writing and writing
It's been a strange summer. It can't be the first year I haven't had a holiday, but it's the first year that a global pandemic has forced me to cancel my holiday and stay at home for month after month.…
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Audio Technica SR5BT
I haven't written a product review for quite a while, so I thought I'd review the Audio Technica headphones I bought in October.…
spaced out on synths
Any of my friends who have spent much time in either my dwelling or my car, have probably noticed that a lot of the music I like is low on singing and drums, and high in synthesizers, particularly those fuzzy old analogue synths.…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
End of Season 7 (7.12 - 7.22) 7.12 Potential The second half of season 7 starts like the first did, with lessons. SPIKE: do you think I care about a fair fight? VI: No, no sir. You…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Start of Season 7 (7.1 - 7.11) 7.1 Lessons Lessons about slaying, incorporating a little self-knowing dig. DAWN: But he's new. He doesn't know his strength. He might not know all those fancy martial arts skills they…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
End of Season 6 (6.12 - 6.22) 6.12 DoubleMeat Palace Unusually, we start with some description of events we haven't seen - visiting the trio's den only to find they're gone. BUFFY: Wow. They're all so identical.…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Start of Season 6 (6.1 - 6.11) 6.1 Bargaining, part 1 The first half of the episode is just establishing that the team is working as a team (including Spike), led by Willow. Dawn is in school…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
End of Season 5 (5.12 - 5.22) 5.12 Checkpoint We see Glory in a feeble and weak state before she is helped to "drink" another postman, which might help to explain why she's been around for 11…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Start of Season 5 (5.1 - 5.11) 5.1 Buffy vs Dracula We see Sunnydale's beach again, for the first time since high school. As it's close enough for the high school students to hang out at after…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
End of Season 4 (4.12-4.22) 4.12 A New Man The issue of Giles not particularly having anything to do is finally to the fore. BUFFY: Giles was the librarian at my high school. RILEY: Ah, I've seen…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Start of Season 4 (4.1-4.11) 4.1 The Freshman Willow has a super-cute new haircut and the first 10 minutes are about how much more at home she is at university than Buffy is. They visit the library,…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
End of Season 3 (3.12-3.22) 3.12 Helpless Apparently Faith isn't interested in "proper training". Also, being older than Buffy, it's possible she would have known about the 18th birthday slayer test if she had been around. BUFFY:…