10 Days To War
Apr. 6th, 2008 02:32 pmI've just noticed that the BBC still has the 10 Days To War short films available online. I'm not sure if they're visible from outside the UK, but they're worth a look if you haven't seem them.
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drivenapart. As they say, another year older, another year wiser...
...oh, but hang on, you just acquired a cat. :)
Just another year older, then. :) Have a good one!
drivenapart. As they say, another year older, another year wiser......oh, but hang on, you just acquired a cat. :)
Just another year older, then. :) Have a good one!
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misstemperance...
Mar. 9th, 2008 10:45 pmThe world is ending, the human race is departing aboard giant Arks into space, but before you leave you are given the chance to save (and take with you) the ten most important songs to you. What do you choose and why?
( Well now... )
Mostly for the benefit of mister_jack...
Mar. 8th, 2008 05:56 pm(...but partly just so that I don't lose track of the details again...)
Nature the tinkerer - Guardian book reviews of Neil Shubin's "Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body" and Sean B Carroll's "The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution"
Nature the tinkerer - Guardian book reviews of Neil Shubin's "Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body" and Sean B Carroll's "The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution"
Der Heliand
Mar. 6th, 2008 12:07 amI'm sure that some of my friends list are already well aware of this, as you're a knowledgeable bunch - but I didn't know about it until last week, and I find the concept a little bit fascinating...
The poem Der Heliand ('The Saviour'), written somewhen between 803 and 840, is a long religious epic written in Old Saxon, depicting "the history of Jesus Christ in terms that would have been familiar to its target audience, the Old Saxons, and indeed to any Anglo-Saxon expatriates still to be found in the German religious world. This Jesus is a warrior king, a ring-giver, and his disciples or 'theganos' owe him the full allegiance unto death due to a lord: in short, a Jesus from the world of Beowulf".
(Quoted from Geoffrey Hindley's A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons)
It's an interesting mental image, isn't it? I wonder if anyone's ever considered adapting it into a film...
The poem Der Heliand ('The Saviour'), written somewhen between 803 and 840, is a long religious epic written in Old Saxon, depicting "the history of Jesus Christ in terms that would have been familiar to its target audience, the Old Saxons, and indeed to any Anglo-Saxon expatriates still to be found in the German religious world. This Jesus is a warrior king, a ring-giver, and his disciples or 'theganos' owe him the full allegiance unto death due to a lord: in short, a Jesus from the world of Beowulf".
(Quoted from Geoffrey Hindley's A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons)
It's an interesting mental image, isn't it? I wonder if anyone's ever considered adapting it into a film...
Passport found
Feb. 19th, 2008 07:25 pmLess stressed now.
But I think I should spend the rest of the evening tidying up the disaster area. :)
But I think I should spend the rest of the evening tidying up the disaster area. :)
For those who read webcomics...
Feb. 17th, 2008 07:49 pmHave I mentioned the new Ellis/Duffield weekly webcomic FreakAngels yet?
If not, I'm sure that others have. Only one five page strip up so far, but it's looking interesting...
If not, I'm sure that others have. Only one five page strip up so far, but it's looking interesting...
Ashes to Ashes (II)
Feb. 7th, 2008 09:59 pmHmm. Could have been better, but still... not a bad start. 80s cop shows aren't 70s cop shows, so it was always going to be a little bit different. Alex may take some getting used to - and her outlook makes things a bit... different.
Great soundtrack, though. :)
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Great soundtrack, though. :)
NOTE: Comments may contain spoilers.
