Comments for Dan Wilson

Comment on Darwin Day vs. Christ by Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:28:31 +0000

I agree with DRF – there are two faiths exemplified in this poster!

Comment on TV Nostalgia: The Boy from Space by Chris

Chris — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:54:47 +0000

I had a memory flashback of, just as you say, sitting in a class watching this at school in the 1980s. I remember there was something about it that I found a bit freaky.

Also, wasn’t there a similar production about a haunted house or castle I seem to remember watching at school?

Comment on TV Nostalgia: The Adventure Game by Tha Rangdo

Tha Rangdo — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:56:14 +0000

We Would have more chance of getting Challenge TV to repeat Series 4 & with the chance of them playing Series 3 a the same time as these are the only TWO Series that are complete as there are missing episodes from the the other two series. A DVD would be good but the way the BBC are at the moment there is not much chance, A massive petition would need to be started to get some action, BBC WORLDWIDE are the ones to email about future released DVD’S many would need to mail them also.
The Adventure Game is another programme to be left on the shelf forgotton BBC 4 Could do a piece on the programme I Guess & the return of a new series would be good timing now for the BBC to do something differant for CBBC

Comment on Caroline Lucas MEP: Green Party Fat Cat by Brian Huebner

Brian Huebner — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:47:37 +0000

You’re article reeks of innuendo of misconduct, and actually, the expenditures that are lump sums are not Green Party politics. Her house is comfortable, but hardly ‘fat cat’ stuff. Ever heard of the Tories? or Goldman Sachs? She’s a decent and honest politician. The travel of the average MEP is staggering, but that’s across all party lines and comes with the job description. But you knew that already. Have you checked Nelson Mandela’s travel expenses? Scandalous!

Comment on HOVErheard* A man walks into a pub… by dw

dw — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:09:40 +0000

Sev,

The chap in question was all smiles and so keen to be right. Thankfully he didn’t find this exchange as depressing as me. I feel a surge of shame every time we treat a well meaning fellow from faraway badly.

We need to be more friendly here.

Comment on HOVErheard* A man walks into a pub… by Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:32:25 +0000

I feel sorry for the chap.

Love the story.

Comment on Sue Bailey’s Funeral by Download Tamebay eBay & Ecommerce Tools & Services Guide 2012 | Dan Wilson | Digital consultant, eBay expert, writer & blogger.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:38 +0000

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Comment on HOVErheard*: The Tattoo by Phaude

Phaude — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:16 +0000

Faintly off-topic, but my memory has been nudged into rare recollection. John Hegley was talking about the Edinburgh Military Tattoo when he said:

“To you it may be taboo to pooh-pooh the Tattoo
but to me the Tattoo is something to say ta-ta to”

but I still think it worth sharing.

Comment on Penguin Books Author Blurbs from Yesteryear by Phaude

Phaude — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:32 +0000

I think Edmund Crispin’s other biography (to be found on slightly older Penguin editions of his frankly rather slapdash detective stories) may be even better:

‘Edmund Crispin’ was born Bruce Montgomery; and as a composer (chiefly of film music) he has stayed that way. The pseudonym was adopted in the faith that one day he would need his real name for writing ‘serious’ books. He has found, however, that for the author detective fiction is technically a very ‘serious’ business indeed: so absorbing, in fact that his debut in the other forms of literature now seems likely to be postponed indefinitely.

For the rest, he is thirty-one years old, unmarried, constitutionally torpid; for recreation he does crossword puzzles, reads, and sleeps. Unlike most authors, he has not been a lumber-jack, bar-tender, advertising agent, ship’s cat, lecturer in metallurgy, gigolo, and Member of Parliament. For a time after leaving Oxford he was, however, a schoolmaster; and it is to this period of his life that he attributes his knowledge of human nature in general and criminal human nature in particular.

Comment on Penguin Books Author Blurbs from Yesteryear by A Camp Bell

A Camp Bell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:14:43 +0000

After reading the above I think I missed a trick with my half-@rsed Amazon profile.

Are there any more?