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And so it continues. We now welcome the Illyria subdomain into the ‘Moose fold. You can catch some of the history of the name on wikipedia, but I believe it was chosen because of it’s role in Twelfth Night. Originally I set it up with TextPattern, having been told it was a great system. However, in comparison with Wordpress, I was considerably underwhelmed both with functionality and usability, so have now switched it over to WP instead. Oh, and it’s the wife, so don’t mess. mrBen (1 Comment)
August
31
2005
2:23 pm
BigAl
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Last Saturday (the 20th) an old family friend passed away and his cremation was on Monday. Lex Kelly was a family friend long before my first breath and I’m having a difficult time believing that he’s gone.

I’ve just found out that Michael Sheard has died of cancer. I met Michael several times (At various conventions) and he was always one of the nicest blokes you would ever meet.

I can easily say the same thing of Lex. It was always good to see him and he always had time to listen and talk.

Although I will miss Lex considerably more than Michael (I didn’t know him that well…) it’s unfortunate that there are two less damn fine people in the world right now.

BigAl

August
31
2005
12:21 pm
mrBen
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If you know me, you will know that I am not particularly discerning when it comes to films; I’m the eternal optimist, always seeking to find the positives in all films. I enjoyed all 3 Matrix films. I would even watch Episode 1 again if you asked.

Take it from me - don’t watch Alexander.

I was willing to give it a chance, but I couldn’t even finish it. It suffers from 2 fatal flaws:

  1. It is dull. So dull. Even the large-scale battle scenes manage to be dull.
  2. It is impossible to follow - the plot skips and jumps all over time and geography, meaning that you can’t really tell what sequence things happened in, and where they actually happened.

[edit]Oh, and don’t even ask about the accents. Most of Macedonia appears to be populated by the Irish, apart from Alexanders Mum, who is quite obviously Russian.[/edit]

Avoid like the plague. Go rent Gigli instead.

mrBen