On Friday the 14th (not quite as ominous, is it) I had a nice lunch with an old co-worker who now lives in Sweden and then after work John and I headed up to the …
LULZine Issue 2
Issue two of LULZine is now up! Actually it’s been up for about a week, but we almost immediately after went out of town for four days so I forgot to post. The theme this …
Ytterbium – Eastercon 2019
This year, Eastercon was at the Park Inn Heathrow, right by the airport. My very first Eastercon was also at Heathrow, just down the road at a different hotel. That year I was incredibly jet …
Book Challenge
Although I’m not so much about New Year’s resolutions, I am as prone as anybody to take stock in January and make some adjustments. Rather unoriginally they involve reading more and getting more personal projects …
2019
Once again John and I headed up to Casa Coxon in Peterborough to spend the holidays with his parents. It was a smaller affair this year, his grandfather wasn’t able to come down from Halifax …
New Who
First Thirteen episode today, and it was good! Not perfect, but really solid and more enjoyable that a lot of the previous season for me. Not sure about the music, but that’s always true. Hope …
It’s alive!!!
Had to burn everything in cleansing fire because on the internet of 2018 we can’t have nice things. Slowly restoring it all now. Please hold.
Jan 6th
December flew by, as it does. We went to the midnight screening of The Last Jedi, which I actually enjoyed more than John! Although he has since watched it twice more and surpassed me, as …
Novacon 47
his was my first Novacon, and I didn’t really know what to expect. John had warned me it was small with a single track of programming, and it was that, but it was also well designed …
Helsinki Worldcon – Day 1
I got up early Wednesday since the Lounge and the art show were still pending. John got up at the same time and made toast and eggs with fish from the supermarket, plus of course …