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Fairly Grim Fairy Tales

I was reading this the other day and it reminded me of a con game I ran, say 10 years ago. It was a sequel to Snow White and the…
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Merry Christmas

Not been writing much as I bought a couple of novels and want to chew through them. Most likely see you on the other side.
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Screenplays

Slashfilm has the Black List. The list is compiled with a poll of 150 development executives and high-level assistants, and contains a ranking of the hot screenplays making the rounds…
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fugue

From the BBC, Why do men go missing? "They are not missing to themselves. It is only the people who are left behind who see them as missing", he says.…
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Evel Knievel is dead.

From the BBC: Legendary US daredevil Evel Knievel has died at the age of 69, his granddaughter has said. I've never seen Knievel do any of his stunts, in real…
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Half man, half tree

There's a bloke in Indonesia who has a rare immune deficiency: he's extremely susceptible to the Human Papilloma Virus. It's not big and it's not scary because in the rest…
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Roman Road Maps

They didn't have a GPS system back in those days. BBC News link it is an intensely practical document, more like a plan of the London Underground than a map.…
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This is the best they could do?

How embarrassing. About 20 years too late, the Orange Order has invented a superhero in order to make them appear hip, up-to-date and less stuffy. I'd have thought a bit…
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For Reference: Heroin

A few months ago I came across a great article on the IntarWeb about the origin, trafficking and "business" of Heroin which went into great detail about how it was…
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Choice Q &A

For when the religious nuts in your life come off with some crackers. Why are you mad at God? "Because he's supposed to be all good but he doesn't even…
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Freaks wanted for new Star Trek flick

Bizarre casting call for new Star Trek film The invitation to the casting session said: "This is an epic project and we are looking for the most intriguing and interesting…