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Hurricanarana in the Akhada

So, I come back home to find Stoob watching TNA wrestling in Hindi. A truly horrible concept, youd think, but I started watching too, and it was doubly hilarious. Hopegully in time theyll find Hindi names for all the moves…and for all the wrestlers. I would love to see, for example, what “the showstopper, the … Continue reading

Planet X

Randomly felt like blogging something – since I cant think of anything, ill just post the first chunk of this weeks telegraph column, which im writing now. Gentlemen, rewrite your textbooks – there’s a new planet in town, and you can call it 2003 UB313. What’s most fascinating about this new planet so far is … Continue reading

Holy Powertool!

The fabulous Jay watches The Fantastic Four(some) and comes up with the perfect Gay Man’s Justice League

Desktop

Have been meaning to put up my desktop background on this blog for a while now. This is from Beatiful Stuff

Giants collide

Must-read for fantasy/kid-lit fans: from the BBC Author Terry Pratchett has complained that the status of Harry Potter author JK Rowling is being elevated “at the expense of other writers”. In a recent interview with Time magazine, Rowling said she was “not a huge fan of fantasy” and was trying to “subvert” the genre. The … Continue reading

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