One Fat Englishman
One Fat Englishman, by Kingsley Amis, was a decent read – but it was one of those works where reading plodded along, drawn more by the thought of finishing the…
The Supernova Warning
I have seen Supernova twice. Those who have seen this sci-fi movie from 2000 (with James Spader and Angela Bassett) – or at least know about its history – understand…
The Printer Moat
It is the ageless challenge in every office – how do you get people to stop printing crap they don’t need? At the end of every workday, there are printouts…
Writing…
Six Feet Under was tops from beginning to end, despite a few (shallow) valleys in the later seasons. Alan Ball has a tendency to slip little profundities into his dialogue…