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Cleaver time!

Cleaver time!

By tigtog on February 11, 2013

Because pumpkin soup.

Posted in arts & entertainment, Life | Tagged Food/Drink, gratuitous ogling, telly | 4 Responses

BFTP: Marry, Shag or chuck off a Cliff: Boots of Revenge & High Adventure edition

BFTP: Marry, Shag or chuck off a Cliff: Boots of Revenge & High Adventure edition

By tigtog on November 20, 2012

Playing the game is not compulsory, it’s just an excuse to kick-start a general discussion of pop culture. So wotcha been watching lately? Wotcha looking forward to seeing soon?

Posted in arts & entertainment | Tagged blast from the past, film, gratuitous ogling, marry shag or cliff?, telly | 27 Responses

This week in Game of Thrones: Theon Greyjoy is horrid and horrider

This week in Game of Thrones: Theon Greyjoy is horrid and horrider

By tigtog on May 8, 2012

Lots of other things are horrid too. Have a general snarking on Westeros thread.

SPOILERS FOLLOW

Posted in arts & entertainment, parenting, violence | Tagged adaptations, books & writing, gratuitous ogling, harshing ur squee, SF, telly | 7 Responses

There really is a tumblr for everything

There really is a tumblr for everything

By tigtog on January 24, 2012

OMSFSM totally NSFW. Link in clear text because I don’t want anybody to say that they weren’t warned.

Posted in arts & entertainment, fun & hobbies, skepticism | Tagged david tennant, empirical evidence, gratuitous ogling | 11 Responses

Ioan Gruffudd in Poldark (1996)

Gratuitous Costume Drama Blogging: The Gruff

By tigtog on April 5, 2011

When Oh When shall we see Ioan Gruffudd in a costume drama again?

Posted in arts & entertainment, history | Tagged books & writing, gratuitous ogling, telly | 6 Responses

Blogiversary! and Gratuitous Benedict Cumberbatch blogging

Blogiversary! and Gratuitous Benedict Cumberbatch blogging

By tigtog on September 10, 2010

This post has been sitting in my drafts folder for the last fortnight hoping for a stroke of brilliance to strike so that I could post something suitably amusing and symbolic of the last 5 years of blogging. Thanks so much to all of you who continue to drop by here to read and comment. [...]

Posted in Life | Tagged blogging, blogiversary, cinema, gratuitous ogling, stage, telly | 16 Responses

Gratuitous Rufus Sewell blogging

Gratuitous Rufus Sewell blogging

By tigtog on August 16, 2010

thank you so much, web searchers, for alerting me to a show starring Rufus Sewell that I can now gleefully anticipate turning up here in Oz in the not too distant future

Posted in arts & entertainment | Tagged acting, gratuitous ogling | 6 Responses

Marry, Shag or Cliff: Villains who can DANCE edition

Marry, Shag or Cliff: Villains who can DANCE edition

By tigtog on August 2, 2010

Since it’s aaaages since we’ve done this, remember the rules: you have to choose one of each of the three below to match each fate. No skipping any.

And because their dancing is so integral to their villainous appeal, yes, there will be videos after the cut.

Posted in fun & hobbies | Tagged dance, film, gratuitous ogling, marry shag or cliff? | 4 Responses

Yep, absolutely no resemblance

Joyeux Quatorze Juillet! @oldspice guy should say something in French to mark Bastille Day

By tigtog on July 14, 2010

Go on, Isaiah. Talk to us in French. You know you want to.

Posted in arts & entertainment | Tagged advertising, gratuitous ogling, tropes | 5 Responses

Gratuitous southern vampires (with bonus bad photoshopping!)

Gratuitous southern vampires (with bonus bad photoshopping!)

By tigtog on June 11, 2010

HBO have released some new character poster-shots, since Season 3 starts in the US on Sunday night.

Posted in arts & entertainment | Tagged gratuitous ogling, photoshopping, true blood | 28 Responses

Sunday Barrowman Blogging: “I am Barrowman”

By Beppie on January 31, 2010

As some of you may know, last year, John Barrowman starred in La Cage au Folle [link] in London’s West End. Here he is singing “I Am What I Am”, which is the closing song of the musical’s first act: [YouTube Video: John Barrowman sings "I Am What I Am" in front of an orchestra. [...]

Posted in arts & entertainment, Culture, fun & hobbies, Life | Tagged comedy, gratuitous ogling | 5 Responses

Gratuitous Gregory Peck blogging

By tigtog on August 10, 2009

I’m not sure what it is about this man just standing there with a script and looking over his glasses, but MROWR.

Posted in arts & entertainment, fun & hobbies | Tagged gratuitous awesome, gratuitous ogling, photography | 54 Responses

Random Googling observation

By tigtog on July 29, 2009

whoa, there really are a lot of pics of Gerard Butler in his Spartan togs out on the web.

What? You try googling images for “alien butler” and see if you can avoid pics of men in leather speedos.

What now? Why do I need an alien butler, you ask? Ah. *taps nose*

I Have A Very Good Reason. OK? But I don’t want this alien butler:

Posted in arts & entertainment, technology | Tagged comedy, gratuitous ogling, photography | 9 Responses

Marry, Shag or Cliff? Hogwarts villains edition

By tigtog on July 19, 2009

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Remember the rules: you have to choose one of each of the three below to match each fate. No skipping any.

Posted in fun & hobbies | Tagged gratuitous ogling, harry potter, marry shag or cliff? | 25 Responses

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