The Blood is the Life! By Request Special

[miss_s_b]

The top six most requested things on my poll were (in descending order) Book geekery; Sci-fi/trek/who geekery; Stories about Holly; Beer Geekery; Film Geekery; and National Politics. Here, therefore, is a special entry combining some of the above. Never let it be said that I don't respond to my readership! I promise to find space for some of the others in the next couple of days. And if you think my blog should skew in a different direction, go and fill in the poll ;)

Fresh Squeezings from the veins of the internet!

• Book Geekery - The Atheist's Guide to Christmas is the perfect gift for all the non-God-Squadders you know (hat-tip The King of Twitter)


• Sci-fi ish - Someone is making a girls read comics t-shirt. I want one.


• National Politics - Mr Quist is joining the fight against spin on fatness. Hopefully more people will start listening soon...


• National Politics (sexism special) - FRED PERRY WAS NOT THE LAST BRITON TO WIN WIMBLEDON!!!! Even if you don't count juniors and doubles, what about Virginia, eh? EH? SEXIST BASTARD SPORTS COMMENTATORS!!! (put more mildly by mooism, here)


• Sci-fi - moviegrrl has made a collaborative Space Playlist for spotification. The comm is small, but fab, and is a great place to share spotify lists in general, but this one is sci-fi geek heaven :D.

And today's Meme, via pickwick is 15 books in 15 minutes (for MOAR book geekery) 15 favourite books. I'm going to take it as meaning the words in the books rather than the physical objects (because I could make a list for each, yes.) OK. In no particular order:

• On Liberty - John Stuart Mill
• Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allen Poe
• Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
• Asterix the Gaul - Goscinny and Uderzo
• The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
• Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
• Young Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend - John Wagner
• Complete Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Ghost Stories - MR James
• Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
• The Time Machine - HG Wells
• Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
• Rumpole and the Golden Thread - John Mortimer
• The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Any suggestion that I just C&Ped that list from a previous meme is true politically motivated!

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Comments

[blazingskies.livejournal.com]

I also want a 'Girls read comics' shirt. I also want a 'Girls play video games' shirt and maybe even a 'Girls watch/read sci-fi' shirt.

[moviegrrl]

Me too, on all of the above ;)

[davegodfrey]

And Jamie Murray won the mixed doubles with Jelena Jankovic two years ago.

[miss_s_b]

That's why I said "Even if you don't count juniors and doubles"

[davegodfrey]

Oops. It is hot and the reading for comprehension module bit of my brain appears to have melted.

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[crustofthegrouch.blogspot.com]

I love Pratchett, have you seen the Reaper Man clip for an animated version, Christopher lee is the voice of Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9PLHIOwBeg ()

Re: 42

[miss_s_b]

That was AWESOME!!!

[andrewhickey.info]

I may have to step away from Spotify. I keep adding more to that playlist - and would add even more were it not for the sad lack of essential tracks like Here Come The Martian Martians by Jonathan Richman on Spotify. It may well grow to infinite length...

[miss_s_b]

No no, don't step away!