Advanced warning: Red Dwarf and Doctor Who
2009-04-05 Sunday | 02:19 pm
Advanced warning: Doctor Who Planet of the Dead will be on BBC1 at 6:45pm on Saturday 11th April.
Meanwhile, the new episodes of Red Dwarf start on Dave at 9:00pm on Friday 10th April.
Meanwhile, the new episodes of Red Dwarf start on Dave at 9:00pm on Friday 10th April.
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Why Are Thin People Not Fat?
2009-02-03 Tuesday | 11:20 pm
I've just watched the fascinating BBC programme Why Are Thin People Not Fat?. They gave all sorts of reasons, and then concluded that fat people shouldn't feel discouraged about losing weight as even a little weight loss is good for your health.
Poll #1343166 Fat
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
Poll #1343166 Fat
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
I am fat because
View Answers
I eat too much
25 (61.0%)
I exercise too little 27 (65.9%)
I have the fat gene 7 (17.1%)
I have the fat virus 2 (4.9%)
I've been fat before and those fat cells are itching to fill up again 6 (14.6%)
I can't leave food on my plate 13 (31.7%)
I don't know when I'm full 12 (29.3%)
I have a sweet tooth 12 (29.3%)
eating helps me feel less bored/sad/depressed, for a while 20 (48.8%)
the doctor says my thyroid is out of whack 5 (12.2%)
the doctor says some other medical condition (no need to go into too much detail in a public forum) 4 (9.8%)
- Tick this option if you are not fat, i.e. normal or skinny 13 (31.7%)
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New Doctor actor to be announced
2009-01-03 Saturday | 04:18 pm
New Doctor actor to be announced
I wondered why there was another Doctor Who "Confidential" (the behind the scenes show) on BBC1 at 5:35pm tonight. The TV listings guide says it's a retrospective of the 10 Doctors so far, so I'm guessing the announcement will be right at the end ...
For my friends not able to receive BBC1 live, I'm sure the news will be splashed all over everywhere (except![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
bellanna's journal because she doesn't care) within seconds of the name being said.
Edit: It's Matt Smith.
I wondered why there was another Doctor Who "Confidential" (the behind the scenes show) on BBC1 at 5:35pm tonight. The TV listings guide says it's a retrospective of the 10 Doctors so far, so I'm guessing the announcement will be right at the end ...
For my friends not able to receive BBC1 live, I'm sure the news will be splashed all over everywhere (except
bellanna's journal because she doesn't care) within seconds of the name being said.Edit: It's Matt Smith.
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Merry Christmas
2008-12-24 Wednesday | 11:59 pm
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Steak Diane and Mandarin Cheesecake
2008-11-22 Saturday | 09:23 pm
Mandarin Cheesecake
Yesterday Sandi and I watched Gordon Ramsay's live cookalong on TV. It had a vague 70's theme, starting with prawn cocktail. Today for dinner we made the main course of Steak Diane and dessert of Mandarin Cheesecake. The steak was nice, though there were a couple of bits we would tweak for next time, for example the shallots needed to be softened more. The cheesecake was very straightforward to make and very tasty. Yum!
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Einstein and Eddington
2008-11-21 Friday | 03:23 pm
Or, as the Radio Times says, "What David Tennant Did Next", though that's not strictly true as he's still filming Doctor Who and found time for Hamlet, this (Saturday evening, BBC2), and other projects.
New Scientist has a great review, including this alternate visioning of Einstein as Sméagol/Gollum (played by Andy Serkis):
Einstein is more tricksy, quirky, scruffy [and] in split-personality Sméagol/Gollum mode [...] "Ordered clockwork it is, precious." "No, no, time is relative, gravity bends us it does." "Light doesn't bend, light is our friend." "Nasty wicked light! Light tricks us it does, gravity bends us." "Absolute." "Relative." "Absolute." "Relative!"
New Scientist has a great review, including this alternate visioning of Einstein as Sméagol/Gollum (played by Andy Serkis):
Einstein is more tricksy, quirky, scruffy [and] in split-personality Sméagol/Gollum mode [...] "Ordered clockwork it is, precious." "No, no, time is relative, gravity bends us it does." "Light doesn't bend, light is our friend." "Nasty wicked light! Light tricks us it does, gravity bends us." "Absolute." "Relative." "Absolute." "Relative!"
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The Genesis of Doctor Who
2008-11-20 Thursday | 05:51 pm
The BBC have recently published on-line a selection of documents and photographs from 1962 and 1963: The Genesis of Doctor Who. If you are struggling to read the scanned Courier font text, then look for the "Plain text version" link on every page. Fascinating.
(Thanks to whoever posted the link)
(Thanks to whoever posted the link)
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No kidding - Goat Condoms
2008-10-06 Monday | 01:48 pm
To brighten your Monday - a front page BBC News story about goat condoms in Africa :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/af
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/af
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First smashing images from Large Hadron Collider
2008-09-10 Wednesday | 11:53 am
music: The Gift - The Seventh Day
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Clbuttic Strikes Again
2008-08-29 Friday | 01:34 pm
Google pbutted.
butt = Bottom, rear, arse, etc.
ass = Equus asinus, a type of donkey.
Thanks to New Scientist (see Profanity perplexity).
butt = Bottom, rear, arse, etc.
ass = Equus asinus, a type of donkey.
Thanks to New Scientist (see Profanity perplexity).