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a quick hello
Posted Oct 5, 2009
Hello everyone.
Just dropping in to apologise for my lack of appearance on hootoo lately. I haven't deserted hootoo completely. I have just had a very busy few months and simply haven't had time to get back on here. Sadly, I'm likely to be popping in and out of hootoo even more sporadically as the months go on.
Hope everyone is well. I will drop by when I can.
Speak soon
Kaz
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Doctor Who-sort of....
Posted Apr 12, 2009
Doctor Who last night was really good. Although is anyone else confused about how the specials fit in with the new Doc and everything...I thought DT had this whole series to go before Matt Smith takes over in 2010. or am I just having a daft moment...? 
Before Doctor Who, I tuned into Jonathan Ross' show in the morning on R2. I don't usually listen to Jon's show, and tuned in cause David and Catherine were guesting. It was very funny, and the interview with Paul Merton was good.
Hear it for yourself here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jrvbs/Jonathan_Ross_11_04_2009/
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Latest reply: Apr 12, 2009
Christmas greetings...
Posted Dec 24, 2008
Hello,
Just a quick note to send Christmas greetings to all on hootoo.
I've been away from hootoo a fair bit lately. what with work, and other bits and pieces in the run up to Christmas, it's all been a bit crazy, but hopefully will have time to catch up with people over the holiday.
Wishing you a relaxing Christmas whatever you're up to..
Kaz.
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Latest reply: Dec 24, 2008
Song lyrics and their meanings
Posted Oct 31, 2008
Why is it that songs seem to have so many different meanings and can be misinterpreted? Recently there’s one song that I've been thinking about that seems to be able to be read in a variety of different ways, and I wanted people’s opinion on here as to what they thought it was about.
The song is No One Is To Blame by Howard Jones. The lyrics start like this:
“You can look at the menu but you just can't eat
You can feel the cushions but you can't have a seat.”
full lyrics to be found in the multimedia section of www.howardjones.co.uk
Now, on a youtube site, people were saying, oh it’s obviously about being unfaithful. See, I never looked at it like that. I took it to be like an observation of two people who desperately wanted to be together, but neither had the courage to commit, for whatever reason. I might be naïve and missing the point, but that was what I thought the song was about. What do you think?
Kaz.
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Latest reply: Oct 31, 2008
Lost In Austen
Posted Sep 25, 2008
Did anyone else see the last episode of Lost In Austen last night?
I don't understand why so many critics have been quite so vitriolic about it. I thought it was great fun. It was lighthearted and funny and has obviously been put together by people with a great love for the book. I disagree with those who said it ridicules the book. I think it was treated with respect-after all, the whole plotline was basically to put the plotline right: what greater respect is there?
I think it just put on film what fans have been dreaming of. What I mean is, I don't believe there isn't a reader out there who hasn't got "lost" in their favourite book, whether it is Pride and Prejudice, or whatever and fancied being able to drop by into that world and see what it is like. I guess us girls would all like to meet Mr. D too, 
and I presume the chaps would like to meet Lizzy?
I thought Elliot Cowan played Darcy very well (He was so intense he looked like he was going to explode at times-good God his scowl was even worse than Colin Firth's!) and Jemima Rooper and Gemma Arterton were equally good. I especially liked the bit when Lizzy said to Darcy: "but we've been married 200 years!"
... oh, and when Darcy said: "I only smile in private, when no-one's looking..." awwww...
Not quite sure I worked out exactly who stayed and who left in the end, but it didn't matter-I couldn't fathom the end of Life On Mars either, but I loved that just the same.
Kaz.
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Latest reply: Sep 25, 2008
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