The Ramblings of Guise Dugal

Arkham Countdown! Arkham Countdown! Arkham Countdown! Arkham Countdown!
Sho: HI!! So, um, Dugal told me I should do an intro today to start this special week off. I’m kinda nervous, but he said it should be…
Guise: Sho…hey…what’s going on?
Sho: Hey, I’m here to introduce the first blog of the week.
Guise: …and you are dressed in a [...]

It’s coming up to Easter and as is traditional thoughts are turning to fish suppers on Good Friday, mine certainly is because I’m going to see Ed Byrne perform his comedy gig in the local theatre and it’s a tradition that my brother and I have to always hit the chippy afterwards – yes, I [...]

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?

We are going to blow the hell out of those dumb bugs until we don’t have anything left to shoot ‘em with! And then, we are going to strangle them with their own-living-guts!
- Sgt. Johnson, Halo

Over a year ago I made a small promotional video that some of you might remember. DugalCorp had designed a [...]

There was a recent news story that has such a level of pure awesomeness to it that it has to be shared, not least because I know our wonderful friend, Dio, will much appreciate the Nordical connection.
Godly reckoning for home intruder
An intruder received a taste of divine reckoning as he was chased [...]

Almost a year ago there was a discussion in the House of Lords on a rather simple subject between just a few Lords, the date was the 23rd January 2008 and the discussion was on Squirrels. The Hansard record for the day follows those involved as they derail from the raised question of “What are [...]

The internet and common daily language has added yet another word to official language it seems. A word that harnesses and reflects the enthusiasm and rampant joy that is learning about a dictionary adding new words that everybody tends to use anyway. A word that one declares in such a way that it can rarely [...]

Remember the Burger King posh burger from the twilight of last month? Sure, I talked about it in the post Wasted Money Or Food For Thought?
Well, I remember it and I remember saying at the time: they’ve even managed to ignore the outrage that spreads the UK from time to time whenever foie gras is [...]

I don’t usually comment much on the passing of celebrities, but a most recent passing has really touched me. One of my favourite radio hosts, and an accomplished jazz performer, Humphrey Lyttelton passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Up until the very end he was still touring with his jazz group and hosting [...]

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 [...]

I enjoy the PC game Civilization, it is one of the strategy games that I like the most and has perhaps remained one of the strongest of the genre after many years through its evolving technology in sequels.
One of my favourite aspects of the Civ series is that you don’t have to resort to [...]

Watch this, I’m going to quick step round an issue that I actually have deeply conflicting views about. On one hand, I dislike chavvy families where the children are bought up as gym-slip lovers and sexualised from the moment they are out of Pampers, on the other hand, sometimes Japanese interests are quite fetching.
Guess what, [...]

As if the Fantastic Fours foe, The Mole Man, wasn’t enough of a challenge for local councils to tackle in the UK, it appears the threat of evildoers undermining the bureacracy is spreading.
Perhaps emulating the Captain Planet villain, Sly Sludge, a new contender has stepped out and only the anal retentive, ‘more than my [...]

In August 2006, I referred to a man called William Lyttle, who had been dubbed “The Mole Man” for his, some would say ‘eccentric’ behaviour. If you didn’t see it, it’s here.
Mr Lyttle, at the age of 75, was ordered by the local council to leave his £1m Victorian property, originally two properties that he [...]

As if it weren’t bad enough that on any given day I likely commit at least 5 out of 7 of the original Deadly Sins – some multiple times a day. It seems now that should I implement most of my policies and plans, I’ll be breaking even more.
Thou shalt not commit a genetic experiment

The Roman Catholic [...]

I always loved the Dreadnoks, perhaps more than any other group in GI Joe. I loved their rebellious nature, their lack of restraint towards violence and their improvisation for weaponry and tactics. The Dreadnoks were fighters to the core and were a fearsome rag-tag bunch of bikers who could be depended on to raise havoc.
This post [...]

Before I get started, I wanted to state a minor gripe about the inadequacies of some people when spelling scorpions. I can understand one or two people having the misspelling occur, based on only ever hearing it pronounced by someone with an impediment or alcohol problem, but why must there be those who insist on [...]

I’ve commented before on consumerism, young children, sexuality and parental/business stupidity (here and here for example). I’m not a prude, if kids want to be little Lolitas and…whatever the heck a lolita-boy would be…well, then fine. I like liberalisation and free choice, so that is really up to them to choose and, of course, [...]

One of the great technologies that was slotted in to the background of Star Wars in the movies and Expanded Universe was the galaxy-wide communications system, the HoloNet. The HoloNet was a merging of internet communication and television, with the added function of being able to transfer holographic images. This is mainly seen for things [...]

There is always some controversy whenever a council takes action about complaints on how households decorate their property. Stories in the past have included a complaint of harrassment from a muslim family by a neighbour displaying ceramic pigs in the only window facing their property, a exterior christmas tree banned from having lights because it [...]