Dr Andy Guest
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None here in York either. Though I am glad we got back from Old Meldrum (north of Aberdeen) after xmas before the snow started up there.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
None here in York either. Though I am glad we got back from Old Meldrum (north of Aberdeen) after xmas before the snow started up there.
Had to read this three times before I stopped reading "babestation"
December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Had to read this three times before I stopped reading "babestation"
Hmm - Jedi, Terms Of Endearment, Flash Dance, Trading Places and War Games. I'm really not sure what that says about 2026 for me - some tears, some classic moments and some stuff that will look very dated in the future maybe?
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hmm - Jedi, Terms Of Endearment, Flash Dance, Trading Places and War Games. I'm really not sure what that says about 2026 for me - some tears, some classic moments and some stuff that will look very dated in the future maybe?
Maybe its because I'm older but all by Dad's and Mum's siblings are married. The people they are married to are a) also my aunts and uncles, b) not blood related to me.
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Maybe its because I'm older but all by Dad's and Mum's siblings are married. The people they are married to are a) also my aunts and uncles, b) not blood related to me.
Surely everyone has half their aunts and uncles they aren't blood related to?
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Surely everyone has half their aunts and uncles they aren't blood related to?
WHy stop there, surely its Turing Complete? :-)
October 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
WHy stop there, surely its Turing Complete? :-)
I got my Masters funding because Teesside was a deprived area, not a depraved one..
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I got my Masters funding because Teesside was a deprived area, not a depraved one..
They kill more people than sharks every year :-D
September 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
They kill more people than sharks every year :-D
Be honest RJ, you were a goth way beyond your teen years..
September 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Be honest RJ, you were a goth way beyond your teen years..
Lost Boys and Beatrice Dalle/Betty Blue for me.
August 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Lost Boys and Beatrice Dalle/Betty Blue for me.
OK RJ, one more time, *this* little pig went to market, *this* little pig stayed home..
July 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
OK RJ, one more time, *this* little pig went to market, *this* little pig stayed home..
Woot! I'll be sitting by my front door waiting impatiently
July 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Woot! I'll be sitting by my front door waiting impatiently
But are you holding on? Are you gonna be my number one? :-)
June 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
But are you holding on? Are you gonna be my number one? :-)
Look at dissertation topic - its about making web pages good for people with ADHD..
Never felt so called out by accident :-)
Never felt so called out by accident :-)
June 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Look at dissertation topic - its about making web pages good for people with ADHD..
Never felt so called out by accident :-)
Never felt so called out by accident :-)
Big sausage. Biggest sausage.
May 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Big sausage. Biggest sausage.
Is it cheating to say El Mariachi & Once Upon A Time In Mexico?
May 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Is it cheating to say El Mariachi & Once Upon A Time In Mexico?
And of course one reason things like this are unnecessary in 5E is the powering up of characters. Doing that is neither good or bad but when every party has endless castings of cantrips that give light and food those rules do become superfluous.
May 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
And of course one reason things like this are unnecessary in 5E is the powering up of characters. Doing that is neither good or bad but when every party has endless castings of cantrips that give light and food those rules do become superfluous.
The OSR has a tendency to fetishize a lot of old D&D stuff but they do think about the hows and whys of stuff like this. Rations/torches/resting becoming interesting and tactical/strategic when resources are limited. We don't have to play that way but it can be fun.
May 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The OSR has a tendency to fetishize a lot of old D&D stuff but they do think about the hows and whys of stuff like this. Rations/torches/resting becoming interesting and tactical/strategic when resources are limited. We don't have to play that way but it can be fun.
Yep, 100%. Try to work out how to teach my students to use it, most importantly use it well and ethically. And, given our field, develop it well and ethically.
May 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Yep, 100%. Try to work out how to teach my students to use it, most importantly use it well and ethically. And, given our field, develop it well and ethically.
I grew up in the NE of Scotland, compared to the dirty great seagulls we got the pigeons were positively charming.
April 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I grew up in the NE of Scotland, compared to the dirty great seagulls we got the pigeons were positively charming.
My most recent one of these was one of my students saying she'd spent the weekend watching "some really old comedy show that was quite funny, have you heard of Friends?"
April 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My most recent one of these was one of my students saying she'd spent the weekend watching "some really old comedy show that was quite funny, have you heard of Friends?"
There's a joke here about difficulties in training the leopards means having to put the roll out on paws but I can't quite land it.
April 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
There's a joke here about difficulties in training the leopards means having to put the roll out on paws but I can't quite land it.
So Tron was a huge part of my childhood but after Tron 2 I never thought I'd get excited about another Tron film.
Oh my!
Oh my!
April 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
So Tron was a huge part of my childhood but after Tron 2 I never thought I'd get excited about another Tron film.
Oh my!
Oh my!