Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Curse of Fatal Dissertation!

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Hammer

Don’t panic. I’m just suffering from that eternal blight of students everywhere, the final dissertation deadline. I will of course be embracing my cultural heritage and spending the next week in a whisky induced trance, enabling me to complete this … Continue reading →

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Dungeons & Dragons Releases For 2009

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Hammer

Back in October, I took a look at the next six months or so of releases from Wizards of the Coast, and posted some tentative opinions about them. Four months later, and with a good chunk of the 2009 catalogue … Continue reading →

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Experiments in Vegetarianism

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Hammer

I’ve mentioned in several of the recipes that I’ve posted that the meals that I cook are nearly exclusively vegetarian. This is for three reasons: 1. My former girlfriend of three years didn’t eat red meat or fish. 2. I … Continue reading →

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R.I.P Patrick McGoohan (1928-2009)

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Hammer

I’m not normally one for out-pouring of grief over celebrity death, however one of my favourite actors passed away at the age of 80 today; Patrick McGoohan. Best known for the cult TV series, The Prisoner, McGoohan was a great … Continue reading →

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Tofu & Mushroom Stroganoff

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Hammer

Tofu is an under-rated food. It’s low in fat, high in protein and generally pretty healthy (although the high salt content in your Miso soup can undermine this somewhat). It’s also not a foodstuff that I cook with very often, … Continue reading →

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