Category Archives: Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life

Stuff you won’t be interested in reading.

Review: Heavy Metal (1981) film; music, sexism and gaming culture.

I’m notorious for never watching TV or movies but I’m currently reading Designers & Dragons Shannon Appelcline’s wonderful history of the rpg industry and immersed in 1970s and 1980s culture. While doing so I chanced upon the cover of White … Continue reading

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Boardgame review: Final Girl – The Haunting of Creech Manor

A quick post tonight: I did another play through of this solo boardgame based on 80’s horror flicks. This time it’s Poltergeist: you have moved in to Creech Manor and very quickly discover that it is horribly haunted. So you … Continue reading

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74, 75?

I was just lying here basking in the sun with Hansine cat, looking at the RuneQuest rpg rules. An illustration struck me suddenly, a line drawing by Luise Perrene or Lisa Free; as familiar as William Church art, something from … Continue reading

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The Letters of M.R. James

There has been a bit of a kerfuffle this week in the Jamesian community after a savage TLS review by A.S.G.Edwards of Casting the Runes: The Letters of M.R.James by Jane Mainley-Piddock utterly trashed it. My problem with the book … Continue reading

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CJ Events at Games Expo 2023, Birmingham NEC. June 2nd to 4th.

Plenty of spaces in my events at Games Expo UK this year so if you enjoy role-playing games or have never tried them do come along. I will also be helping out at the Pelgrane Press stall. You can learn … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Robert Moore, UFOlogist – 1967 – 2023.

Today is the funeral of my friend and ASSAP Vice Chair Robert Moore: UFOlogist, folklorist, and researcher. We are thinking of his friends and family and raising a glass to his memory. A number of ASSAP friends are travelling to … Continue reading

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The Sisters Grene

I wandered in to Cheltenham today to buy some jeans as my trousers are falling apart; on the way I decided to pop in to a new shop at The Brewery, just five minutes gentle stroll from my home. I … Continue reading

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Thought for the day: Poltergeists’ People.

I have resolved since changing my meds and finding myself able to concentrate better to start blogging again. It requires time, and I don’t have much, but I dutifully set an alarm and I get prompts to write. Today’s was … Continue reading

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My phone sounded an alert. Musings on government warning test.

I heard the government test warning at 3pm today – (The air attack warning sounds like…) It wasn’t very loud. More of a whimper than a bang… (This is the sound) Took me back to the 80’s; a gentle nostalgic … Continue reading

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Cheltenham Haunting Part 2: The ghost story continues

Yesterday I told the unfortunate story of a not-so haunted house in Cheltenham, and apparently put some of you off KFC bargain buckets for life. Despite the slightly disappointing resolution of the haunted house case (“Dear Reader; I was that … Continue reading

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