Clifford Remembers the late, great Leonard Nimoy who died last month.
I hope people don't take this as insincere, because that certainly isn't how it is intended. I love Star Trek, more than Clifford and Nimoy is a huge part of that. I wasn't very quick off the mark with a tribute, but the thing is I wasn't sure what to do. And then as the days went on, the more stories about Nimoy that I hadn't heard came out the more I realised how much I was going to miss him.
His cultural impact should not be underestimated, Leonard Nimoy was a big part of what kept Star Trek an intelligent force in television and particularly in the motion pictures. He helped keep it honest. His story was far more than just pointed ears, "live long and prosper" and that salute we've all tried (go on, be honest). This is also the man who passed on Spock's advice to a mixed race teenage girl and ensured equal pay for Nichelle Nichols.
Thank you, Leonard.
Saturday, 7 March 2015
Friday, 6 February 2015
Twitter Twatter #9
June.
It would be a while before I saw Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets, but thankfully it would not disappoint:
On the 12th and 13th of June 2014, to tie in with the beginning of the Football World Cup, a free issue of Rupert Murdoch agenda organ The Sun was distributed by the Royal Mail to 22 million homes in England. It was offensive, racist, jingoistic and apparently illegal:
Flight? It's all done with ladders... http://t.co/KvILsMGwr9
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 1, 2014It would be a while before I saw Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets, but thankfully it would not disappoint:
Terry is the unofficial star of @PulpTheFilm help us find him in time for the premiere #findterry pic.twitter.com/iGSvVjTqbt
— Pulp The Film (@PulpTheFilm) June 6, 2014"Iwannamake a movie, so let's star in it together." Incredibly jealous of everyone seeing #PulpTheFilm today.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 7, 2014RT @TheJoeHarland: Hammersmith Broadway pays respects. R I P Richie. pic.twitter.com/Yy0pxjJxUW
— Jason Arnopp(@JasonArnopp) June 10, 2014pic.twitter.com/6zq0UEczpB
— jock (@jock4twenty) June 10, 2014pic.twitter.com/BKFqsAyv4H
— jock (@jock4twenty) June 10, 2014On the 12th and 13th of June 2014, to tie in with the beginning of the Football World Cup, a free issue of Rupert Murdoch agenda organ The Sun was distributed by the Royal Mail to 22 million homes in England. It was offensive, racist, jingoistic and apparently illegal:
A lot of people are very angry about receiving a free copy of The Sun , I've decided to treat it as a sociological experiment. #FreeSun
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things learned from #FreeSun's front page: The Queen is massive
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things learned from #FreeSun's front page: Nigel Farragelooks as though he’s going to sneeze into his pint.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things learned from #FreeSun's front page: Harry Potter is tickling Craig Charles’ chin with his broomstick.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things learned from #FreeSun's front page: Amir Khan looks like he’s going to punch Elton John in the back of the head.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things learned from #FreeSun's front page: Also I’ll bet Ellie Simmonds considers herself Welsh.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things I learned from the #FreeSun: Page 2 – When asked, Are You Proud To Be English?, 10% of Sun readers answered “Don’t Know”
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things learned from #FreeSun:#Page3 dropped in favour of piece stating Kelly Brook has “breasts offering what a poet called pneumatic bliss”
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things learned from #FreeSun: Did James Corden know you were going to paint the England flag across his face?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Learned from #FreeSun: Xenophobia like charity begins at home & I quote “Who Do We Hate? France. Argentina. Germany. Uruguay. France Again.”
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Learned from #FreeSun:Tony Parsons ignores Chinese & Ancient Greek for piece headlined “No one else on the planet comes close to our genius”
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Learned from #FreeSun: mock ups of front pages from “our proud history” are joined by three real front pages, Hillsborough goes unmentioned.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Learned from #FreeSun:@TheAlexJames shares pulpit with JeremyClarkson& KatieHopkins. Alex, it'd be difficult for you to disappoint me more
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Appalled by #FreeSun:RodLiddlesays“Obviously, the best thing about being English is not being French. Or Belgian. Can you imagine that?..."
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Appalled by #FreeSun:RodLiddlecontinues "Wakingup every morning to the realisation that you’re Belgian? You’d go out of your mind…"
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Appalled by #FreeSun:RodLiddleends "…you’d start self-harming…OK, I jest – a bit.” So, that's Rod Liddlebeing racist for you.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things learned from #FreeSun: There are 50 great things to do in England including “hum the famous film tune at the DambustersMemorial”
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Learned from #FreeSun: 50 great things to do in England includes “hold a barbecue in weather that could be described as “drizzly”, at best”
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Learned from #FreeSun: 50 great things to do in England includes “take pride in Gotham, Notts– namesake of Batman’s home city”.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014*includes*Learned from #FreeSun:66 English footballers/“proud football history” alongside AlanShearer’s dream team which includes just 1 English player
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Things I learned from the #FreeSun: Final thoughts - The case for Scotland's independence just got better. Get out while you can.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) June 13, 2014Sunday, 1 February 2015
Twitter Twatter #8
May.
Jean-Paul Sartre wrote "Hell is other people" but I suspect without ever having to coax hundreds of tangled coathangers into a wicker basket
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) May 3, 2014I'd be an aloof football manager. I'd sit up in the stand, playing the bassoon
— David O'Doherty (@phlaimeaux) May 3, 2014I'd take a picture of myself wearing this amazing tie by @Pixelskaya, but I have no idea how to tie a tie. pic.twitter.com/XKRGDRkHy1
— Ron 'C64' Gilbert (@grumpygamer) May 3, 2014"Knock, Knock."
"Who's there?"
"Doctor"
"DoctorWho?"
"DoctorWho And The Ghosts Of N-Space"
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) May 18, 2014This guy is fantastic, puts govpolicy on benefits, corporate tax & figures misuse into context & shames the elite: https://t.co/myjfcT2l3X
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) May 18, 2014Hot dog! Jumping from...almond cookies
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) May 30, 2014Hell hath no fury (no relation), like a woman with a nailgunscorned #AgentsofSHIELD
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) May 30, 2014Friday, 30 January 2015
Clifford Lists...Every United State Of America
Clifford takes it upon himself to list every single one of the United States Of America:
Almost.
Almost.
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Twitter Twatter #7
April 2014's twitterage:
A bit more from 'Sunday Sunday':
Patrick Stewart has competition:
I don't remember this, but I'm presuming it was all about gardening-themed Doctor Who puns:
The Daily Mail's sidebar of shame...
Mine wasn't chosen:
The perfect moment at the perfect museum @LegionofHonor: pic.twitter.com/EKUWXNRgmR
— Gabriela Kirkland (@gmkirkland) April 4, 2014A bit more from 'Sunday Sunday':
Regret you left it quite so late. To gather the family around the table to eat enough to sleep Oh the Sunday sleep
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 6, 2014Further evidence that restraint is not a North Korean virtue. pic.twitter.com/Kouo6noNGk
— Strobe Talbott(@strobetalbott) April 8, 2014Sunday, Sunday here again, a walk in the park You meet an old soldier and talk of the past He fought for us in two world wars
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 13, 2014Patrick Stewart has competition:
The Next Generation's excellent take on #StarTrek The Next Generation: https://t.co/ypLUOAOPce
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 15, 2014So, is #GameOfThrones like musical chairs?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 17, 2014"Pleaseput $50,000 into this bag. Abt natural. I am pointing a gub at you." #TakeTheMoneyAndRun
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 18, 2014I don't remember this, but I'm presuming it was all about gardening-themed Doctor Who puns:
#HorticulturalDoctorWho The Lawn Game
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 21, 2014#HorticulturalDoctorWho Flesh And Mown
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 21, 2014#HorticulturalDoctorWho Utopiary
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 21, 2014The Daily Mail's sidebar of shame...
Oh God I think I left the irony on.... pic.twitter.com/fYPokWukav
— Hugh Laurie (@hughlaurie) April 16, 2014Thank goodness they explained this. pic.twitter.com/WFDulZ8DSQ
— Peter Anghelides(@anghelides) April 21, 2014Mine wasn't chosen:
Why let a lack of photoshopskills stop you joining in? I did this on MS Paint for #photoshopwilwheaton #FatherTed pic.twitter.com/EsoXkgL0Fy
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 25, 2014#GreatBritishMenu would struggle to be more offensive.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 26, 2014"Josh is serving rabbit faggots in a reproduction soldier's helmet" #GreatBritishMenu
— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) April 26, 2014I just backed #Fattitude: A Body Positive Documentary on @Kickstarter http://t.co/P64i3DaQxi
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) April 28, 2014Friday, 23 January 2015
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Twitter Twatter #6
No one asked for them but here are my Twitterings from March 2014. Now with embedded tweets. I'm learning all the time.
I struggled with the philosophical questions of the age...
Tony Benn died. The world is poorer for it.
Here, I decided to post the lyrics to Blur's 'Sunday Sunday' on...you guessed it...Sundays. What I didn't consider when I was blithely copying and pasting was that I had copied from an American website with the very unBritish spelling of Color. Still 140 characters, I suppose it saved me one.
Here's the photo that the link would have taken you to:
I struggled with the philosophical questions of the age...
How did Megatron fit into Starscream's hand in #Transformers?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 1, 2014
It's World Book Day, but spare a thought: where would we be without World Bookmark Day?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 6, 2014
Just watched #StarTrek's The Man Trap: why was there never an episode set on Wrigley's Pleasure Planet?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 10, 2014
At the risk of appearing it: why does dense mean stupid? Surely if something is dense it is complex, interesting and worth delving into...
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 13, 2014
And another thing, where does Optimus Prime's trailer appear from when he transforms? #Transformers
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 13, 2014
Tony Benn died. The world is poorer for it.
I don't know if I want to live in a world without Tony Benn in it.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 14, 2014
Here, I decided to post the lyrics to Blur's 'Sunday Sunday' on...you guessed it...Sundays. What I didn't consider when I was blithely copying and pasting was that I had copied from an American website with the very unBritish spelling of Color. Still 140 characters, I suppose it saved me one.
Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire You read the colorsupplement, the TV guide You dream of protein on a plate
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 23, 2014
The Enormous Crocodile Clip #RuinAChildrensBook
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 25, 2014
Remember that scene when #DoctorWho tried to bite off Davros' finger?: http://t.co/ClcPDylWvj
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 30, 2014
Here's the photo that the link would have taken you to:
Don't Get Done, Get Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) March 31, 2014
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