Anyone got my copy of “The Player of Games” by Ian M Banks?
I seem to have misplaced by copy. Bummer - its the best book to start on the “Culture” series, even though its the second one. Probably I’ve lent it to one of you ungrateful plebs.
On Friday night the Team Bondi crew assembled en-masse at The Dodgy Local ( The Lord Wolseley ), a great little pub only a few hundred cubits from the office.
Fortune was beaming her toothy grin at me that night, because my first attempt to win the famous aussie meat tray was blessed with resounding success. [...]
http://www.honda.co.uk/civic
There’s a little bit of flash to wade through. Click the “watch” option at the bottom to see the ad.
It worked on me - I damn well want one now.
Look, I’ve never been to one of these things, but after seeing the DVD of the finalists, and hearing about the winners, I’m appalled at people’s poor taste in movies.
In particular, I thought “The Sister” and “Snakepit” were completely pointless, and had no technical or artistic merit. I can only guess that they were shown [...]