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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 42m

Total Drama Island which my daughter watched a couple of years ago had a same-sex couple I think?
I don't recall any fuss over that at the time!
As a parent, I wasn't bothered about her watching it.

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 22h

Which schools are on the list?

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm. I am very partial to fruit cake myself, although some might think in my case it's bordering on cannibalism.

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 2d

My Poem 'The Claw' was rejected from Royal Road:

'We allow the usage of real-world religions, political figures, or sensitive real-world content but only in a restricted way'

They may have read it, but it is clear that they did not understand it.

headjames.substack.com/p/the-claw

The Claw

From the God who waits, and in time takes all things

headjames.substack.com

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 2d

Onedrive 26, Onedrive 28, Onedrive XP, Coegi, Onedrive 10....

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 2d

I doubt people arriving in the office the next day after a longer night in the pub will be boosting growth in their workplace!

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 2d

Hannah Fry knows five words to make you happy.

A bit more economical than the Technomage's 14 words?

@straczynski.bsky.social
@fryrsquared.bsky.social

www.facebook.com/share/r/1JZP...

#babylon5 #b5

www.facebook.com

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 4d

The media reminds me of watching a download progress on a 56k modem connection.
An unwatched download never completes...

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 6d

Just finished The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves.
Now: Dead Beat by Val McDermid.
This was published in 1992, set in Leeds, Bradford and Manchester. At the same time I was studying at the University of Huddersfield. I can relate both to the computer technology of the time and the location.

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 9d

It's National Poetry Day, so here's something that knocks the Vogons down into fourth place.

headjames.substack.com/p/the-claw

#happypoetrydayuk #nationalpoetryday #poetry

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 10d

On a light-hearted TV Gameshow the question 'whose books were the most shoplifted from book stores last year?' came up.

Terry Pratchett, one of the contestants, buzzed, and answered 'Mine!'.

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 14d

He's not happy you've scuppered his plans.

Bert - the puppet - from Sesame Street, standing with his arms crossed, looking unhappy.

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 15d

I wonder if I have just knocked the Vogons down into fourth place?

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 16d

A very expensive, high-end market-leading CAD system I use, works better with its data folder on C:\ as recommended by their TechSupport.
It's a system that hasn't been updated in 30+ years, with poor usability, and the majority of designers despise but are forced to use by company policies.

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 16d

In Quantum Mechanics, some properties only become facts when they're observed.

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 17d

I watched the 2018 Jamie Fox version in French, which made it a little funnier at least.

I joked to my wife that Marion would now just nip down the corridor and use the photocopier to run off copies of the Sheriff's secret plans.

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 17d

I like Carolyn Cherryh's work and read downbelow station many years ago.

I doubt she would appreciate Ms. Trump's use of her prose.

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 22d

Checking to see if you have included her own, and husband's books, becasue you know they're the best authors ever. Noone writes better then them. They even had Dan Brown phone them up and tell them how great they were.

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 24d

French TV is showing Out of Africa in tribute to Robert Redford, but, strangely, a French language dubbed version rather than a subtitled version.

I find this - odd.

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 27d

The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves.

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · Sep 8

We use a load of them at orienteering events. At one event the lorry with the crane was collecting them at the end of the day when the operator heard a scream from the one currently dangling from the crane!
The occupant must have felt like they were on a journey through time and space!

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · Sep 5

When you're the newspaper that produced a special insight into the island of San Serriffe there's only one way to cover Spinal Tap.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

‘Our songs last three minutes but they feel like an hour’: the return of Spinal Tap – an exclusive that goes up to 11!

Over 40 years since This Is Spinal Tap was mistaken for a comedy, its hard-rocking subjects are back in a legally obligated sequel. Our writer heads to smell the glove

www.theguardian.com

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · Sep 2

SPOILER - It didn't. I saw Halley's Comet on its then return in 1986 on Upper Deck, Crediton in 16x50 binoculars.

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James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · Aug 25

Whenever I need to get my daughter and wife to leave the house I yell:

'Come on you guys, the mice aren't going to hang about in this dimension all day'.

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · Aug 10

Driving off the ferry at Ouistreham, Caen.

Wife: watch out, people here don't know what they're doing.

Me: Yeah, I'm one of those who don't know what they're doing!