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Phone Booth
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No comments on Phone BoothAfter a bevy of worrying rumours, it seems that the suspense/thriller ‘Phone Booth’ will turn out well. Not only that, but it stars Kiefer Sutherland as a sniper! Any movie with Jack Bauer in it is bound to be good, in my book.
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Books
Books bought recently: Dead Air, Fast Food Nation, Coraline, The New York Trilogy, The Feeling Of What Happens, Synaesthesia: The Strangest Thing and The Pursuit Of Oblivion (I wasn’t going to find the links for all of those, but then I had a change of heart).
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The Mission
Back in the 80s, there was a science fiction series directed by Stephen Spielberg called Amazing Stores. Aside from its intro sequence, which was rather impressive for that time, most episodes were pretty uninspiring and dismal. There was one episode that it seems everyone (including me) remembers: The Mission. ‘The Mission’ was by all accounts…
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AFC Wimbledon
Here’s a great story about AFC Wimbledon, a wholly fan-owned club that was organised in response to plans by the Wimbledon FC management to move to Milton Keynes. It’s heartening to see AFC Wimbledon successfully demonstrating that there is an alternative to current modes of club management.
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Dream Time
I just saw an advert on the Sky Chinese Channel (PCNE) for a show that can only be described as the Chinese version of ‘Dream Team’. For those of you who don’t know about it (i.e. 99% of you), it’s a football soap opera on Sky One. I hear that football is becoming a big…
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Stay the fuck away from the Burrito
Stay the fuck away from the Burrito – a highly amusing review of US MREs (Meals Ready to Eat).
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SimMcDonalds
Eat at McDonalds in Sims Online. I have no problem with in-game advertising, but apparently you can improve your standing in the game by eating McD’s food, which is ridiculous and will no doubt cause a player backlash (via ec).
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Cerebroscope
Psychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers like to talk of a hypothetical instrument called the ‘cerebroscope‘. The first time I heard about this, in San Diego, I expressed a bit of surprise, and then asked, ‘Why isn’t it called a ‘brainoscope’?” I was expecting to be told that people used ‘cerebroscope’ because it sounded more impressive (always…
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Goat brains
Most amusing question asked at the BA Festival of Science: “Do people who ate goat brains when they were young get schizophrenia?” This was at a panel session of top UK psychologists and neuroscientists. After the laughter died down, one of the panel members volunteered, “I ate goat brains when I was young.” A few…
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80 days
Around the World in Eighty Days, starring Jackie Chan and Hugh Grant? Say it ain’t so…
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