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  1. Themistocles

    Scariest Book Ever?

    I actually had nightmares for a while after reading "The Terrible Tudors" from the Horrible Histories series. I kept thinking that Tudor-style executioners would chop off my head when I was asleep. I was, however, around 6 years old at the time.
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    What's your favourite events?

    Christmas, because (A) I'm a Christian, (B) it's a time when all the family comes together and the source of many happy memories, (C) you don't feel guilty because you're the only one getting presents and (D) it's in winter, and winter is the best of seasons. The only good point about...
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    when you found out the truth.

    Whoever thought that Jesus was an eternal baby? Since I was tiny I've been making easter gardens on Good Friday, replete with cross-endowed Golgotha and Joseph of Arimathea's tomb. Okay, so I was a morbid infant. Otherwise I think it was just a gradual realisation, none of those things came...
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    My next book?

    Uuuurrgh, just spent too long writing about postmodernism and its impact upon the study of history (if indeed there is such a thing) in my AEA history exam. Now my hand hurts.
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    My next book?

    If you want a real break from length, why not try a book of short stories? Two of my personal favourite collections of such works are Asimov's Robot stories (try the Complete Robot) and Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious and macabre tales (umpteen different selections to choose from).
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    Plans for the weekend?

    Well, that's most of the coursework out of the way, but I have a big history exam on Monday. Guess how I'll be spending tomorrow then.
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    Euro 2004

    What a tremendous shame, England won't be the best in Europe at kicking a pig's bladder through a metal frame for another 4 years. Excuse me if I don't slit my wrists right away.
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    Plans for the weekend?

    Large amounts of coursework for school, including a few amendments to a biology analysis and an essay on environment and pathetic fallacy in "Oliver Twist." How thrilling.
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    Paradise Lost: Book III (lines 325-345) Question

    Surely this bit, however, is in fact derived from the Bible? "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. ...He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation ch...
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    favourite actors/actresses

    Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Michael Gambon, Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett are some of my favourites.
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    Best short story

    "Let's get together" by Isaac Asimov is a very funny tale of Cold War paranoia, but with robots and a twist, so that would be one of my favourites.
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    Other forums?

    I'm a regular at the PC Gamer UK forum and also visit the LucasFans forum (linked from the Scumm Bar).
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    I don't ask for much .. (pic heavy)

    My dad works in A&E (I believe that's ER to you American types) and so I have no desire whatsoever to ride a motorbike. He's dealt with one too many casualties from that line.
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    Movie Score / Soundtracks

    At school I deal with all the technological doodads for assembly, so at final assembly I'm going to strike that up over the PA when the headmaster walks in! (Imperial March that is, obviously.) Now if only I could find a phalanx of sith guards.
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    I don't ask for much .. (pic heavy)

    Bowler, anyone? A Land Rover 4x4 chassis with a 5 litre V8 engine. THAT is a car. I would link, but I'm lazy.
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    hi, I'm bobby, I'm 20 and I just love to play those goddamn video games!

    My sister's boyfriend brought around his PC today. a 3gHz Pentium 4 (overclocked to 3.6, naturally,) about a gig of DDR 400 RAM, a 200gB serial-88 hard drive. It only had a 64mB GeForce 2 in the graphics department, but otherwise, top-notch. Fast. Very fast. My only problem was that all my games...
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    Movie Score / Soundtracks

    Ooooh! How could I forget John Williams' Star Wars OSTs! *Hums Mos Eisley cantina band theme*
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    I would never have guessed in a million years....!!

    Robert Harris' 'Enigma' really threw me, both with the revelation of the guilty party and the actual ending.
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    Movie Score / Soundtracks

    I love the LotR OSTs, and the Matrix soundtrack is very good indeed as well. However, some that definitely deserve a mention are Joe Hisaishi's scores for numerous Hayao Miyazaki films, especially Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away-they are absolutely beautiful.
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    tv or not tv

    The only reason you would ever require a TV are to serve as a GameCube monitor and to watch DVDs. This, therefore, is what I use my TV for!
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