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26-year-old Matt Smith has been named the new Doctor Who. He’ll be taking over from David Tennant in Spring 2010. Comments on Twitter went from ‘OMG he looks 12′, to ‘The new doctor is emo!’ and ‘Breaking news: Doctor Who … Continue reading →
03. January 2009 by Caroline
Categories: Television |
Tags: agist, bbc, breaking news, david tennant, doctor who, emo kids, hg, looker, matt smith, new doctor, older guys, teeny boppers |
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Thanks to Hg for alerting me to the new Action Stream plugin for Movable Type, enabling you to aggregate your virtual presence around the web. In the left hand side you’ll find list of recent updates. Unfortunately, the styling looks … Continue reading →
30. January 2008 by Caroline
Categories: Site |
Tags: hg, left hand side, Movable Type, recent updates, stylesheet, virtual presence |
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Just when we we were getting very bored with Stratford-upon-Avon (at 11am on our second day) we came across this man whose name we may never find out. He built a miniature version of Stratford junction as it would have … Continue reading →
06. March 2007 by Caroline
Categories: Travel |
Tags: airports, architecture, dandelion, hg, job, journey, landscape, leeds, newcastle, nothing like the sun, pride and joy, pubs, restaurants, stratford upon avon, stretches, torture, tour of britain, trains, wheel |
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Crikey, looks like I’m going to flex my withering writing muscle. I’ve been tagged by Mr Hg with The Book Title Meme. (update: It’s taken me a month to get it together.) 1. Briefly describe an aspect of your life … Continue reading →
23. March 2006 by Caroline
Categories: Meme |
Tags: appetite, apt title, brendan kennelly, briefly, diabetes, hg, little ones, pleasure, resonance, shelves |
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Pointing my camera upward at the licence on the Lion Tavern a voice from behind says: “Sorry, can I ask ya wha’rre you taking pictures of tha’ pub for?” It’s my first real introduction to the Scouse accent. It’s funny … Continue reading →
12. March 2006 by Caroline
Categories: Travel |
Tags: blokes, funny accent, funny look, hg, high energy, jeans, lion, pubs, scouse accent, time in ireland, union demo, young man |
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The weekend seemed short, but that’s probably because it was packed full of goodness even if it started with the nasty: on Friday evening, I found my virginal self subjected to a brutal rogering by Celebrity Big Brother. A moment … Continue reading →
24. January 2006 by Caroline
Categories: Various |
Tags: barbican, breakfast on pluto, celebrity big brother, daily updates, dvd screener, east kent, emin, friday evening, george galloway, hg, initial reaction, moment of silence, ostend, rogering, rula lenska, saturday morning, seaside resort, stephen rea, tackiness, tripe |
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The trouble with Dublin is the women scare me and the men drive me round the bend on a regular basis. It’s got fog that’s wetter than rain and the city reeks of burnt barley. The community is incestuous and … Continue reading →
15. November 2005 by Caroline
Categories: Travel |
Tags: barley, central hotel, coming home, corrs, dublin, exchequer street, fog, groove, hard time, hg, maffia, midst, money, pales in comparison, pub lunch, rain, reeks, roast chicken, thing of beauty, wetter |
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- Been obsessed with new Neil Diamond album 12 songs, ‘Captain of a shipwreck’ and ‘Evermore’ in particular. If Diamond hadn’t gone so Vegas in the 70s, he’d probably have near-Dylan status. He’s got the G-d issues that go with … Continue reading →
08. November 2005 by Caroline
Categories: Travel |
Tags: disco, dublin, ego, florence, grandiosity, hadn, hg, honour, iggy pop, madonna album, neil diamond, neil diamond album, new madonna, o reilly, pop riff, punk, road trip, rome, shipwreck, solomon gallery |
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A friend’s son turned 11 today and, spurred on by Mr Hg, I bought him his first David Bowie CD, fully intent on corrupting his young mind. I got him a Donald Duck comic and a scientific youth mag too, … Continue reading →
26. September 2005 by Caroline
Categories: Personal |
Tags: brother, chopsticks, comic, crap, david bowie, donald duck, false statements, hg, safe side, sample question, space theme, spelling mistakes, stone park, yellow stone park |
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Apparently Python’s out of fash’, Mr Hg informs me. No longer part of every day conversation and considered passed on, no more, ceased to be, expired and gone to meet its maker in its country of origin. Fortunately we’ve been … Continue reading →
30. May 2005 by Caroline
Categories: Television |
Tags: back catalogue, brim, concience, country of origin, dutch customs, dutch television, elvis presley, flying circus, hg, holy grail, impersonations, john cleese, mad genius, ministry of silly walks, monty python, palin, seventies, terry jones, unseen footage, usa release |
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