Depressing as it is, it wasn't the Poll Tax that destroyed Thatcher, it was her party's own internal divisions, mainly over Europe. Obviously that hardly helped unity, but this isn't the death knell for the Tories this time either. That being said, we're getting close to the second year of the second term, which is…

Monday: Made a full roast chicken with all the trimmings (mashed and roast potatoes, baby carrots, cabbage, peas, homemade sage and onion stuffing) for my entire flat of 4 plus guests, the largest meal I've ever prepared at once.

FKA Twigs- How's That?
Thom Yorke- The Eraser
Billy Bragg- There Is Power in a Union
Kate Bush- Babooshka
Deerhunter- Helicopter
REM- What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Tame Impala- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Palma Violets- Last of the Summer Wine
Robin Pecknold- Olivia, in a Separate Bed
Massive Attack- Unfinished Sympathy

Doc Brown has become so old he now looks like the cryptkeeper! That's not reassuring, it's a terrifying reminder of the spectre of death and old age! This is the worst pop cultural pseudo-holiday ever, even worse than Batmanukkah.

I'm rewatching 30 Rock right now, and dammit if his character isn't just brilliant. Especially his appearance in the "Alfie and Abner" sketches in the second live show.

"We still love ya, Ciggy"

bloviate, v.
Etymology: Probably blow v.+ -viate (in e.g. deviate v., abbreviate v.)

I thought you were some sort of elaborate gimmick account where that was the whole point! Oh, I've been so blind!

"Hey, my dad may have become a little zombified, but he's not some brain-crazed maniac!"

You think I get my validation through achievements or emotionally rewarding interactions? Fuck no. Those tiny, imaginary arrows are my only proof someone cares.

Sometimes I find myself in a comment thread of yore, a lonesome traveller along a well-beaten track. And I laugh mirthfully at the old notes left by names long-lost and well-remembered. And in my mirth, I dispense with an upvote, and freak out the commenter when they realise they're being stalked years into the future.

Thank god this is being released now, when pop culture is producing so little zombie-related material

I'm currently in the process of watching all of Venture Bros. (last episode of season 5 plus the specials), and it genuinely feels like it was made for me, it so perfectly satisfies my every nerdy, pulpy, adventure, comedy, tightly-plotted appetite. I don't think I've ever had that kind of response to a show before.…

I spent more or less the entire weekend writing my first tutorial essay of the term ahead of handing it in today. It was on 'Appetites and Desire in the Poetry of the Earl of Rochester', and with more than six months passed between my last tutorial essay and this, I'm fairly sure I completely failed to articulate my…

As I understand it, hippies were pretty much always seen by other progressive political activists (especially the civil rights movement) as kind of a pain in the ass. Middle class white kids coming in and agitating for political change, purely as an act of youthful rebellion and without any investment in the…

The AV Culb
Hamemr teh joke into teh gorund

Diverse genitalia? Now this Friday night just got interesting!

This is why I don't come to episode reviews!

Emerging from a bar in an artsy area of central London in March, some guy called me over and demanded to know if I knew the character of Captain Britain, probably because I look like the kind of nerd who would know exactly that. I said I did, and he asked me if I'd watch a TV show about him. I said I would, and I…

Starjammers adaptation pitch:
1: Instead of the Shi'ar, the Starjammers should be battling against an evil human Alliance
2: The universe and tone should be heavily influenced by Westerns
3: The cast should include Nathan Fillion, Jewel Staite and Alan Tudyk
4: The show should be renamed Firefly