After getting all my Star Wars collection down from the loft on Saturday the bug has well and truly bitten me again and money has been spend, though not extortionate amounts, yet. My first acquisition came on Sunday and quite by accident. I came across this Darth Maul bobblehead when I was looking around Model [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Three suitcases of Star Wars Swag
March 20th, 2011
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I used to collect Star Wars action figures and vehicles at the time of the original trilogy, but then in my early teens my priorities changed and I sold off my collection for a ridiculously low price, including my beloved AT-AT. Fast forward a few years and I was deeply regretting my actions, so when [...]
It rained on my parade – saved by a ladybird
March 13th, 2011
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My plan for today was to go on a big walk around the area and take as many photos as I could. I had imagined getting home with hundreds of shots to trawl through and deciding which ones to keep. Instead the day started off very overcast, verging on dark, and after being out for [...]
Found a grub and took some photos
March 12th, 2011
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I had just arrived back from a walk to the local shop and on looking down I saw a grub (or is it a caterpillar? For now I’m calling it grub) on the step. Unfortunately the little fella wasn’t alive any more, so I scooped him up and took him inside to make him famous, at [...]
The Young Guns bubble has burst
March 8th, 2011
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Though the Young Guns films are over 20 years old it has taken me until this past weekend to watch them, even though they’ve been on my ‘to watch’ list for all that time. It’s not the actual films themselves that appealed to me so much but the soundtrack to Young Gungs II, Blaze of [...]
Yes, I liked Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, a lot
March 6th, 2011
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Growing up the Star Wars were my films. I was just too young to see A New Hope in the cinema but I did see Empire Strikes Back and watched in awe as the AT-ATs strode across the snowy landscapes of Hoff and gasped as Vader told Luke that he was his father. Like many children [...]
So I ended up buying an iPod Classic
March 3rd, 2011
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It was less than 2 weeks ago that I thought I’d solved my portable music problems by resurrecting my Creative Zen Vision:M (read here), but that didn’t end up being the case. The Zen battery life was poor, often running out by mid afternoon. I use it for at least 10 hours a day (Monday [...]
I almost sold my Panasonic LX5, but then I looked at the photos
March 1st, 2011
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I’ve had my Panasonic LX5 for a little under 4 weeks and to be honest I’ve not used it a great deal – the opportunities just haven’t presented themselves. I did get to use it this weekend when we went down to Poole and Bournemouth to visit my Mum’s new apartment. Unfortunately the weather was [...]
