Introducing Doctor Who - Last Christmas... Tonight will be Doctor Who's next Christmas, for this Christmas! If you find Christmas a nightmare, it's time first to watch Last Christmas, where the Doctor meets Father Christmas - or does he? - and some aliens - or does he? - a bit like the Alien (shh, he mentioned it once but he might have got away with it) - and is trapped within dreams within dreams, a bit like Inception - or is he (spoiler: yes)? If it sounds too icky for Christmas, it's also got some of Doctor Who's zingiest one-liners, ...
Sun 25th
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6 words my students consider Christmas words and what that tells you about Christmas in Korea (Cable...
K-Pop group Crayon Pop For the past week, I've been beginning my classes with a warm up activity I divide the students into two teams and have them race to come up with an A-Z list of Christmas words. Though I hadn't planned it as such, this turned out to be quite a good way [...]
[IMG: 12-days-1] On the first day of Christmas, ALDC and Election Workshop gave to me... free artwork on calling cards. Most of us know how important canvassing is to winning but it can be difficult to motivate yourself to get out on the doorstep early, especially at this time of year. The challenge is to talk to [...]
Twitter Here's @Winter__Eevee not QUITE understanding how The Cone Of Shame works Twitter Happy Roxy getting snuggled by @MargaretRigg1 :) Instagram In which @matgb attempts to eat a mince pie with an audience Instagram Grandma has gone home now & Roxy & Spike are sad (Spike tried to get into grandma's taxi he was so sad she was leaving) Twitter ... God I miss the world that had Robin Williams in it. And David Bowie And Lemmy And Christopher Lee Twitter RT @FailsWork: Laying slabs like a boss. Xmas on Spotify In case you need it, here's my punk and ...
ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܒܝܘܡܬܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܘܢܦܩ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܡܢ ܐܓܘܣܛܘܣ ܩܣܪ ܕܢܬܟܬܒ ܟܠܗ ܥܡܐ ܕܐܘܚܕܢܗ܀ 1 Now, it happened in those yawmatha {days} that a command went out from Augustus Qesar {Caesar} that the names of all the Ama {the People} of his dominion should be nethktheb {written i.e. registered in a census}. ܗܕܐ ܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܗܘܬ ܒܗܓܡܘܢܘܬܐ ܕܩܘܪܝܢܘܣ ܒܣܘܪܝܐ ܀ 2 This makthbanuwtha {writing} first happened during the Higmanuwtha {the Governorship} of Quriynus {Quirinius}, in Suriya {Syria}. ܘܐܙܠ ܗܘܐ ܟܠ ܐܢܫ ܕܢܬܟܬܒ ܒܡܕܝܢܬܗ ܀ 3 And every one was going, so that, they might be nethktheb {written/registered} in mdiyntheh {his own ...
Embed from Getty Images I'm so sorry to hear the news of Rick Parfitt's passing. My thoughts go out to his family and friends. I read somewhere that his simple ambition was to be a rock star, and he certainly achieved that in spades. With his flowing blonde hair, typically covering his face as in the above photo, denim and great guitar playing, he was the archetypal rocker. As a tribute to the great rocker I pick out "Mystery Song" here. It has a superb Parfitt lick at the start – which was reputedly honed overnight in the studio after ...
'Tis the Season A dystopian Christmas™ story by China Miéville. (tags: sf )
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