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Tag Archives: David Curtin
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today… (Was I Briefly Sexy?)
It was twenty years ago today, or so the papers tell me, that Nevermind by Nirvana and Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers were released. Memory… (and I **won’t** swear I did not have a gun…) … Continue reading
Why Do Ghosts Go “Woo”? Part One.
OK, a light-hearted one this lunchtime. “why do ghosts go woo?” is an excellent question that was asked on Twitter by Ian Rennie to Hayley Stevens, and she, Kimberley Kendall and I discussed it for a while. I always joke … Continue reading
Posted in Debunking myths, History, Paranormal
Tagged Athenodorus Cananites, David Curtin, etymology woo, ghost noises, ghosts, Hayley Stevens, Ian rennie, Kimberley Kendall, Laurel & Hardy, Letter to Sura, phantom housebreakers, Pliny the Younger, Steve Parsons, sympathy for the devil, Victorian ghosts, woo, woo-woo
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Romer Roams With The Romans!
This week DC is on holiday, and having failed to find anywhere pleasant in Bavaria to visit at short notice decided to mooch around the Cotswolds, just enjoying his time off. On Tuesday he called me up and asked if … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Paranormal, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged Black Horse Cirencester, Cirencester, Cirencester Ampitheatre, Cirencester Museum, Corinium, Dave Curtin, David Curtin, ghost story, GSUK, Haunted Inns, Marc Alexander, Parasoc, Roman boardgames, Roman Britain, Sightseeing in the Cotswolds, Tabula, The Problem of Romano-British Survival, Vale of the White Horse Gazette
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Boardgame Review: Ticket to Ride Europe
OK, so this year for Christmas I took a huge risk and bought Becky a boardgame Ticket To Ride Europe. I am happy to say this proved to be an excellent choice! If you enjoy games, whether a hard-core gamer, or are just someone who likes to play something with friends other than Chess or Bridge or Strip Poker from time to time, I’d seriously consider buying this game. Even if you normally don’t like games, give it a go! And do read the review – because I include details on how you can try it out from the comfort of your own pc for free… Continue reading
Posted in Games, Reviews and Past Events, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged Becky Smith, board games, boardgame reviews, boardgamers, Christian Jensen Romer, CJ23, David Curtin, Days of Wonder, Diplomacy, Ed Woods, educational games, eurogames, Europe in 1901, family games, game reviews, online board games, online TTR, railway games, reviews, Risk, things that look incredibly boring but are very addictive to play, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride Europe, train games, wholesome family fun
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Just in case anyone wondered…
I’m still alive! I had an enjoyable board games evening last Friday night, and DC, Tom Nowell and Richard Lay came over for an hour and a half while we played a quick game of Condottierre, a fun card/board eurogame … Continue reading
PM’s Pledge To Flood Devastated Cumbria
“PM’s Pledge To Flood Devastated Cumbria” is a headline today on Sky News. I thought it unfortunate, and wondered how he plans to get the waters to rise above the level of the local mountains. Presumably his plan involves damning the lakes, levelling Scafell Pike, etc etc, and building a huge dyke around the county before letting the North Atlantic rush in? Flooding the county further seems a little unnecessary, given the “Act of God” (though one has to ask which one is intended by that phrase?) which has already done a pretty good job. Still if you are in Cumberland or Westmoreland might I suggest starting to build an ark, and voting Tory? (I can’t believe I suggested the latter…) Continue reading
Posted in Dreadful attempts at humour
Tagged Cumbria, David Curtin, silly headlines, Sky News, Sky News on Cumbria Flood
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The Cats of Normal Terrace: mourning Ziggy
Nowadays my blog is filled with me talking about ghosts and stuff, and it’s probably easy for people to forget that I have a life outside of work, psychical research and religion. This post is about the street where I … Continue reading
The Haunted and the Haunters: the House and the Brain
When investigating a “haunting” there are two main schools of thought in the [[group]]. Continue reading
Posted in Paranormal
Tagged apparitions, David Curtin, deliverance, environmental theory of ghosts, ESP, exorcism, G.W.Lambert, geophysical, ghost investigation, haunted, haunted and the haunters, haunting, hauntings, house and the brain, Morven Alexander, Most Haunted, moving on spirits, parapsychology, person centred haunting, philosophy of ghosts, PKE, place centred haunting, poltergeists, psi, psychic, psychical, psychical research, Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis, Richard Lay, RSPK, S.P.R, Science of Ghosts, Small Object Displacement, Society for Psychical Research, Super-ESP, The Bell Dursley, Thetford, Thetford Priory, water flowing underground
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UK-Sceptics Conference, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, 18th-20th September 2009
The UK Sceptics have announced their 2009 conference to be held at Muncaster Castle, Cumbria on the 18th-20th September 2009. Speakers include Chris French and Chris Roe, but also interestingly John Walliss on mediumship and amazingly Nick Pope – yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Debunking myths, Paranormal, Reviews and Past Events
Tagged Chris Roe, cult movies, Cumbria, David Curtin, Debunking, fun event, John Walliss, Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Nick Pope, parapsychology, psi, sceptic conference, sceptic events, Scepticism, sceptics, skepticism, skeptics, UFO, uk-sceptics
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"And sometimes he's so nameless" 
Wheelchairs, brothels and community spirit!
OK, it seems like forever since I last wrote. I stopped blogging during the election, and it has proved hard to start up again, but I suppose I will slowly get back in to it. Part of the reason is I have been so incredibly busy with the old lady down my street who I have long been friends with; we know go for an hour long walk every evening, and her cup of tea every night takes another hour, with frequent visits during the day eating up my spare time. She’s lovely but the endless phone calls as she has become forgetful do drive me mad! Still I guess this is part of the “big community” we hear so much about — I’m lucky enough to live in a street where people are very friendly, (yes, that includes very much the really nice folks from the brothel that used to be down the road till the big police raid a couple of years back — not that I ever twigged it was a brothel till the police kicked the door in, and I lived next door to it!), and spend a lot of time talking to one another and helping one another out. Continue reading →