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The anti-piracy lobbyists would have you believe that going to the cinema is an experience worth paying for, that it is a somehow superior environment in which to enjoy a film. This, as I’m about to go on at length about, is utter bollocks.
Last night I went to see Terminator Salvation, the most ridiculous film [...]

You will be pleased to know that, despite the summertime being a regular occurrence for millennia now, and despite the fact that people live in much warmer climes all over the world, our glorious nation has a plan in place for when it gets *gasp* warm and sunny.
Sadly, it’s much like the plans in place [...]

I disapprove of in-car sat-navs; I figure that if you need a little box dictating your actions then you deserve to be lost and alone. That’s quite aside from my theory that getting lost from time to time is good for the soul and provides a little bit of excitement and exploration for otherwise mundane [...]

“Immortal songs of maximum power.”
I have no idea what this quote was in relation to, but it pleased me greatly to overhear it. Also this:
“Well, the tragedy is over. The failure is complete. I turn my head and go away. I took my share in this fight for the impossible.”
But I think that’s Camus and [...]

Having been either overweight or obese for most of my life, I’m finally reaching a point where I could, on a good day, be described as physically average. I still maintain my deep loathing of running, jogging, and anything else that isn’t strolling, but I am no longer incapable of covering more than ten feet [...]

Things that I need to buy by the end of the year:
Car insurance £300
M.O.T £150-ish I reckon
Car Tax £190
Ski boots £200-ish
Skiing holiday £Oh god, it hurts!
Flights to Japan £6-700
Bike rack £120
Panniers £100
Cycle shoes £80
Clipless pedals £40
Likelihood of purchasing any of these things (out of ten):

Car insurance 10
M.O.T 10
Car Tax 10
Ski boots 2
Skiing holiday 5
Flights to [...]

I’m participating in the Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride on Sunday and, in keeping with time-honoured tradition, the weather is lining up to be utterly shite. Last year we had to contend with ridiculous headwinds, this year it would seem that it intends to rain in my face until I almost forget how awesome I am.
This [...]

U best b careful dissin Netherfield I kno were u liv
Yes, but then I ‘dissed’ Netherfield in a post where I mentioned that I also live there, so you’re not exactly a rocket scientist, are you? No, don’t argue, you’re not. Rocket scientists can spell.
Sadly, this means that you’re going to have to try [...]

Whomever: Why has this been passed to us?
Me: Why haven’t you read the call notes?
Whomever: This isn’t a call for our team, why has it come back to us?
Me: The user doesn’t exist on our domain, never has, and likely never will. I mentioned this in the notes you didn’t read. They don’t have one [...]