Nebuchadnezzer

Yes, I Am Showing Off
What's the point of reading thousands and thousands of books if you can't regurgitate a bit of learning every so often?
   Anyway, Nebuchadnezzer was a Babylonian king, way back when that was a really big gig - about 600 BC.  He was an aggressive imperialist monarch, which isn't very PC nowadays but back then you could pull these things off if you had 1) a good hairdresser and 2) A great big rock-hard army.  Art Department?

Old Nebuchadnezzer gazing at a ziggurat*.

     And since there were no cameras around then, some of those wacky wargamers can illustrate the Babylonian army:

     By coincidence, the hovership commanded by Morpheus in "The Matrix" is also called "Nebuchadnezzer".

I know, not really that interesting, but it does add a bit of padding

     And tying up all things Nebuchadnezzer, did you know that there is a giant champagne bottle known as a Nebuchanezzer?

No!  She isn't freakishly small.  The bottle is freakishly big.

Doctor Who Serials That Never Got Made
I stopped yesterday in full flow, because there is a limit to how funny people will find parodies of old titles, or ones made up out of spiteful wit.  Anyway, let the botley commence!
"Accountants From The Deep"
"The Tea Devils"
"Terror of the Chives"

The Chives attack!

"Rowboat"
"The Dalek Invasion of Cheam"
"The Wry Boss Operation"
"Tom of the Cybermen"
      - and there we shall leave it for today.  Pitcher, well, too often ...

Just To Illustrate A Point
I know I exploited this cup yesterday, but the picture didn't really illustrate the point too well, being a bit distant.

Never mind the illustrations - it holds a pint of tea.

     Thus, if Conrad mentions "The cup of Pooh" in future, gentle reader, there will be no doubts about what, exactly, is meant.

Coincidence, Part One
As I have probably bored you with already, I'm currently re-reading the "Powers" series by Bendis and Oeming, and have just finished "Sellouts", the first TPB of the series that I bought.
     Examine this picture:

Yes, we are talking to you

     That's clearly Travis Bickle, in combat jacket and with mohican, from "Taxi Driver", isn't it?  And Conrad recalls seeing a similar individual in one of the earlier volumes.
     That's not mere happenchance, is it?  Bendis and Oeming are having a laugh at us <mutters darkly about smart-alex writers and artists>

Coincidence, Part Two
As you may already know, Conrad has finished his Epic Zombie Novel; well, the first draft, anyway.  It can sit and simmer for a few months.  Meanwhile, because A Writer Writes, Conrad is well into the first short story of a planned series set in the beautiful yet sinister East Sussex village of Eden Underwood.
     First story concerns one Niall Bloom, Jewish music enterpreneur, who is buying a haunted house: Number Twelve, Malmsbury Butts.
     On Thursday, what does Katie whimsically say at work?  That she'd like to become an Irish Jew.  Niall immediately sprang to mind.
     What's going on?  Phil**?

"The aliens are manipulating reality - oh no, wait a minute.  You're just potty."

Dabbling (Almost) In Current Affairs
I see that "The Interview" is being released to the public in a limited way, after the following silly little man made a colossal fuss about it, giving it priceless international publicity.

Please do not Google "Norks" at work.

     His dad, King Kim-Jong Il, was parodied most horribly in "Team America: World Police" but wisely kept his mouth shut.  No free international publicity.

Finally
Time for a cute animal photo to drive blog traffic a -

 - what's that sound?  Oh My Lord!  Zombie herrings are attacking!  

Run!  Save yourselves whilst you can***!

*Probably the shortest sentence you will ever read that contains 4 zeds.
** Phil, long dead but still a font of wisdom.  Especially about weird things.
*** Sorry.  Couldn't resist.