Archive for January, 2007

 

More Torchwood, this time Captain Jack videos!

View From Behind The Couch

We all know Captain Jack (Harkness) is an outgoing sort of a chap. Well apparently so is the actor who portrays him. John Barrowman was recently (November) on the Jonathan Woss, I mean Ross show and here are the clips of him. Be warned, its funny!

Part One

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ru4xLTnvnM]

Part Two

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic72m9JRRdI]

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Posted by on January 17th, 2007 1 Comment

Yet another Torchwood site!

View From Behind The Couch

Apparently Torchwood has an even larger following that first thought. May I present todays offering.

T.O.R.C.H.W.O.O.D. Fan Fiction 

which as the name suggests offers up not only information and discussions on Torchwood episodes, but also original fan written stories and ideas.

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Posted by on January 17th, 2007 2 Comments

My New Favourite Song!

If you saw The Transporter 2, or watched the trailers for Sin City, you will recognize the instrumental music used in both as the song Cells by The Servant. Looking aroud the web proved fruitless so instead I listened to the original song and guess what, it rocks like a rocky thing! Don’t take my word for it, have a liste. The video isn’t the actual video for the song but its a lot better!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMDPXB7G5iU]

It’ll all click when the mortgage clears
All our fears will disappear
Now you go to bed
I’m staying here
I’ve got another level that I want to clear
My skin feels like orange peel
My eyes have been vacuum-sealed
My organs move like a squirm of eels
We should be more adventurous with our meals
They annoy me those who employ me
They could destroy me
They should enjoy me
We eat chinese off our knees
And look for each other in the TV screen

The sun goes up and the sun goes down
I drag myself into the town
All I do I want to do with you
Everyday I’m at my desk
At my desk I’m like the rest
All I do I want to do with you

On the city’s skin they move on mass
Like a rash on the back of a manky cat
Now in I go like a fool
I can’t resist dipping in the pool
I watch them watch me I watch them too
Across the street across the room
I dress myself like a charcoal sketch
My eyes are brown and my hair’s a mess
They annoy me those who employ me
They could destroy me
They should enjoy me
We eat chinese off our knees
And look for each other in the TV screen

The sun goes up and the sun goes down
I drag myself into the town
All I do I want to do with you
Everyday I’m at my desk
At my desk I’m like the rest
All I do I want to do with you
The sun goes up..

The cells I am at the moment will soon die
But I will be here
Oh I’ll still be here
The cells I am at the moment will soon die
But I will be here
Oh I’ll still be here

The sun goes up…

Everyday everyday everyday…

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Posted by on January 16th, 2007 1 Comment

Welsh Fashion T-Shirts

At last Wales has joined the ranks of France and Italy as countries of high design. Finally there is a (web)site that offers those proud Welsh the chance to show off their heritage with clothing.

The Red Dragonhood

At a time when Americans are clamoring to take a online course on Wales via The University of Rio Grande in Ohio, Russell T Davies is in everyone’s minds, and his products are on television everywhere with Torchwood and Dr. Who, now you can wear your heart on your T shirt!

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Posted by on January 15th, 2007 No Comments

Book Review – Casino Royale – Ian Fleming

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In order to get a Russian operative killed by his own side, James Bond must play a high stakes Baccarat game and win, for to lose might mean more than just losing money.

Written in 1953, Casino Royale has not held up well against the test of time. Apart from the fact that most of the details in the story are dated, such as the high stakes, the language and writing style also slow down the book.

While the movie uses a large amount of the plot, Casino does explore more of Bonds mind than the latest movie does. Its a good story for its time, one that would be considered tame by todays standards.

It was enjoyable reading Casino after watching the movie to see what had been used and what hadn’t. I think the movie used the best bits of the book and then made up the rest.

A dated story, one that is interesting but not exciting enough by today’s standards.

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Posted by on January 15th, 2007 1 Comment

Another Torchwood Site!!

View From Behind The Couch

Its great to see that Torchwood is inspiring so many great websites. I always knew that Doctor Who had a huge following but it seems that Torchwood also has more than its fair share of fans!

http://www.torchwood3.co.uk/

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Posted by on January 14th, 2007 1 Comment

Author List and Book Totals

Terry Pratchett    33
Alistair Maclean    28
Clive Cussler    27
Jack Higgins    27
Stephen Coonts    21
Colin Forbes    21
Michael Connelly    17
Tom Clancy    13
Nelson Demille    13
Harlan Coben    12
Ken Follett    12
John Grisham    12
Lawrence Block    10
Jeffery Deaver    10
Andy Mcnab    9
John Sandford    8
Tim Dorsey    7
Chuck Logan    7
James Rollins    7
Larry Bond    6
Dale Brown    6
Michael Crichton    6
William Diehl    6
Matthew Reilly    6
J R Tolkien    6
Duncan Kyle    5
Clinton Mckinzie    5
Perri O’Shaughnessy    5
James Patterson    5
Sheldon Siegel    5
Dan Brown    4
Eoin Colfer    4
John Douglas    4
Gayle Lynds    4
John J. Nance    4
Chris Ryan    4
Ted Bell    3
James Blish    3
James Cobb    3
Harold Coyle    3
William Dietrich    3
Dean Koontz    3
Paul Levine    3
Bill Jr Mesce    3
Robert Rankin    3
Gerald Seymour    3
Daniel Silva    3
Jan Burke    2
William J. Caunitz    2
James H. Cobb    2
Robert Crais    2
Philip K. Dick    2
Brul Du    2
John Dunning    2
Neil Gaiman    2
Richard P. Henrick    2
Geoffrey Jenkins    2
Elmore Leonard    2
Andy McNab    2
James Powlik    2
Richard Steinberg    2
Stuart Woods    2
Marcus Wynne    2
Steve Alten    1
Kelley Armstrong    1
David Baldacci    1
Mark Berent    1
John Birmingham    1
Woodward Bischoff    1
Jimmy Buffett    1
Stephen J. Cannell    1
Lorenzo Carcaterra    1
Michael Cassutt    1
William Caunitz    1
Lee Child    1
Richard Condon    1
Herbert Crowder    1
Bart Davis    1
Jeffrey Deaver    1
Matt Dickinson    1
Michael DiMercurio    1
Craig Dirgo    1
John E. Douglas    1
Brendan Dubois    1
Barry Eisler    1
Ieuan Evans    1
Ron Faust    1
Robert Ferrigno    1
David E. Fisher    1
Bill Fitzhugh    1
Ian Fleming    1
Joseph Flynn    1
Vince Flynn    1
Stephen Forbes    1
Frederick Forsyth    1
Forsyth Frederick    1
Simon Gandolfi    1
Robert Gandt    1
Ken Goddard    1
Tom Grace    1
Sue Grafton    1
Thomas Greanias    1
John Grisham    1
David Hagberg    1
Robert Harris    1
Thomas Harris    1
Lynne Heitman    1
Craig Holden    1
A.J. Holt    1
Kay Hooper    1
Stephen Hunter    1
Anthony Hyde    1
Christopher Hyde    1
Iris Johansen    1
Juris Jurjevics    1
John Katzenbach    1
Alex Kava    1
Gregg Keizer    1
Jonathan Kellerman    1
Dean R. Koontz    1
David Langford    1
Bob Langley    1
Carre Le    1
Stephen Leather    1
Harper Lee    1
Jeff Long    1
William H. Lovejoy    1
Robert Ludlum    1
Patrick Lynch    1
Alistair Macneill    1
Max Marlow    1
Yann Martel    1
Francine Mathews    1
Peter McAllister    1
Val McDermid    1
Stuart Mclean    1
Bullard Mike    1
Benjamin Miller    1
Benjamin E. Miller    1
Bill Napier    1
Larry Niven    1
Matthew Pearl    1
Walker Percy    1
R. J. Pineiro    1
Douglas Preston    1
Robert Randisi    1
Garfield Reeves-Stevens    1
Judith Reeves-Stevens    1
David L. Robbins    1
Kim Stanley Robinson    1
Patrick Robinson    1
Jeff Rovin    1
Greg Rucka    1
Fred Saberhagen    1
Lawrence Sanders    1
Richard Sherbaniuk    1
Martin Cruz Smith    1
Mickey Spillane    1
Craig Thomas    1
Tedd Thomey    1
Brad Thor    1
Patrick Tilley    1
Lucian K., IV Truscott    1
Steve Walker    1
David Wolstencroft    1
William Wright    1
John Wyndham    1

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Posted by on January 14th, 2007 3 Comments

Book Covers – most of mine……

Thanks to the technology of LibraryThing, Photobucket, Excel, and EditPlus, I have put up a page with approximately 90 % of all my book covers. Some need to be replaced with more accurate ones but this will give you an idea of what I mean….

To see all of them, click here

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Posted by on January 14th, 2007 1 Comment

R2D2 is a barrel of laughs

This explains why all he ever did was beep…

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Posted by on January 12th, 2007 No Comments

100 reasons why I love my wife – Reason 40

My wife showers like a man…. well all execpt the wiener bit anyway!

HOW TO SHOWER LIKE A WOMAN:

Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper
according to lights and darks.

Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown.

If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed
areas.

Look at your womanly physique in the mirror – make mental
note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc.

Get in the shower. Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth,
long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone.

Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43
added vitamins.

Wash your hair again to make sure it’s clean.

Condition your hair with grapefruit mint enhanced
conditioner.

Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10
minutes until red.

Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body
wash.

Rinse conditioner off hair.

Shave armpits and legs.

Turn off shower.

Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower.

Spray mold spots with Tilex.

Get out of shower.

Dry with towel the size of a small country.

Wrap hair in super absorbent towel.

Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on
head.

If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed
areas.

Keep reading!!!!!!!!!

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HOW TO SHOWER LIKE A MAN:

Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and
leave them in a pile.

Walk naked to the bathroom.

If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at her making
the ‘woo-woo’ sound.
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Look at your manly physique in the mirror.

Admire the size of your wiener and scratch your butt.

Get in the shower. Wash your face. Wash your armpits.

Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them
off.

Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower.

Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding
area.

Wash your butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stuck on the
soap.

Wash your hair. Make a Shampoo Mohawk.

Pee.

Rinse off and get out of shower.

Partially dry off.

Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging
out of tub the whole time.

Admire wiener size in mirror again.

Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan
on.

Return to bedroom with towel around waist.

If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and
make the woo-woo’ sound again.

Throw wet towel on bed.

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Posted by on January 12th, 2007 No Comments