of serial consoles, blurry crt displays and nice
ACE Lyric #9
“His skin’s all covered in slimey lumps, with lips that slide across his cheeks, his twisted limbs like rubber stumps, slubberdygullions on squeaky feet.” Genesis – The Colony of Slippermen
Last post of 2008
I’m taking a leaf out of RedSmartie’s book here and doing a quick run down. 2008, all in all, his been pretty grim. So many things that were fine before seem to be irrepairably broken and as the months went by I just seem to have lost the energy or will to try and fix
Half-Life 2 – Complet0r4t0r1z0red
Well, it’s been out a good couple of years now, but I’ve finally finished Half-Life 2 – and it was completely awesome, if incomprehensible. I still have no idea what any of it was about, but I had a lot of fun not knowing. High Points: Pitched battles with Striders in the streets – I
FAIL
Clearly, I lose at blog updating. It’s the whole Christmas thing that causes it. Rushing about, worrying, not getting any sleep, worrying some more, and then – finally – the long soulless purgatory that is January. Still, the new build of WordPress is very nice – the dash is just ACE. So it’s not all
Winterness.
Brr! It’s a bit chilly out! -4 last night, apparently. So, an icy foggy drive into work followed by hanging over the radiator gossiping and drinking giant mugs of coffee was required. Wandered down to the harbour at lunchtime – the yachts which have been left in the water have iced riggings and look very
ACE Lyric #8
“Let me flow into the Ocean, Let me flow back to the sea, Let me be stormy, let me be calm, Let the tide in and set me free.” The Who – Drowned.