UCLGeogPhD
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Its perfectly ok to get another man a birthday or Christmas card. Although the 'man-code' usually dictates that this be of an abusive or comic type of birthday card, no real rules for Christmas cards though.
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Danny Boyles - Sunshine.
Some interesting visuals, good soundtrack but a bit ropey around the edges at times.
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I'm not into book preservation to the point where I will put my books in bags, but I do make sure I have the blinds closed during the sunniest part of the day. I also have my shelves placed very closely together, so the tops of the books are often practically resting against the shelf above (although I've done that so I can cram more books into my bookcases, not to preserve the books).
One more tip: ignore everything Raven tells you. He's a trouble-maker.
I have no idea what Tippex is, but I could tell he was joking even before I read the responses. Tut tut, Raven!Tippex is known elsewhere as Liquid Paper or Correction Fluid.
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Just need to keep the books in somewhere more environmentally stable is all, so out of direct sunlight (light bleaching and heat) and somewhere with low humidity (action of dissolved chemicals present in water vapour). So as previous posters have suggested move the books to a room or onto shelves out of these kinds of condition, or just whack up some curtains or blinds (or just keep them shut during what ever part of the day that sunlight is streaming straight into the room).
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The Goonies - Greatest "kids" film ever made. Fact.
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Only got one: Bag of Bones
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Last CD I bought would have been Crystal Castles (II) - Crystal Castles.
Last MP3's I got of Play was Iron by Woodkid -
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Saw Transformers 3 at the cinema. Really enjoyed it, then again I liked Transformers as a kid and I love summer action movies that don't try to be anything that overly clever. 3d on it was also excellent, seems Michael Bay understands that 3d don't work if you wave the camera round like its on a piece of string. He slowed the action down so the frame rate wasn't an issue during complex 3d scenes.
TV: Dinner for Schmucks - its pretty good in parts but you can see that its a translation as I don't think Hollywood ever quite gets farce the way in which its played out in europe.
Seen quite a few recently on DVD, last of which was 40 Year Old Virgin again last night. Classic.
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No - it was all very hidden away on the top floor of one of the buildings (a different building to mine). I didn't even spot anyone famous (or even crew come to that) in the carpark where all the big winebago type trucks were.
That's disappointing. Oh well you'll just have to go back and do some better sneaky stalking
On a serious note, that is a bit disappointing, although its good to know at the least that production is in full swing
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What's the communities recommendations towards Chinese recipe/cookbooks that aren't written by the god that is Ken Hom? Just want to expand my overall knowledge in the hunt for the greatest rib recipes known to mankind
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Oh - Oh - exciting info: They were filming the new series on site where I work (in one of the buildings). I made sure I took my lunchtime walk in full view of the windows, just in case (million in one chance) they were pointing and rolling the cameras my way at the time
See anything good happening on set at all?
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I love this series. Although I have to say that initially I was somewhat skeptical given the coincidental dual relaunch of Sherlock Holmes in the Cinema and (this version) on the TV. Love how Moffat and Gatiss are approaching it. The next series will again follow the structure of the first and be a series of almost TV movies rather than a traditional long run season. Its also worryingly cheap on Amazon at the moment I think, about £6 for the Blu-Ray.
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Hi VanessaL,this is usually the same scenario with me and always been very happy with royal mail,this latest order is for 10+ books (one is for my 16 month old daughter,a book and soft toy box set) and also ps3 game for my son.I was surprised when it came up with via HDNL and not royal mail so I had a search round the net and from what I read they are a bit of a disaster when it comes to delivering parcels,over 2000 negative comments about them on amazon alone I believe,anyway I have been given an estimated delivery date of 25/07/11 and I ordered the products on the 17th. There was one item, a wii game for my daughter that was sent from a different supplier but through amazon and that arrived this morning via royal mail having been dispatched yesterday,this is great service,anyway I'm gonna start swan song from my TBR shelf rather than hang on for my jeffrey deaver books,am I showing confidence in HDNL?
If its a HDNL package you can track it. All HDNL packages get tracking numbers so you can see exactly where it is up until delivery either in your amazon account or take the number and punch it straight into HDNL's site.
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01 – Best film you saw last year - Inception
02 – A film that you’ve seen more than 3 times - Evil Dead 2
03 – Your favourite film series - Chris Nolan Batman Series
04 – Favourite film of your favourite series - Dark Knight
05 – A film that makes you happy - Dune
06 – A film that makes you sad - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
07 – Most underrated film - The Great Outdoors
08 – Most overrated film - Avatar (I refuse to see this movie....)
09 – A film you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving - Equilibrium
10 – Favourite classic film - Jaws
11 – A film you hated - The Black Dahlia
12 – A film you used to love but don’t anymore - Moonwalker
13 – Your favourite film maker - Clint Eastwood
14 – Favourite film of your favourite film maker - Gran Torino
15 – Favourite male character - Ash from Evil Dead
16 – Favourite female character - Ellen Ripley
17 – Favourite quote from your favourite film - Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him.
18 – A film that disappointed you - Black Dahlia
19 – Favourite film from a book - Watchmen
20 – Favourite romance film - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
21 – Favourite film from your childhood - Addams Family
22 – Favourite film you own - Jaws
23 – A film you wanted to watch for a long time but still haven’t - Citizen Kane
24 – A film that you wish more people would’ve seen - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
25 – A film character who you can relate to the most - Dr Ray Stanz
26 – A film that changed your opinion about something - Ghostbusters
27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending - Deep Blue Sea
28 – Favourite film title - Snakes on a Plane (its like ronseal quick drying woodstain and does exactly what it says on the tin
)29 – A film everyone hated but you liked - Freddy got Fingered
30 – Your favourite film of all time - Jaws
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Well generally they are ok. But they did leave my Ken Hom book round the back once leaned against the back-door under zero cover, luckily I discovered it just before it rained....
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Why not go for a graphic novel instead and mix things up a bit: "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman. I've enjoyed what I've read of it a couple of years ago and have just bought the Compendium (1000 pages) which will get me through the first few volumes en mass so to speak.
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If you want a good read of a film star who knows his own limitations and can happily poke fun at his own career then I'd certainly wholeheartedly recommend If Chins could kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell. First autobiography that I read and has given me a taste for those few individuals that can write about their lives without the need to make everything they have ever done seem important and vital for the good of the planet Earth and all those who inhabit it..
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I watched Knight and Day over the weekend, was pleasantly surprised to be perfectly honest. A good romp of a film.
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The end of 2001 book to me always seems to play with the idea that travel makes you more aware and more knowledgeable. Thus by Bowman entering the wormhole he is everywhere and everything at once, and thus through the ultimate system of travel becomes omnipotent.
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Has anyone here read the Awkward Situations for Men books? If so, what did you think?
I've not read the book, but I do believe that its a collection of his writings in the free magazine ShortList:
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/danny-wallace-is-a-man
Its the reason to get the magazine to be quite honest, always a good laugh from his columns
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I have to disagree UCLGeogPhD, I think it does have a sense of overwhelming peril, particularly as it builds up Jonathan Harker's sense of entrapment in the castle. I think maybe to us as modern readers it lacks 'action' because we're less easily shocked than a Victorian audience would have been but, for its time, I think it would have been pretty action packed!
For me the style works to kill a lot of the tension. If Stoker had written it in what we, more commonly, understand as a novel then you build suspense as you can't be sure of what will happen to a character. Using diaries for me works to try to make it scary by making it seem real rather than as a suspense piece; we already know Harker will ultimately be ok, he wrote the diary entry, so any instance of peril he must have already overcome. I think the shock for the victorian audience is this style rather than action. The diary and journal approach works to ground the novel in the real and that to me is what attempts to make it scary.
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Hmmm the comic geek in me wants to live in the DC Comics Universe.
I suppose with books it would be interesting to live in the Dune fictional space. Riding sandworms and drinking your own recycled sweat could be interesting for a short break. Otherwise probably Harry Potter.
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First one that I can remember reading cover to cover was Frank Herbert's Dune
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Thanks for the warm welcome guys
Jodi Picoult
in Women's Fiction / Chick Lit
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Why not give her Wonder Woman run a try. Its collected as Love and Murder: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonder-Woman-Love-Murder-Picoult/dp/1845766407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313667010&sr=8-1