Red Dwarf X. The tenth series is as genius as the others were. Sample quote:
"You have a brain smaller than the salad section of a Scottish supermarket."
As a Scotsman I laughed and applauded. Episode 4 is on tonight. 

"The many-Coloured Land" by Julian May. Book One of The Saga of The Exiles. Some seriously crazy stuff is going on but, as any fan of Doctor Who can tell you, it always does when there's time travel involved. Just read anything involving Jerry Cornelius, The English Assassin if you need further proof.

When I was temping in a call centre over the last festive period everyone got a seven straight day rota once a month: one weekend then five week days. It *hurt*.

AP: These are the people I play Anarchy Online alongside with...

Whoa, Outlaw! Put the troll-slaying axe away! Just speculating. Besides I think they were more interested in trying their new method for fixing the old "zombies-on-fire-oh-shit!" problem anyway. What would that stuff be anyhow? Standard air/fuel mix wouldn't work that fast...

Zombie Girl - Bleeder (Industrial Strength Mix)

Heavy rain means me in my battered leather kakadoo bucket hat and ancient waxed drover's coat. Total "Fields Of The Nephilim" vibe going on.
Goth ain't dead, just waiting for the right blood sacrifice.  

*ADDENDUM*

According to Retronaut this is how you were supposed to fit a corset back in the day. I just had to share.

Off-roading means higher fuel consumption, greater chances of vehicle breakdowns/getting stuck, longer ETAs. None of which is good. Good roads would be a premium.

We of the family are already holding a sweep stakes on how many will make it due to blizzard conditions. Ayr in July was bad enough but bloody Hell...

Another cousin getting married? Already? I've got to go to another wedding? And who the Hell gets married in friggin'  Glen Coe  in friggin' March? MARCH?!? Sweet Lady Eris, she's Scottish! She kens what the friggin' weather is like!

Go on, celebrate Samhain in style and I'm sure your neighbours will join you!

Aw, c'mon! How are you going to convince a policeman a local virgin has gone missing in this day and age and bother to come out investigating? Though a big wooden humanoid figure in the garden should be easy to conceal until the critical moment...

Books on hold for the moment. Dr_Evil sent a bunch of old Fangoria magazines.

It's taken 14 years but finally Red Dwarf Series 10 is airing! If you're in the UK it's on Dave, Thursday Oct 4th. And in Episode One they answer a distress call. From Rimmer's younger brother. Holy Mother of Chaos, YES!
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Okay, I'm a wee bit of a fan here. As in one of the three people who watched the first episode of Red Dwarf I as it was originally broadcasted. As Doctor Who ends so The Boys From The Dwarf get back in action.

*performs maddening jig*

This is getting worse than the Rick Rollin' Plague. Just saying.

I would just like to say that as I read up on the last month or so Gridstream.org started playing "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles.
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Irony. Delicious, barbecued irony.
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Well I laughed.