CHRISTMAS DAY

Candy and I managed to afford presents for each other this year,
even if Candy had to do all the shopping as I could not leave the apartment,
which I admit I was a bit upset about as I would love to buy lots more for her as she did for me, she deserves lots of happy stuff as I love her so very much.

Candy’s Presents -
My Little Pony: Personal Stereo Cassette Player
8x Plushies
8x LA Colour Nail Varnish


My Presents -
Candy bought me a lot of stuff for Christmas.

Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3D DVD
Superheroes v Supervillians Book
The Black Hole Movie Adaptation Book
Total Recall Movie Adaptation Book

Fighting Fantasy: Sorcery Series of Books -
Khare: City Port of Traps
The Seven Serpents
The Crown of Kings

Working with Dragons: A Course of Dragonology
Captain America Annual 2012

Marvel Graphic Novel:
Secret Wars Part 1
Ultimate Spiderman: Power and Responsibility
The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank Part 1
Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk Part 1

SFX Special: The A-Z of Sci-Fi TV
Comic Heroes # 15 Magazine
Bag Full of Toy Fantasy Knights
Doctor Who Annual 2012
Mini Nerf Gun
The Green Man Pen


We even got lots of Christmas cards this year,
the most we have ever had since I moved up north back in 2005.


We ate for Christmas dinner -
Turkey, Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, Mashed Potato, and Gravy.
It was wonderful!


TV was alright for last night -
Doctor Who: The Snowmen was amazing,
New companion, New TARDIS interior, New Theme music intro and quite scary.


We might not have had a Tree and Decorations but it was a great day,
Candy and I just spending the time relaxed and enjoying our presents and TV.
Next year will be different,
hopefully in our new home we shall have lots of decorations and a wonderful tree.

QUEEN'S SPEECH

Is anyone going to watch the Queen's speech tomorrow in 3D?
I won't and I have not done so in a long time.
I can't stand the Royal family and I think we should not have them anymore.
We don't need those rich parasites that have been sucking this country dry for decades,
I don't know what's worse - them, the government, or the police force.

PREVIEW OF DOCTOR WHO TONIGHT

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

CANDY'S BEEN GOOD!

XMAS EVE

Spent most of the morning and early afternoon asleep as I have been so tired recently due to the lack of sleep in the kitchen.
The reason I have been sleeping in the kitchen has been due to the intense cold in the bedroom and the lack of money to heat up more than one room.

Finally got my left leg cleaned and re-bandaged as it has been hurting a lot and leaking.
When Candy was taking the bandages off my crease on my foot started to bleed.
I’m going to wait a couple of days before I get my right leg changed but it seems alright at the moment.

The finale episode of MERLIN was shown tonight and it was AMAZING!!!
It also had a good twist at the end set in the present day.
We also watched the Christmas specials of Outnumbered and Mrs. Brown’s Boys.
Which both were really funny.
As I’m writing this we are watching Jennifer’s Body on Film4.
It’s not a bad movie.
The other day I watched the movie - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, a Finnish horror movie which was really good,
I would like to buy it on DVD now.
Still no rent money from the council, and I ignored an e-mail from Jagpal.
So more than likely he will put in an eviction notice for us to be out of here in two months, which might not be a bad idea.
Anyway signing off for now,
will update tomorrow or Boxing Day,
until then… MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLKS!!!

MERLIN

In a land of myth, and a time of magic,
the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young man.
His name... Merlin!
It has been a privilege to know you, young warlock.

Tonight was the final episode of MERLIN after 5 years.
It was an amazing end and will be sadly missed.

ONION BHAJI

Candy treated me to an XXL sized Onion Bhaji yesterday.
It is one of my favourite Indian foods and just thinking about it makes me sweat with joyful spices in my tummy!
I have spilt it into 4 pieces as I could not handle it by itself.

THE FINAL DANDY

My friend Mandy Simpson who I used to go to school with found out via facebook that I missed out on buying the final edition of the British comic The Dandy.
So as a lovely person that she is, she bought me a copy of the comic and posted it to me as a present.
It was so very kind of her for doing that to me.
I admit I have found out this year who my real friends are.

5 RULES TO REMEMBER IN LIFE

1. Money can't buy you happiness,
but it is more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle.

2. Forgive your enemy, but remember that bastard's name!

3. Help someone when they are in trouble and they will remember you when they are in trouble again...

4. Many people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them!

5. Alcohol never solved any problems, but neither has milk...

MOVIES I WANT TO SEE

LUNA ECLIPSE

R.I.P. JR

R.I.P.
To the legendary Larry Hagman, aka JR Ewing of Dallas fame.
I’m so glad that he got to do Dallas again after all these years.
He will be sadly missed.
It would be the ultimate honour of having “Who killed JR” storyline in season 2 of the series.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHO

Happy 49th Birthday Doctor Who

BAD TIMES

We have not received any benefit since 25th October and we are struggling,
we have survived by not eating much, having no heat on,
Candy getting a small crisis loan and taking items back to shops just to get refunds.
our benefits are in "transition" and hopefully we will get something by the end of the month but there is no guarantee,
our landlord and his bank are getting slightly fed up now as we are behind on the rent and we are behind on paying our storage fees for our personal belongings and furniture.
we live in a two floor 3 bedroom apartment which is lovely but we spend our time in the kitchen as it is the warmest room we have got.
our nearest benefit office/CAB/job centre are located 11 miles away and the bus journey costs £12 return for the both of us.
we don't have a landline phone and most of the benefit phone lines are normally 0845 number,
my moby has died on me and we are relying on Candy's moby which we can't afford credit for.
we both try and put a brave face on everyday but it is hard,
I'm glad that we don't have any children as it would be hard to bring them up in this climate.
I'm not writing this so that you guys could feel sorry for us or think that he is asking for help,
I'm writing this to let you all know that life is tough for alot of people and you should be thankful for what and who you have in your life.
I'm just thankful I have Candy in my life.

GOOD/BAD TV

Good TV -
Merlin, Mentalist, Alphas, How I Met Your Mother, Emmerdale,
Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Castle, Neighbours, Dallas,
Holby City, Doctor Who, Person of Interest, In Plain Sight,
Once Upon A Time, CSI:NY, CSI, NCIS, Death Valley,
Misfits, Ghost Adventurers.


Bad TV -
Red Dwarf X, Eastenders, Body of Proof, Hunted,
CSI: Miami, Suburgatory, New Girl, 2 Broke Girls.

CANDY'S GOOD DEED

As a thank you to the kind lady who helped Candy out on Friday,
she has agreed to go to church to help out at the service.
Candy is an atheist and really does not believe in any religion,
so this is a big thing for her to do and I'm proud of her for doing it.
We need all the Karma points as we can get.

THE FUTURE

Where is everything?
Who is stopping us from having this technology?

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER!

Friday night’s dinner was interesting but very yummy!
We ran out of Gas on Thursday night due to running out of credit for our meter and no emergency available to help us,
plus we don’t have a kettle as we don’t drink that much coffee or tea (shock gasp!)
and we are slowly running out of food.
Anyway, dinner like I said was yummy,
Candy improvised the food as our cooker’s oven is Electric and our hob is Gas so we could not boil or fry anything.
We had Roast Chicken which we split into two meals (Friday and Saturday),
mini potatoes, Naan bread, and Yorkshire pudding.
Considering we could not have gravy, we had ketchup on the chicken and pudding instead which was tasty.
Candy is very good at Macgyvering small amounts of food into a feast worthy of a king!

R.I.P. JACK

R.I.P. Bill Tarmey aka Jack Duckworth of the British soap - Coronation Street.
He was a soap legend!

WHO WILL WIN?

Well as a British citizen I can not vote,
but my political view is behind the current American President Barack Obama to win and serve a 2nd term in the Oval Office.

HE WON!!!

Well I’m glad that Barack Obama has won and he will be serving his 2nd term as the American President.
Mitt Romany would have been just way too scary as the alternative.

MAD WOMAN ON FACEBOOK

I have just deleted and blocked a FB “associate” whom I can not remember why the reason I was “friends” with.
The reason being was the huge amount of vile evil racist homophobic comments that she was writing about and spreading on FB about Barack Obama winning his 2nd term as the American President.
I could not believe how extreme this person was, she was even declaring that her fellow ‘Tea Party Members’ should join her on a revolution against Washington to bring the communist down!
In this day and age we still have so much hate to spread and they claim that they are ‘God Loving Patriots’
Seriously folks, for a person to have views like these must have a screw loose or two.

REMEMBER THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER

Guy Fawkes -
The only man to go into the Houses of Parliament with good intentions.

WORSE COSPLAY EVER!

YUMMY!

I LOVE YOU CANDY

Well 7 years ago today, my beautiful Candy said “I DO” and she made me one heck of a happy husband.
Happy Halloween and Happy Wedding Anniversary my sweet Candy,
I love you so very much.
X X X

FRANKENSTORM

Hurricane Sandy devastates New York.

The replica of HMS BOUNTY, destroyed.

Downtown New York.

The Statue of Liberty.

Over 40 people died during the storm that hit New York.

ANOTHER JOKE

A Priest and a Hindu are making toast.
The Priest says: “I can see an image of Jesus in my margarine.”
the Hindu replies: “I can’t believe it’s not Buddha.”

R.I.P. MICHAEL O'HARE

R.I.P. Michael O’Hare. Best known for playing Commander Jeffrey Sinclair
On my favourite sci-fi show - Babylon 5.

HEY COOL, TODAY IN HISTORY

1666 – A large fire began on London's Pudding Lane and burned the city for three days,
destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.

HOBBIT RUNAROUND!

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit is now being made into a trilogy.
Warners has announced that film three will now be called
The Hobbit: There and Back Again, the name that had formerly been given to the second film. The second film will now be called The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

Warners has also confirmed a worldwide release date for the third film: 18 July 2014.

And just to recap:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is released on 14 December 2012.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is released on 13 December 2013.
The Hobbit: There And Back Again is released on 18 July 2014.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABE

My adopted brother - Gabe from New York celebrates his birthday today.
Candy and I designed a card for him and posted it on Facebook for him.
the contents of the card represent items that he would like for his special day.
anyway bro, Happy Birthday and have a good one.

This is what he would like for his birthday -
orange cupcakes, orange soda, orange flavoured gum,
orange powerade, a cute cat, sheriff’s badge for you job,
a plastic combat knife, pizza, cheeseburger, steak & chips,
steam punk computer, birthday cake, gun, paypal deposit accepted sign,
deed for my soul with thumbprint & blood signature,
and a lovely picture of a future girlfriend for you?

Warm Ramblings

I really am tired, could not get any sleep last night and I thought I would be alright as I had no afternoon snooze yesterday.
It does not help that the weather is really god damn hot and no breeze,
I've been living on Ice-pops and Pepsi Max all morning.
My 'Sister' Vicky has been posting jokes on my Face Book page to cheer me up, which has helped me, plus I don't know what I would do without Candy doing the same, sometimes her jokes are lame in a good way and I just give her that smile of 'I Love You' lol

I've been trying to come up with story/character ideas for my comic book/novel.
and I have come up with a cool name for a character named 'Combat Cat'(c)
Not sure if I will use it or not.
Candy has just come home now from the shops, so we will be having lunch very soon.

R.I.P. RYGEL

R.I.P Jonathan Hardy He is best known for providing the voice of Dominar Rygel XVI in the science fiction series Farscape.

R.I.P. MARY TAMM

R.I.P. Mary Tamm who played the first Romana in the Doctor Who series.
She was the Fourth Doctor's companion for the Key to Time saga

JOKING ABOUT

John woke up after the annual office Christmas party with a pounding headache,
cotton-mouthed and utterly unable to recall the events of the preceding evening.
After a trip to the bathroom, he made his way downstairs,
where his wife put some coffee in front of him.

'Louise,' he moaned, 'tell me what happened last night.
Was it as bad as I think?'

'Even worse,' she said, her voice oozing scorn. '...
You made a complete ass of yourself.
You succeeded in antagonizing the entire board of directors, and you insulted the president of the company, right to his face.'
'He's an idiot,' John said.
'Piss on him.'

'You did', came the reply.
'And he fired you.'

'Well, screw him!' said John.

'I did. You're back at work on Monday.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

TEASER MOVIE POSTERS

FRIDAY THE 13TH

TWILIGHT THOUGHT

Twilight is a weird movie -
it’s a story about a promiscuous girl who is forced to choose between paedophile sex with a Vampire or bestiality with a Werewolf.
Edward is 107 years old whilst Bella is only 17yrs old.
A bit pervy methinks.

‎50 Shades of Bletchley.......

"As he approached me with those pasty white arms hanging out of his Gola vest, his smile told me it was dole day and I knew my velour tracksuit would be hanging off the lamp shade tonight."
"It was Dwayne's birthday. I was preparing his special tea of Findus Crispy Pancakes and Pot Noodle. I would let him take me any way he wanted tonight. His favourite position was... what he called The Dogs of War. Where he took me from behind and played Call of Duty at the same time."

"Our 6 week anniversary was approaching. This would be my longest relationship without becoming pregnant. I thought of this as he lay on top of me making love. His skinny arms straddled my head like breadsticks either side of an orange. As I rubbed his whiter than white back I imagined every mole I felt was spelling out Braille for I love you"

"As I stood in line at the Job Centre thinking of reasons I couldn't work, a sweet smell drifted past my pig like nostrils. It was a mixture of weed, B.O and Lynx Africa. I turned around and there was Dwayne. Our eyes met and he was soon lifting me onto the wheelie bins behind the Iceland. He had tied up his Staffy to block the ally way so we wouldn't be disturbed. There was a tramp watching but it just added to the mystery. I knew it was love and my life would never be the same."

"My mum had told me to leave Dwayne many times due to the violence but I knew he loved me as he always took his rings off before he hit me. Tonight though he was in a foul mood, I had fucked his tea up after failing to de-frost his prawn ring I had nicked from farm foods. He picked up the power lead from my kids mega drive and whipped it across my doughy arse. It stung but I liked it. I shouted again again so he carried on. I thought my shell suit would rip into a million pieces. As I looked over my shoulder I saw his Weetabix toothed smile. He even had a semi on which was rare as the crack normally played havoc with his erections."

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh never mind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….
You’re not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you
Sing
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…
what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..
Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen…

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1937, Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the pacific ocean during a flight.

TODAY IN HISTORY

The Tunguska Event occurred in 1908.

TOP TEN FAMOUS WOMEN I FANCY

My ‘Brother’ Gabe made a list of women who he would like to kidnap in a non-bad way, basically who he fancied.
I agreed with most of his list, but this is mine, not to kidnap but whom I fancy.

Fairuza Balk
Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Coolidge
Sigourney Weaver
Lena Headey
Kat Dennings
Roxanne Pallet
Zoey Deschanel
Alyson Hannagen
Billie Piper


But anyway this is only a wild fantasy and I have the real thing in my life,
my beautiful soul mate and best friend,
the lady I love, my darling wife Candy.

WHERE ARE THE FLYING CARS?

It is the curse of every SF fan to eventually live through and pass beyond the dates that are the waymarkers of SF.... 1984, 1999, 2001....

LOCAL PEOPLE

Candy on the bus coming back home from shopping texts me -
‘ok I know I can be a bit judgemental when it comes to chav’s but omg a skanky woman with baby and jailbait child on bus, woman just folded up bus ticket and cleaned her ears with it, then proceeded to take sexy photos of jailbait child on bus posing wearing only shorts and “I’m sweet and sexy” logo t-shirt.
I swear I’m on a different planet sometimes!
Help me Jay, they iz weird on this bus.’
I texted back -
‘set your phasers to stun, and be careful my sweet as it’s life Candy but not as we know it’

The Queen's Handshake

I can’t believe that our Queen is meeting that murdering scum Martin McGuinness,
basically she is congratulating him on killing the citizens of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
She is even going to shake hands with him.
Nice one ma’am.

Cameron

My new swear word for today is - TWATBAG!
The definition - Our PM being a complete idiot with his new benefit cutbacks and being so out of touch with citizens of this country.
This is going to cause more chaos, more homeless, more riots.
He has no fucking clue what it's like to be out of work when there are no jobs, being on disability benefit and being depressed, being homeless and hungry and feeling fucking useless.
Like I said he is a TWATBAG.

COMIC BOOK COOLNESS

Candy went to Forbidden Planet in Middlesbrough today
and she came back with comic books galore for me as a present.

Candy bought me the following -

AVX #6 (Avengers vs. X-Men).
Avengers Academy#32.
New Avengers#27.
Secret Avengers#28.
Dark Avengers#176.
Two copies of Previews (both old).
Baltimore: Dr. Leskovars Remedy #1.
Lobster Johnson: Burning Hands#2, 3, 4, 5.
2000AD#1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788.

The Marvel comics were slightly confusing as I have not read any in years but I am going to get back into collecting The Avengers titles again.

R.I.P. CAROLINE JOHN

Caroline John (1940 – 5 June 2012)
Best known for her role as Liz Shaw,
Doctor Who’s (John Pertwee) companion.

R.I.P. BRIAN

Just been checking out the deaths on Wikipedia and to my shock I found out that Brian Hibbard has died (18th June).
He was the lead vocalist in the Flying Pickets, a very cool cappella band and I saw them live as a kid on holiday in Poole.
This is one of my favourite songs from the band.
R.I.P. Brain.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

BEST DIVORCE LETTER EVER

Dear Wife, I’m writing you this letter to tell you that I’m leaving you forever. I’ve been a good man to you for 7 years & I have nothing to show for it. These last 2 weeks have been hell. ... Your boss called to tell me that you quit your job today & that was the last straw. Last week, you came home & didn’t even notice I had a new haircut, had cooked your favorite meal & even wore a brand new pair of silk boxers. You ate in 2 minutes, & went straight to sleep after watching all of your soaps. You don’t tell me you love me anymore; you don’t want sex or anything that connects us as husband & wife. Either you’re cheating on me or you don’t love me anymore; whatever the case, I’m gone. Your EX-Husband P.S. don’t try to find me. Your SISTER & I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life!


—— Dear Ex-Husband Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It’s true you & I have been married for 7 years, although a good man is a far cry from what you’ve been. I watch my soaps so much because they drown out your constant whining & griping Too bad that doesn’t work. I DID notice when you got a hair cut last week, but the 1st thing that came to mind was ‘You look just like a girl!’ Since my mother raised me not to say anything if you can’t say something nice, I didn’t comment. And when you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY SISTER, because I stopped eating pork 7 years ago. About those new silk boxers: I turned away from you because the $49.99 price tag was still on them, & I prayed it was a coincidence that my sister had just borrowed $50 from me that morning. After all of this, I still loved you & felt we could work it out. So when I hit the lotto for 10 million dollars, I quit my job & bought us 2 tickets to Jamaica But when I got home you were gone.. Everything happens for a reason, I guess. I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. My lawyer said that the letter you wrote ensures you won’t get a dime from me. So take care. Signed, Your Ex-Wife, Rich As Hell & Free! P.S. I don’t know if I ever told you this, but my sister Carla was born Carl. I hope that’s not a problem

Doctor Who

The new companion for the Doctor has now been revealed
And she will be played by the actress - Jenna-Louise Coleman.
Jenna-Louise used to be in the soap Emmerdale where she played
A lesbian character named Jasmine.
She is very beautiful and a good actress.
No details as of yet what her character name will be, but she is set to make her first appearance on the 2012 Christmas special.
Let’s hope the world does not end before the special is shown!

More Legends Pass Away

This is so sad...
R.I.P. Davy Jones, Lead singer of The Monkees.
You were one of the best...


R.I.P. Richard Carpenter
Creator of Robin of Sherwood and Catweazle.
Thank you for the greatest interpretation of Robin Hood.

Today in History

1739 – The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin, who had been living under an alias in York, was uncovered by his former schoolteacher, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's arrest

Another R.I.P.

R.I.P. - The comedy legend that was Frank Carson,
The war correspondent Marie Colvin,
and The war photographer Remi Ochlik.
Both Marie and Remi were killed in shell fire in Homs, Syria.
Two very brave people.

IT'S NOT HIS FAULT

R.I.P. Bob Anderson

English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer. He was regarded as the premier master of Hollywood sword-fighting.
His films include Highlander, The Princess Bride, LOTR Trilogy, Die Another Day, and various other films.
He coached the likes of Errol Flynn and Antonio Banderas and was Darth Vader’s stunt double during the light-saber battles.
He will be sadly missed by legions of his fans.