Category: Piffle
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Finding Time To Write
Sometimes, when I do leave the house, I meet people who express an interest in writing, usually followed with the caveat, ‘I just don’t have the time’. That’s fair enough. Our lives are so busy these days, what with work, finding time for the family, slipping out to be with friends, watching the latest must-binge…
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What’s The Opposite Of Netflix?
It’s probably obvious, but here’s the podcast in which we discuss this anyway. http://traffic.libsyn.com/sundayssupplement/setisoppo026.mp3 We also wonder about the opposite of tissues, and the Harry Potter franchise. I mention this Percy Jackson movie: I suggested it was a bit of a flop, and that the franchise potential died. I was wrong. Turns out the first…
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Die Harder
I always liked that the official subtitle for the second Die Hard film is Die Harder. (Is that ‘this is how I spent Christmas last year’ line in the actual film?) I wish the next three had been subtitled Die Harderer, Die Hardererer, and Die Harderererer. In fact, I want all sequels to follow this…
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I Am NOT Chris Hemsworth
Over the past few weeks, there’s been a tidal wave of visitors to this site, all asking one thing. Am I Chris Hemsworth? The unequivocal answer is no, I am NOT Chris Hemsworth. It’s really rather simple. Look at this photo. Chris is on the left, and I am on the right. I hope that…
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What Noise Do Guns Make?
I was watching Tim Burton’s Batman last night, and I was struck by the gun sound effects. They are really old fashioned … Now, I can’t remember if that was the way guns sounded in movies as late as 1989, what with that high-pitched rise at the end – py-owwwww – or if Burton is…
