Hooray!
Sorry I'm so terrible at keeping up at the moment, we are (shock, horror, I know you're so surprised) MOVING HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
(How much of your life do you spend moving house, Ji...
2017-10-03 15:53:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The final version of the draft I showed you all a few months ago. I cut a bit of stuff out to make it more general, because I don't know when I'm going to get back to the topic (or what I'm going to c...
2017-09-21 08:47:23 +0000 UTC View Post
It's at least partially because of this book that I am writing this post to you and not wasting time on the internet.
Thanks, Cal Newport! I may be on the internet but at least I'm doing something u...
2017-09-21 08:25:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh Granny, Nanny and Magrat. Your animated movie is kinda...dull. Even though it's just the book.
Maybe BECAUSE it's basically just the book.
But I've got a theory on that.
2017-09-21 08:23:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Or How I Learned To Concentrate Again, By Jill Aged 31. :D
2017-09-07 09:56:18 +0000 UTC View Post
So let's do...a hair thing! (Next one will be cinnamon buns, because...well. Has to be done.)
(Side note: I am watching the Wyrd Sisters animated movie and it is...slow going. Like, hot dang, they a...
2017-09-06 19:36:14 +0000 UTC View PostMore fun and less work than political voting. Though also, let's be honest, less important in the grand scheme of life.
Cast thy vote and make thy choice! :D
2017-08-26 13:28:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Please note the amazing visual puns you will see on da Vinci's Angelo Incarnato.
Twitter was most forthcoming with suggestions as to how to cover his bits.
Also: GNOSTICISM: U R DOIN ...
2017-08-25 07:06:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Take 2. I fiddled with a few things, and also I now have a camera that stays in focus...99% of the time, rather than, say...60%.
So that was good.
It's been an expensive month!
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Doesn't, in its original context, quite have the connotations that generally come along with it in the modern day.
Because if we're going to have a sensible discussion about the limits of freedom of...
2017-08-19 15:14:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I am hoping for more focus (and lookit those pretty pretty colours, ON AUTOMATIC) from my new camera.
Rest in peace, Panasonic SD90. You did a good job and I'm grateful.
2017-08-17 11:38:24 +0000 UTC View Post
We aren't post-truth quite yet. At least...I don't think so.
This week I'm searching for a new camera (probably a DSLR) because my old faithful Panasonic SD90 has finally given up on autofocus and i...
2017-08-15 07:38:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry about the late nature of the early release (if that makes sense), things were...a little hectic around here this week. I hope that you are all well, and that none of you have gastroenteritis.
...
2017-08-13 19:17:12 +0000 UTC View Post
OK I may need a better title, but clickbait, you know how it is.
(Don't tell anyone that this is just an overview of current neonatal and fertility treatments disguised as a Junior/The Matrix crosso...
2017-07-30 10:28:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Do you think you're what they say you are?
WELL?
DO YOU?
2017-07-28 08:59:24 +0000 UTC View PostSure, Andrew Lloyd Webber, you went for the tired cliche. But I guess at least you aren't pulling a Dan Brown and claiming everything in your musical is 100% accurate...
2017-07-18 06:39:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Like Susan Pevensie before her, I felt that Mary Magdalene needed a separate episode to herself before we launch into Jesus Christ Superstar properly.
So here we are!
(Fear not, new Patr...
2017-07-14 07:07:40 +0000 UTC View Post
True story.
And a really interesting one if you're interested in the law of unintended consequences. Or public policy interventions to reduce suicide rates.
2017-07-12 13:11:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Wonder Womaaaaaan!
Also necromancers in lingerie. Because of course?
2017-07-05 12:14:56 +0000 UTC View Post
People.
Let's talk about BOOB PLATE.
And a bit about fantasy armour and competing demands of costuming.
2017-06-30 08:23:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoops. Stuff is in THE COMPLETELY RIGHT ORDER OBVIOUSLY. :D
2017-06-20 11:28:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Now with correct Patron list at the end!
Huge thank you to Christi from Musical Hell for her mad Greek mythology knowledge. This episode would have been rubbish without her. And as it is, I th...
2017-06-20 11:24:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Guys, I am SO STOKED by this episode, all 13:50 of it. This is a collaboration I did with Christi from Musical Hell (I love her show a lot, I recommend it if you're even a tiny bit interested in music...
2017-06-15 07:14:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It occurs to me that I've been forgetting to turn ads off for these early bird posts.
Sorry about that, I have fixed the thing! So today we are talking about Kayo Kyrano and how TAG treats women and...
2017-06-02 07:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Tell me Lady Gaga is not taking millinery notes from these guys and gals...
2017-05-30 07:19:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, we're Gum Leaf Skeletonizer, but we might change our name...
I'm still working on the on-label/off-label videos, but they're taking longer to make good than I thought.
So here's a differe...
2017-05-26 11:02:04 +0000 UTC View Post
YAY THUNDERBIRDS OH it's the Jonathan Frakes one. Never mind.
Comments are open on YouTube if you're interested, by the way! (I'm trying them out. You should see my banned words list. It's a thing o...
2017-05-26 09:32:56 +0000 UTC View Post
This week it's a brief intro to Thunderbirds, and also to the barely remembered Spy Kids ripoff that was the Thunderbirds 2004 live-action movie.
Why, though?
2017-05-18 17:47:17 +0000 UTC View Post
If it ends up as a 20 minute lecture on theology or Andrew Lloyd Webber or comparisons to Joseph and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat, you can't say I did not warn you!
In other news, my toddl...
So my $10 Patrons have suggested a bunch of topics that I could make a video on, and now it is time to VOTE. VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN!
(OK, maybe not often.)
What say ye?
2017-05-11 18:36:15 +0000 UTC View Post