Dan Shires

@vertigowooyay.bsky.social

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Meeja hor, comics obsessive, sometime idiot. Old.

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Knowledgeable Beatles folk - rummaging around my dad’s old vinyl, I found his copy of Abbey Road which has a misprint sleeve (misaligned Apple logo and Her Majesty missing from track list). Internet pricing ranges from ‘not much’ to ‘Christ, that’s insane’. Am clueless, need help.

@paulcornell.bsky.social bugger - am at London Comic Con with my son and was looking forward to saying hi - and then saw you’re not here today. Anyway, hi!

I just made Blackcurrant Curd with blackcurrants I grew in the garden, and suddenly realised, whisk in hand, that my wild days are long gone and I never even noticed them walk out the door, flicking the V’s at me and saying ‘so long sucker!’

Non violent protest in action. Would not sit nicely for photo like a good boy (treats may have been forgotten). #DogsAtPollingStations

Want. Cannot have.

No regrets. youtu.be/lk6iJNSv-vY?...

If you see this, post a banger of a TV show theme tune. youtu.be/qy0qAkL4Wwg?...

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Intro HDyoutu.be Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Buffy im Bann der Dämonen Season 1 Intro New remastered Version in 1080P. Audio a little bit enhanced! :) Enjoy! :) *No copyright infringement intended.* Important: Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use (All rights reserved by the copyright owners. This nonprofit fan-made video is solely to promote awareness and interest in the artists, the music, and the films.)

Akira just had her last trip to the vet. She was 19 (!), creaky, tired, a little bit addled in the brain and in the end had just had enough. But she had the best life and we’re going to miss her terribly, our little , brilliant moggy with no miaow but the loudest purr.

Holmes had Moriarty. Bond had Blofeld. Luke had Vadar. And after another crushing disappointment, once again my personal nemesis reveals itself to be… successful crispy roast pork crackling. 🍽️ *shakes angry fist at sky*

In an uncertain, fragile and frightening world, 20 minutes of Charles Schulz drawing Peanuts characters is quite the tonic. youtu.be/JTjBHRgpaEQ?...

20 Minutes of Charles Schulz Drawing Peanuts (Charlie Brown)youtu.be Here's everything I could find of Charles Schulz drawing his Peanuts Characters. ***This is an updated version to the original "17 Minutes of Charles Schulz ...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... So, so much to make me inadvertently angry on a nice Saturday morning. All these sleazy tax lawyers clutching their pearls at the notion their clients should *actually pay tax* in the country they live.

Do we really have to do this one bloody seat at a time?

By far the most satisfying Oscar win tonight was the little $15m Godzilla Minus One beating all the $150m movies for Best Visual Effects.

And once again, as with The Incomplete Framley Examiner, @gralefrit.bsky.social ‘s new book hits my doorstep on exactly the same day as work deadlines, leading to an ongoing mental dialogue about reading vs responsibility. Not sure which one wins yet. It’s lunchtime.

Watched the first ep of Dick Turpin on Apple and its pleasingly silly (but not - so far - hilarious) but loads of reviews mentioning stuff like Our Flag Means Death, and not mentioning its biggest DNA grab - Maid Marion And Her Merry Men.

I’ve always thought Christmas/birthday money should be spent on things that bring you joy, not things that you *need*. This has brought me an inordinate amount of joy.

Pretty sure I’m being scammed by Gollum.

@lmorgan.bsky.social I’m 99% sure you’ll have read this, memorized it, started scuba diving lessons and begun planning your own expedition before it’s too late. But just in case it’s the 1% chance you haven’t read it yet… www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

The British Library’s Fantasy: Realms Of Imagination exhibition is excellent, and obviously @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com features prominently. Well worth a visit!

“Needy? Moi?”

A very bookish Christmas (I say this as a good thing) but the biggest smile goes to the first two volumes of @badmachinery.com ‘s Giant Days Library Editions. So good to revisit the lives of Susan, Esther and Daisy again…

So can we stop calling a post a skeet and call them a flutter instead?

📢 App Version 1.60 is rolling out now (1/5) We have a new logo! 🦋 Bluesky is emerging from its cocoon of clouds to transform into a social butterfly. Read more about why we chose this logo here: blueskyweb.xyz/blog/12-21-2...

If any returns for @aiannucci.bsky.social’s Pandemonium crop up, be prepared to fight people for them. It’s unmissable stuff. (Or, if you’d rather be more civilized, hope that it goes on tour and book early in your area. I mean, that is actually preferable to fighting people)

Godzilla Minus One is magnificent. That is all.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

It would be really good if the UK media would stop using ridiculous ego-stroking wank phrases like ‘Star Chamber’ and ‘Five Families’ to describe the far right of the Tory party. It just feeds the egos of these petty and cruel bastards.

Why do so many ardent Doctor Who fans seem to hate Doctor Who all the time?

Apple Music, in its attempt to rip off Spotifys end of year thing, has included two songs in my 2023 ‘Most Listened To’ list that I have never listened to, by artists I have never heard of. Top work Apple. Top work.

Just in case anyone has the Bread Ahead cookbook and is making their mincemeat for mince pies: it lists 500g of suet instead of the required 125g. Trust me, this makes a big, oily difference…

Well of *course* this is the stance the Torygraph would take…

List 5 famous people you’ve met, but one is a lie. John Carpenter Peter Cook Carrie Fisher Clint Eastwood Jean Claude Van Damme

List 5 famous people you’ve met, but one is a lie. George Takei Margaret Cho Tamlyn Tomita Sessue Hayakawa Sandra Oh