I’ve reached a milestone in my life recently: both of my grandfathers passed away within months of each other. There’s been no massive amounts of sadness on my part, but there has been a lot of guilt niggling at the back of my head because it seems that my values…
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February 8, 2017 at 11:00 pm | Real Life | No comment
Tags: Grandads we love you, RIP
They say that Sir Terry Pratchett is dead, but I find that very hard to believe because, although the body may no longer function, he poured every thought, idea, belief and thesis of his into the hundreds and thousands of words he wrote down. I looked at his bibliography earlier…
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March 14, 2015 at 12:12 pm | Vaguely Topical | No comment
Tags: Discworld, RIP, Sir Terry Pratchett
“The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long – and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.” That’s one of the better quotes from Blade Runner. It’s what Eldon Tyrell tells Roy Batty when he delivers the bad news that, no matter how much they have…
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February 18, 2015 at 9:35 pm | Real Life | No comment
Tags: birds, Blade Runner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, I'm overly emotional and quite a sensitive person, oh goody let's talk about real life for a change, RIP, Willow