A final wee quiz for 2009. I generated this word cloud from the entire text of a novel**. If you can guess the novel you can win a copy of the book. Second prize is 2 copies If you like this kind of Word Cloud type quiz there are another EIGHTY over at www.bimbogami.co.uk based on music and movies. All free and fun. And if you play you’ll make @manicmorff...

I‘m sure my reader would easily have guessed about 75% of these or more. I stayed honest and went for my favourites films to watch, rather than those I pretend to like for the purposes of appearing cool. It was a struggle, I think I need to know about 48 hours before I go as I’ve had to cut out too many good films. The Big LebowskiYou need to get off to...

They don’t make them like this any more. Except, they do. Well, Woo does. Epic is perhaps slightly overused when it comes to films. You can’t argue if it is applied here. Everything is on a huge scale, not least the 293 minute running time across the two halves. Red Cliff is actually two films that were originally released 6 months apart. We’ll...

The time has come to see how I did against my goals for 2009. 1. Throw Some Stuff OutAs previously reported, this went well, although their remains much to do. The garage still has to be reclaimed. But work has started on recovering some storage space. 2. A Great PhotoStill don’t think I nailed it but had a lot of fun taking photos this year. 3. A Complete...

I struggled for about 23 seconds to come up with my regular (ahem) end of year blog meme. Could I top the previous success (ahem) of the Desert Island C90 at the end of 2008 or the infinitely forgettable Best Album Tracks of 2007 (or the Amazon £50 challenge I chucked in at some point)? Shouldn’t be hard, some might say. This year, I thought I would stay away...