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Of course the news is dominated today with talk of the new Apple tablet computer… But I can’t say I share the excitement. I work with a PC all day, every day and have done for quite a few years now (yes a PC – I never bought into the Apple hype, or MAC logic, and the only time I had one I put a PC emulator on it). My PC is  a tool, it’s what I use to work. Looking at the new tablets – which it’s claimed will fill the gap between the iPhone and notebooks I can’t imagine for one minute being able to be comfortably used for me to complete a days work. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night I sat and watched 2012. What a waste of an evening – some nice effects, but that’s about all it has going for it. Other than that, it’s cheesy story-lines, lame acting and pretty much totally unbelievable in terms of the science behind it. Essentially it’s nothing more than a kids movie… I haven’t seen anything quite so ridiculous since Independence Day (except perhaps for Transformers) – but at least the President died in 2012 and didn’t go on to save the world. I hope I haven’t spoiled it for anyone by giving that part of the story. I can’t imagine I have – because there’s not much to spoil. This has to be the worst film of the year…

I have only one word of advice for anyone planning to watch the movie in the near future – Don’t!

Want to know what all this 2012 nonsense about? Try “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to 2012″

After writing about about Tricia Helfer (I thought Boomer was pretty hot too…) last  Friday it got me to thinking – yet again – about why I loved Battlestar Galactica which is probably one of my favourite TV shows of all time..

I love science fiction – always have – but Battletar Galactica was something outstanding. Not only was it a great story with many twists and turns along the way – some of which were real nail biting stuff, it really dealt with some heavy issues related to humanity – our quest for power, how superficial most of us really are, religion, racism – it’s all in there if you look for it. And, in the end – what a fantastic way to round it up – genetics…

On top of that the Cylon Centurions are seriously kick ass robots, the effects and sets are fantastic – and as previously mentioned so many of the women in it are shall we say – easy on the eye… What man wasn’t green with envy watching Gaius Baltar crawl out of the sack having just had a six (Tricia Helfer) and a three (Lucy Lawless, formerly Xena). Every man’s dream! If you have no idea what I’m talking about – you need to watch the series…!

Six and Eight

I remember commenting to my wife on what a lucky SOB he was – she knows what I’m like so I just got a wry smile, but still I thought I’d do the gentlemanly thing and fluff over my obvious lust for other women with something soothing to her ego. I told her she could join in!

I’ve watched the entire series three times now – and have just started on a fourth, and each time I see something new… I don’t think I’ll ever get bored with it.

The whole of Battlesta Galatica is available on Amazon!

In the light of yesterday’s review of the bible I published, I thought I’d take a look and see if there was a similar style review of the Qur’an on Amazon and found this… Certainly a big difference in the intelligence levels of the authors. This is neither numerous or entertaining in the same way…

The real Quran, August 4, 2009

I bought this copy to read about the seventy-two virgins that a Muslim gets when he blows himself and someone else up. And the requirement that a Muslim kill at least f

This was sent to me last week…. It’s an absolutely hilarious review of the bible on Amazon! Classic stuff…

Predictable plot, but surprise ending, November 18, 2007

This seems to be one of those books people seem to either love or hate. But first with the good points. Impatient readers will be happy to see that the plot gets off with a bang: within the first few pages the apple has been eaten and evil is let into the world. We watch as the two main characters Adam and Eve have children and struggle with domestic violence, commencing in the murder of their son Abel by their other son Cain. However, God, a character with the power of omniscience, quickly discerns the culprit, ruining what could have been a great detective story. The first portion of the book, called the Old Testament, relies heavily on constantly shifting alliances between God and the human characters and intense action sequences to hold the reader’s attention. We see two cities get wiped off the map and even a global flood, as well as some epic but quickly glossed over battle sequences. Read the rest of this entry »