"And the women..." he cackled.

It's that bloody fish again

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:02:57 GMT

Hope to see some freindly and/or familiar faces at Novacon on Friday. Can I take this opportunity to wish Steve Green and his committee all the best and to ask that if any dear readers present are able to offer gopher support when needed it will be greatly appreciated as Novacon cannot function without your help.

Last Night's Dr Who

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:35:26 GMT

The end of last night's episode was filmed at Bel Vue Park in Newport for anyone planning a Location Grande Tour. Looks like I completely failed to recognise That Actress, although maybe I saw a stand-in, used for reaction shots like they have on big Hollywood productions. It's just as well. I'd only have blabbed.

The most Buffy-like episode to date, and not for the obvious reasons.....

Leroy Richard Arthur Kettle

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:53:04 GMT

Has just been awarded an OBE. Well done him. Dave says they should make him an Earl next time, so he'll be an Earlobe. (I think he "borrowed" that joke)

Our light entertainment correspondent writes;

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:26:18 GMT

One of the exciting factors of living in South Wales these days is that you never know when you are going to accidently stumble across a film crew working on the new series of Doctor Who, which is what happened to me last week!

I was taking the baby for spin in a nearby park and found that my way was blocked by about ten huge OB lorries, some of which were humming ominously (probably generators) and a production crew with hip looking walkie talkies, and make-up artists and actors, one of whom was the actor playing the new Doctor. I didn't see Billie Piper but there was another actress. I stood around gawping for a while until I felt compelled to move along as they kept glancing nervously at the babe, thinking she was going to start yammering I suppose.

The new Doctors clothes and hair looked sort of Peter Davison-ish. Oh dear....

Novacon - an account

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:55:15 GMT

I've just returned from a very enjoyable Novacon; I fear it may well be detailed in the annals of fandom as "Fluffycon" due to the excessive pile of the brand new carpet in the bar.

The Grate Babe was suitable impressed and exhausted by the proceedings, consequently I've had the most sleep I've had in eleven weeks. I missed nearly all of the programme, which is a shame because it was cracking good this year(in fact it usually is these days)

I feel I've eaten and eaten well as H. Simpson would say, The baguettes are fantastic value, and perfect for a young mother on the go.

I feel very lucky to have spent the last few days in the company of such interesting, contented and agreeable people and look forward to seeing them again next year.

I hear sobbing from downstairs. (probably grytpype thynne) Time to go!

A funny thing happened during the stay on the maternity ward

Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:25:37 GMT

.....there were not that many funny moments, but I recall this....

They put security tags on the babies' ankles to prevent people from snatching them. Unfortuately, baby feet and baby ankles are about the same size, so the tags keep falling off. A midwife retrieved mine from a discarded romper suit and put it back on the baby.

I made a jocular remark to the effect that I hoped they'd put the right tag back on the right baby.

The midwife gave me a funny look and said "Don't even go there today"

*Chews cheek thoughtfully* (Not that I'm doubting the origins of my own offspring)

We 'eve bebe

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:01:36 GMT

It's now that time in the future when it's all over.

I've had a lot of drugs, and I've got a lovely baby

but, fucking hell fire.

OK, scratch that last entry

Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:33:29 GMT

4.00am Thursday - things "started to happen", including contractions! Could it be that I was in a state of first-stage labour after all this time and had got there on my own???

Well, no not quite, but after a visit to hospital and some teeth gnashing over my raised blood pressure, they've let me come home to see if I can progress in the comfort of my own squallor er, house, in the next twenty hours so I'm now going in tomorrow instead.

Grytpype thynne got a parking ticket for his trouble, poor boy.

Going to hospital tomorrow

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:52:36 GMT

I'm now about ten months pregnant which is probably not even possible, so yay!! (although any passing obstetrician could put me right on that one, I'm guessing)

So I'm being induced at 8.00am Thursday, with an eta of not any time Real Soon Now, as the outcome following these sorts of procedures is patchy at best. I think it's better to just take as read the full gory horror, pain and trauma of the situation and reflect on a time in the future when it'll all be over....

We live five minutes walk from the hospital so I'm wondering if I'll be tempted to run away; they intend to strap me to the machine that goes *ping* from "Monty python's Meaning of Life", so that should impede my progress especially as the journey home is uphill.

My reading material of choice for the quiet bits will be various works by Ian Watson, Novacon 34's GoH. (If you're going, don't forget to book those bedrooms!!)

"Have you had it yet?"

Sat, 07 Aug 2004 22:13:20 GMT

No.

Crap pregnancy joke

Mon, 10 May 2004 18:48:59 GMT

What do you call a box of frozen crispy pancakes being held up above someone's head?

The cat is now out of the bag about the bun in the oven

Wed, 05 May 2004 18:42:37 GMT

For anyone who doesn't yet know, or was not at Ploktacon, or was at Ploktacon but just thought I was looking a bit fat; myself and grytpype_thynne are expecting a baby on or around August 7th.

This was a largish factor in the afore mentioned's decision not to run for TAFF after all. In case anyone was wondering.

does this thing still work?

Fri, 03 Oct 2003 20:14:59 GMT

Well?

Test

Fri, 05 Sep 2003 20:13:07 GMT

Live Journal's gone funny. Can't cope.

I'm going to meet Jon Courtenay Grimwood tomorrow...

Fri, 08 Aug 2003 19:07:13 GMT

... along with other Birmingham based fannish folk. With a bit of luck I should get through the evening without Jon thinking the Novacon Committee are a bunch of hapless drunks.

Last weekend Tony Berry had a barbeque.

I attended, drank to excess, fell off a flimsy garden chair and suffered a bruised arse.

As long as the restaurant has solid furniture, there should be no repetition on my part.

Can't answer for Alice Lawson though.

gasp

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:23:19 GMT

IswearIswearIswearooo..I swear.. I'll never take the internet for granted again! huge panic when it wouldn't let me on for THREE hours! No email either argh. Dr Dave says our computer may need replacing er, soon.

Harry Potter Has Jumped the Shark

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:45:46 GMT

Well that's twelve quid and eighteen hours of my life I won't get back...

Heard at work

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:08:40 GMT

"Attention all staff, those wishing to go on the (Work's social) Mystery Trip, please hand in your completed forms by tomorrow.
That's the Mystery Trip to Alton Towers..."

New hobby

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 20:13:55 GMT

-snail throwing. It's a dilemma for me, because slug pellets are all well and good, but for the first time in seven years we have sparrows - small birds of any description - as regular visitors to the garden, and poisoning them straight off would be darned un-neighbourly.

So to prevent my petunias being nibbled to a stalk overnight a quick fix was needed. I think I've lobbed about sixty or seventy down the bottom of the garden so far,and I've got the knack of prising them off the wall so they don't leave "bits" of themselves behind.

I'm assuming they are surviving the landing.

heh.

Sun, 08 Jun 2003 19:59:42 GMT

well, a big hello and thank you kindly to the offer to the lovely akirlu but plans are afoot! Also a big hellooo to the lovely mrhedgehog who sounds familiar... Also huge and respectful thanks to the lovely hawkida without whom I wouldn't be *here* today.

(sniff)

Fri, 30 May 2003 17:17:13 GMT

I asked grytpype_thynne a handy sort of fellow, to draw me a picture for use in my new lj. He said, "Bloody draw your own picture" which is charming. Everybody else, they ask, they get.

It is said that cobblers' children are the worst shod...

The World seen anew...

Thu, 29 May 2003 17:45:35 GMT

Wheeeeee!

This is fun...