Wiblog - Paul's Wibblings

Pan's Labyrinth

01/09/08

Last weekend we finally watched Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. I say "finally" because Mark Kermode has been singing its praises ... read more ...

Wind Something

27/07/08

We wasted a couple of hours this evening watching Wind Talkers, a movie allegedly about how Navaho indians were used for front line radio comms in WWII. ... read more ...

Long Letters

25/07/08

Tonight's movie presentation at the Oldham Odeon was Letters From Iwo Jima... read more ...

Bourne Again

23/07/08

We watched The Bourne Ultimatum again tonight and it was as stunning as ever. ... read more ...

In the Valley of Elah

06/07/08

Tonight's DVD offering after a most excellent roast pork supper¹ was In the Valley of Elah and I'm still recovering from it now. ... read more ...

We've just spent the last hour and a half giggling away at Galaxy Quest about the washed up stars of a fictional 1978-1982 TV series called "Galaxy Quest" (a parody of the television series Star Trek) ... read more ...

Birthday - Day 2

02/07/08

I love presents. And this morning I got: read more ...

Bit of a Funny Day

27/06/08

On the plus side we had an excellent supper (including organic Orkney smoked salmon) and watched Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown¹... read more ...

.milton anyone?

26/06/08

In case you've not heard the news ICANN have decided that from next year anyone can set up a top level domain (TLD) ... read more ...

Movies, Movies, Movies

24/06/08

We're on a bit of a roll at the moment. The Fellowship of the Ring on Sunday, Blade Runner last night for a change of pace and back to "The Lord of the Rings" tonight with The Two Towers. read more ...

Current status: (via twitter)
Paul notes the usual absence of fog #50at50 [link]

I am currently reading:

Smoke in the Valley
by David Kynaston
Great Northern?
by Arthur Ransome
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science by Martin Gardner

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Word of the Day:

carbonado