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Okay, so he's not the most famous comedian (or even the second most famous), but I always enjoyed his humour. Never one to go for the popular laugh, he put his principles into his work, which meant some very left-wing comedy (like the time he was booed on Just A Minute for using the subject...

http://http://thechive.com/2018/06/03/new-lord-of-the-rings-tv-series-confirmed-for-five-seasons/ Looks interesting, particularly as it's supposed to be "appendices-based" rather than retelling the main story. Presumably, though, not the appendices with family trees, the Calendar of the Shire...

I read this morning that Richard Neville, co-founder of OZ magazine has died. I wouldn't expect his name to ring too many bells for most of us, but the magazine was quite the cultural phenomenon in its time. So I was pleased to read in an obituary that the whole run of OZ is available online...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dies-star-wars He'll be remembered more for R2D2, but to me, his best role was Fidgit in Time Bandits. Kenny Baker died today, aged 81.

No, not that one. The Chinese one. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36966274

Just a thought that struck me ... alright, just a beer- and whisky-fuelled thought that struck me: why are testicles egg-shaped? Or is it ... now bear with me .. is it that eggs are testicle-shaped?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/29/lemmy-lead-singer-of-motorhead-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer?CMP=fb_gu Love him or loathe him - and there probably wasn't much middle ground - Lemmy epitomised the hard-rockin', hard-livin', hard drinkin' rockstar lifestyle, uncompromising till...

Well, anybody? I won't be buying it myself for a while yet. I'll wait for a) when it comes up with a large discount in a Steam sale; and b) when it's been patched to sort out the inevitable bugs. Besides, I finally turned my attentions to Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (the best AC since Ezio, at...

I don't usually reply to posts pushing religion on facebook, but this morning I just couldn't leave it alone, for some reason. In my feed was a post I've seen dozens of times before, and I'm sure you all have, too. This one: The "atheist" in the story is presented as a smug prick pushing his...

I was just watching a video on youtube which included scenes of the crucifiction (misspelling intended). you know, the usual torture porn so many Xians like to wallow in. And a thought struck me: If God really wnated his message to get across, and convince people to believe in him ... why didn't...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/11/pope-francis-the-choice-to-not-have-children-is-selfish?CMP=fb_gu A 78 year old celibate, whose church maintains a priesthood of celibates, as well as celibate monks and celibate nuns, thinks choosing not to have children is "selfish". This comes...

They say if you sit by the stream long enough, the bodies of your enemies will come floating by*. I say if you sit by the Steam long enough, the games on your wishlist will come floating by at 75% discount. Which is another way of saying: "Steam has another sale. Anybody buying anything...

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/13/hr-giger-dies-alien-artist?CMP=fb_gu My first experience of his work was the cover of ELP's album, Brain Salad Surgery:

It's only a matter of time before this thread gets started here, so I might as well get the ball rolling ... Anchorman 2 5/10 The first Anchorman was quite good, I thought, but this one's all pretty much the same only without the excuse of originality. A few good jokes, but the story didn't...