| Good UK mail-order candy shop? |
[May. 8th, 2008|11:19 am] |
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Anyone know of a good mail-order candy shop in the UK? Preferably one that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for shipping? I'd like to order some uniquely British candy, like Aero bars, Crunchies, and, of course, jelly babies, for delivery to my brother's hotel room for him to bring back home to me. So far, I haven't been able to find anything that looks very promising. |
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| Insert grinding noise and blue blinky light here… |
[May. 7th, 2008|05:34 pm] |
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Woohoo!
My bro is flying across the Big Pond to the Land of Doctor Who and Torchwood this weekend.
I'm getting together an Amazon.co.uk order to be shipped to his hotel room for him to bring home (as they won't ship the toys to America), so's I can finally get ahold of some nifty little Doctor Who toys without having to resort to eBay. I might even snag the New Captain Scarlet box set while I'm at it, though I'm a bit undecided—US$80 is a bit of a hefty price, even for such a good show as that.
Man, I can't wait. Sonic screwdriver, here I come… |
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| Not sure whether to be insulted or not… |
[May. 7th, 2008|02:15 pm] |
 TV Reviews |
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| Doctorow's Little Brother, nonspoiler review |
[May. 5th, 2008|09:58 pm] |
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So, I read Cory Doctorow's Little Brother today (made available for free on-line by Doctorow himself). Interesting piece of writing, with young adult characters who are reasonably believable in the choices and mistakes they make. There's some interesting technological gimmickery in it, too, much of which is not too far from reality. Also, an interesting history lesson about the Yippie counterculture of the '60s and '70s.
Its one big flaw is the flaw common to much libertarian political SF: the bad guys (Homeland Security) are painted as universally, almost cartoonishly eeevil ratbastards rather than the ordinary folks with feet of clay they (probably) are in real life. It feels like the book is knocking down straw men in the service of its political thesis, especially since the DHS villains take some measures in the book that they have not (yet) done in real life. But I suppose you could say Doctorow is advising people on what to do when and if they do take those measures.
Anyway, I read it for free and don't feel like I got short-changed. So I guess that's something. |
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| Weekend Thus Far |
[May. 3rd, 2008|10:04 pm] |
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So here I am in the medical study center, typing this entry in the optimistic hope that my Internet connection will still be up when I finish writing it.
( IV TMI? )
( Reading & viewing )
I took a shower about an hour ago, and came back to find the Internet back up for long enough to write this. They've just served the evening snack (peanut butter and crackers and milk). As soon as I post this (assuming the Internet is still up), I'll probably brush my teeth, then head into the bunkroom and try to doze for an hour or so until they want to take the last blood sample of the evening.
I've about used up all the Avatar extra content I have, sigh. I'm going to have to try to find something else to do tomorrow—especially if the Internet keeps up its intermittent behavior. Oh well, at least I can twitter what I'm doing if I can't get online any other way.
(And just as I get ready to post this, poof! the net goes down again. Grrr.) |
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| Tweets for Today |
[May. 3rd, 2008|12:07 am] |
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Here are the things I am willing to confess to having done today: |
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| Now the time is here… |
[May. 2nd, 2008|08:40 am] |
I went out and saw Iron Man last night. There are only two things I can really say about it:
1) All the praise it gets is absolutely 100% deserved.
2) Stay to the very tail end of the credits. |
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| Tweets for Today |
[May. 2nd, 2008|12:10 am] |
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Here are the things I am willing to confess to having done today: |
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| Tweets for Today |
[May. 1st, 2008|12:13 am] |
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Here are the things I am willing to confess to having done today: |
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