The Ramblings of Guise Dugal

I recently touched on my desire for my own personal recording device in the form of a robot camera that could follow me around and capture all those little moments that always seem so awesome and worth sharing, but which never come across as any more than a “eh, you had to be there” in [...]

BollShit Marathon!!BollShit Marathon!!BollShit Marathon!!BollShit Marathon!!BollShit Marathon!!BollShit Marathon!!BollShit Marathon!!
They said it shouldn’t be done. They said it couldn’t be done. They said the merest thought of doing it was an afront to God and Man. They said if I kept scratching it would leave a scare. They said to come on in because dinner would be [...]

Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night!
So for Friday night I decided that I was going to have a night of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and wanted to write about something that always stuck with me about the movie.
No, it isn’t a review of the movie, as [...]

Good Friday the 13th by *GuiseDugal on deviantART

Toys and superheroes are a sure fire bet, whenever a cartoon series with a cool character comes along you can guarantee there will most likely be some kick-ass toys to accompany it – by the way, still looking for Ben10’s Gwen, GI Joe Dreadnoks and a Cyclonus that doesn’t fall about mid-transformation.
DC have always had [...]

“What gives you the right? What’s the difference between you and me?!”
“I’m not wearing hockey pads.”
The Dark Knight

If there is one thing that Higglytown Heroes teaches us, it is that everyone is a hero in there own right. Alright, so maybe doctors, police and firefighters train to hone their skills but don’t get to [...]

In a not-so-secret lab in Scotland, scientists have seen the first results of a program to breed a covert bio-weapon. One ‘asset’ is capable of killing 200 using a highly honed death touch. Just what is Scotlands plan for these bio-weapons and what are our hopes for survival?

Over the Christmas period last year, while making some new friends in the Box 23 threads over at X-Entertainment.com (Not a porn site), I happened to mention in passing an idea I had for a childrens version of the Saw movie series. The storyline in this version featuring a young schoolchild in the role of [...]

Ok, so Day 3 was delayed. In part this was because I was having a hard time deciding how to write this entry for best effect – an internal arguement over which was better, location or individual, that I still debate and will continue to wonder afterwards – and another part, I just felt lazy [...]

I’ve procrastinated a long time on this one, I admit. I’ve been rather pre-occupied with other things and random thoughts. Some of you, I know, have been waiting patiently; others have been waiting impatiently; and, some couldn’t really care less. The latter will probably find this most appealing because I’m not quite sure how to [...]

Guise Dugal: Kyah! (Drops from the ceiling dressed in black hoodie, pants and black towel wrapped around neck)
Dugal Dugal: Holy cr…
Guise: Hi?
Dugal: Dude, what the hell?! Where’d you come from, and what the hell is up with you voice?
Guise: Ah…you noticed my manly, gravelly growl?
Dugal: It sounds like strep…
Guise: No, I’m…BatRogue! I talk like this [...]

I pulled a Dark All-Knighter last night. What is a Dark All-Knighter? Well, that is where someone spurred on by the pure joy of seeing The Dark Knight before they’ve even watched it, books to have the day following viewing off work and intends not to sleep but to blow an entire night in furious [...]

Rich Hall pointed out on television this one time how, despite his vast wealth, you never really see Bill Gates smile. See, billionaires who are happy and jovial are nearly always publicity hungry and constantly one with the crowd, Bill Gates is a grumpy sod because of a secret. Deep inside he’s had either childhood [...]

There had to be a ‘villain’ post today, I couldn’t just post about Loli and Fast Food. I needed to cover another arch-villain in the UK, and I chose Darth Vader! No, not the British giant David Prowse from down in Devon, but more a Welsh imitator.
There is so much to this story, it’s hard [...]

After reviewing the films available between March and April 2008 at my local cinema, I decided to use the free tickets I won recently to go see the Jack Black comedy Be Kind Rewind. As is usual for me, I went in the off-time while schools and college were still in class, and unsurprisingly at [...]

There’s an old email forward that tells the story of confectionary love, it reads:
Mr Cadbury and Ms Rowntree went off for the weekend.
It was After Eight. She was from Quality Street. He was a Fishermans Friend.
On the way they stopped at a Yorkie Bar. He had a Rum and Butter. She had a Wine Gum. [...]

A little slice of real life now, to make a change from my usual ramblings.
I like free stuff. I’m part of online market research panels for money, I collect loyalty points when I shop and I enter competitions like a mad man. Free stuff, to me, is the most awesome concept in the history of [...]

Before I start, I’d just like to make a confession: Guise Dugal has never watched an episode of Lost.
Well, I put it off but I’m going to do it. I’m going to talk about Cloverfield.
Now, it’s very hard to talk about Cloverfield and not spoil it, I know this first hand as Americans were all [...]

So, what did I do today?

Yeah!

Being born in 1981, I grew up in what I’d consider one of the Golden Ages for children’s toys. As a child there was always a new fad to get in to and a new idea just emerging to take over from that one. Regrettably, there were two things standing in my way from fully [...]