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- Student Journalist – bends a US senator right over
- Vegetables – committing suicide
- What English Sounds Like – a 1972 song by an Italian, written to sound like it’s English
- You see a beaver in the distance – best randomly connected internet chat ever
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tv Archive
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A True and Accurate Account of Some Things I Have Been Watching Lately
Posted on May 15, 2010 | No CommentsA brief rundown of shows currently or recently airing around the world. Probably a few minimal spoilers. -
A series of events
Posted on February 4, 2010 | 4 CommentsTo begin with, let me explain that I am looking after a baby bird. -
I’ve Got To Break Free
Posted on August 11, 2009 | No CommentsSeptember 13, in little over a month, is affectionately known by some cult sci-fi geeks as “Breakaway Day”. Its the anniversary of the date (in 1999) when the moon broke from orbit and took the crew of Moonbase Alpha on two seasons of kitsche 1970s... -
Dollhouse
Posted on June 3, 2009 | No CommentsI’ve finally gotten around… Is gotten even a word? I finally got around… It must be. I’ve finally gotten around to watching Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. I was told it was a bit average until the sixth episode, and then it got kind of awesome. I... -
You thought it was gold, but it was bronze.
Posted on June 17, 2008 | 2 CommentsA clip from one of my new favourite shows, Snuff Box, with Matt Berry (Sanch from Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace). -
Plagiarism
Posted on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment“Will there ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark?”Season three, episode six of Veronica Mars is all about Veronica trying to clear her name from plagiarism allegations. Meanwhile, her awesome boyfriend Logan keeps writing a few seconds after an exam... -
Sensing Ratings
Posted on October 24, 2007 | No CommentsSensing Murder is a presumably popular television show here in New Zealand. That means that people watch it, so advertisers pay TVNZ, so TVNZ pays the production company, so the production company pays its employees and the ‘psychics’ featured. The idea is fairly simple –...
