Archive for January, 2006

I’m popular!

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

I think dysphoria.net has really hit the big-time now!
I just had to delete 17 spam comments, advertising ‘Phentermine’ (a diet pill similar to amphetamine, apparently) and gay sex (when two chaps of the same gender shag, apparently).
So that must mean that somebody is reading me!
(Oh, and one comment from Mr 1, daring to disagree with [...]

Brokeback Mountain

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

That this is a masterpiece of a film is not in doubt.
If nothing else, the fact that an unflinching portrail of homosexual love has made headlines for being a moving story, rather than a gay cowboy movie, is historic.
The cinematography is amazing. You can practically smell the Wyoming (actually Canadian) scenery. The 1960s to the [...]

The IT Crowd

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

The funniest Irish joke ever starts, “There were these three priests on an island…” It ran for 3 series on Channel 4.
One of the writers behind The Funniest Irish Joke Ever, Graham Linehan, has written a sitcom about an IT department. Channel 4 has the first episode for free download in WMF format and I [...]

Cracking Cheese!

Monday, January 9th, 2006

I’m not generally a bit Wensleydale fan, but the Co-op’s Wensleydale with Cranberries is gorgeous. Possibly the best thing I’ve tasted in the last year. Just creamy, and sweet, and made with something increadibly addictive, apparently.

It’s probably seasonal, what with the cranberries and everything, so I suggest, (unless you have a very serious aversion to [...]

Corpse Bride

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

Well up to the usual Tim Burton standards—in almost every respect:

Atmosphere moody, gothic and sinister? Check.
Stars Johnny Depp? Check.
Features an adorable array of character designs which will be making their way onto goths’ backpacks near you soon? Check.
Preoccupation with death? Hello? Did you read the title?
Happy ending? Check.

Animation is top-notch. Comedy is mostly spot-on. A [...]