This LOLcat is from last year, because the USAns haven’t woken up on Thanksgiving day yet. To all our American friends and ex-pats, Happy Thanksgiving to you. Bonus Dr Tinycat and Worshipping Baby. What do you wish to give thanks… Read More ›
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
Whoydensday: Numberwang!(?)
The rumour mill seems to be spitting out a fairly uniform product this week: that Paterson Joseph will be the eleventh Doctor. (If you’re sick of next Doctor speculation, check out io9’s 45 coolest moments in Doctor Who history instead)…. Read More ›
SF Sunday: Happy 45th Anniversary, Doctor Who!
Yes, it’s 45 years since the world first saw a man travelling through time in a wooden box. (Normally I would have saved this for a Whoydensday post, but today is the Actual Anniversary). The BBC did a nostalgia page… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread
Odie the five month old North American River Otter was rescued from his dead mother and grew up at the Texas State Aquarium. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything… Read More ›
If you can’t beat ’em, then get your own YouTube channel
Monty Python and Led Zeppelin have decided to make high definition recordings of their most popular material available on YouTube. Python seem to be reaping the rewards in a boost to their DVD sales, because as their introductory clip below… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
Bonus LOLWho!
Whoydensday: teasers!
Yes, the promised Children in Need trailer for the Christmas special (titled The Next Doctor with a trademark Rusty tease) aired this week.
Quick Hit: The Big Picture – Electron Microscopy
Boston.com’s The Big Picture has a piece with a variety of scanning electron micrographs today. It’s made of weevils, nanomachines, and awesome. Check it out.
Virtual travelling: Xmas coming earlier every year
Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas from Maureen F. (Toronto, Canada) Anyone seeing decorations round your neighborhood yet? They arrived in our supermarket & shopping mall a few weeks ago (before Halloween!, as is typically maddening, but I… Read More ›
Monday Gardening: The Vegetable Patch
I wandered out into the garden this afternoon, camera in hand. You can see the previous garden post from just two months ago here, with the seedlings all in. We’ve been feasting off snow peas and sugar snap peas for… Read More ›