The Blogger Games – Week 4

Oh praise Meerkats! Oh wow… oh… wow. Meerkovia claimed its first ever medal of the Games by taking a silver! The athletes are spared the wrath of the merciless press for a week! Yes, that’s right, they are instead celebrated! But, the competition is not over and we’re on to Week 4. Can Meerkovia climb […]

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The Blogger Games – Week 3

After two weeks Meerkovia has won… zero medals. There will be a major inquest into this travesty when the games are over. Heads will roll. Ears will be tweaked. Beds will be left unmade. Someone will pay. But, before this can happen, there’s the little matter of week three, and another chance for Meerkovia’s athletes […]

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The Blogger Games – Week 2

Last time around Meerkovia… epically failed. It wasn’t just a defeat, it was a shattering blow to the nation. The media hounds sharpened their teeth. Sheep bleated ominously. Geese honked their battle cries. Meerkovia was in uproar. Could our athletes do better in week two? WEEK 2 – SPORTS 1. In Grade 6, I was the […]

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The Blogger Games – Week 1

It is with great pride that I represent the tiny (and fictional) nation of Meerkovia in the Blogger Games. The venue is the beautiful land of the Captain’s Speech, famous for its broccoli smoothies and rocks shaped like goats. For the opening week, Paul, the benevolent dictator of the Captain’s Speech, has set a quiz. […]

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‘Tolerance of Intolerance’

This is weird. This is a notion I can’t wrap my head around. Do we accept racism, sexism and homophobia as part of tolerating intolerance? Do we accept people who espouse these ‘ideas’? Within the Star Trek fandom there is a philosophy – Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations – IDIC. One quick, snap interpretation of […]

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Flexing

Right, let’s ponder something ‘kats. Let’s seriously puzzle over the need to offer up direct, face-to-face confrontations, over stuff said on social media. I get it. Social media can get very toxic, very quickly. Things escalate rapidly when people are behind a screen, willing and able to say things they might not be prepared to […]

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The Livejournal Days

I’d thought I’d deleted this, but my old Livejournal account is still, um, live. You could describe it as a window to a time of… Well, I’m not sure. A time when I lived in Stevenage and not Basildon, a time transitioning between towns and careers, and some observations of my life and work at […]

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My First Podcast!

As I prepare for a special and fun moment on Saturday, I thought I’d get into the groove for it with my first podcast! I published my new episode The darthtimon's Podcast, please check it out! #podcast #StarTrek #StarWars #Nintendo #Formula1 https://t.co/Dxjl23yJSm — Ben Berwick (@darth_timon) September 12, 2018

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A Back Scratch

As Paul from The Captain’s Speech has kindly responded to my shameless request to promote my forum, I feel it only good and right to return the favour and make mention of his own, very witty and funny site! Please check it out!

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Goodbye IMDb Boards

After several years, the powers that be at IMDb have finally decided to call time on their message boards. In this meerkat’s view, this is long overdue. These forums have long been a hotbed of racist, bigoted, misogynistic posts, and meaningful discussion has been a hopeless dream. I will admit to a certain sense of […]

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