Monthly Archives: August 2010

Festival Roundup

August 30, 2010

Admittedly, I only saw two shows at the Festival; but they were both very good, so I thought I’d tell you about them. First, I saw Beautiful Burnout by Frantic/National Theatre Scotland which was visually stunning. A story about boxing; what it takes to be a boxer and following the journey from training through...

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Italian Style Stove-top Potatoes

August 24, 2010

I made this for dinner last night, and it’s very cheap recipe which uses your basic store cupboard supplies. Thought I would share. Italian Style Stove-top Potatoes Ingredients 4 lg potatoes, sliced thickly 1 tin of chopped tomatoes 2 small onions (or one large one), chopped 4 rashers of bacon (can be omitted for...

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Mullet

August 21, 2010

As Kev says, ‘It’s “business” on top and “Party” in the back!’ I thought, I really thought, that the mullet, having gotten so much bad press the last, oh, 20 or so years, that no one would dare have one again. Oh how wrong I was. The last week, I have seen 2 (two)...

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Shot from a cannon in a shark costume

August 20, 2010

I had to go to a funeral last week. Well, I didn’t have to go, but I wanted to go. Wait, no, I didn’t want to go, as funerals in general aren’t what I normally do on a Monday, but I decided to go to pay my respects. Oh, you know what I mean…...

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Boy Etiquette

August 14, 2010

I read an article today and it really had me thinking.  Thinking about my safety, my friends’ safety and well, everybody’s safety, really. But then that got me to thinking about a conversation I’d had a long time ago with a friend of mine (male) who told me about Boy Etiquette. Now, I’d never...

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The ‘S’

August 12, 2010

The ‘s’ button sticks on my keyboard. So some things get pluralised that aren’t supposed to be.  Just deal with it.  It’s going to happen. Tweet

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It hasn’t been long; it’s all brand new

August 12, 2010

Rather than have an empty boring space here while I make magical (and oftentimes frustrating) aesthetic changes, I thought I would put this post up. I don’t have much to say so far except that it’s been a while since I was able to be truly geeky.  Other blogs, other places, other websites…I’ve always...

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