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August 20, 2012

‘Short Song Style’, Cao Cao

I really enjoy this poem by Cao Cao. First that I saw it (literally, saw it) was in that great scene in Red Cliff…

August 14, 2012

Stargate Universe is the darker, more serious brother to the two other Stargate shows, SG-1 and Atlantis. That darkness also makes it a bit…

August 12, 2012

Stargate Atlantis is a spin-off of the quite wonderful original series of Stargate (that I have already commented on, somewhere below). It is only…

July 25, 2012

For a short while now, I have planned to keep all of the books I intend to reread for next year, and not do…

July 20, 2012

Amongst the many things I’ve wished to post here, has been the relatively recent experience for me of the computer game ‘Dear Esther’. While…

May 5, 2012

“To hate injustice and stand on righteousness is a difficult thing. Furthermore, to think that being righteous is the best one can do and…

May 5, 2012

I just had the wonderful opportunity of re-watching Peter Jackson’s ‘Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring’, and what it reminded me of…

April 27, 2012

Is it a paradox that when one thinks of oneself as permanent, it is not difficult to do things placing the same person into…

April 26, 2012

“Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a person’s sexual choice…

April 21, 2012

I watched ‘Abyss’ again today, after feeling for ages that I should do it. I was unsure what I would be meeting when I…