Ian Gregoire (Author)

#FunFact: If everyone had just listened to Jack Bauer the TV show 24 would be called 12 because every crisis would have been averted in half the time. 🤓

#MustSeeTV #TVSeries #TVShow #TVSky

A Novel Solution To My Reading Problem As someone who has been an avid reader since childhood, it is embarrassing to admit that I am in the midst of protracted reading slump that began in 2020 with the arrival of the global Covid…

I’ve been experiencing a protracted reading slump since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020. This week I finally decided to take steps to overcome it.

#Blog #BlogPost #Hobby #Entertainment #NewBlogPost #PersonalBlog #Reading

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YouTube video by Third Age Podcast Third Age Babylon 5 Podcast - Soul Hunter - Episode 2

Even allowing for Meike being a first time viewer, I don’t know how the trio managed such a comprehensive discussion on “Soul Hunter” without going into spoiler territory about the foreshadowing that will have great significance later on. #ThirdAgePodcast

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What an excellent way to spend a Sunday afternoon. It’s a shame there were never more than three Indiana Jones films made. 😉

Congratulations John Hodson (@mgcroadster.bsky.social)!!! You are the 25th person to be added to my #blocklist aka the Roll Call Of Shame. 🥳

YouTube video by Third Age Podcast Third Age Babylon 5 Podcast - Midnight on the Firing Line - Episode 001

A surprisingly deep and insightful discussion of the Season 1 opener, "Midnight On The Firing Line", makes it clear that the three hosts are willing and able to delve deep beneath the surface of an episode as they progress through the show. #ThirdAgePodcast

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Does #Bluesky seriously expect users in the UK to hand over their personal data to a third party in the US just to use the chat function? Fortunately, I have a #VPN to bypass this nonsense, but others may not realise this is an option. 🤦‍♂️

Throwing your lot in with Amazon exclusivity only helps to entrench its dominance of the market. As most authors claim to be opposed to this I’ve never understood why so many of us choose to enable this outcome.

If you live in London, and you’ve never seen Michael Mann’s classic crime drama, Heat, on the big screen, don’t miss your chance to do so this September at the Prince Charles Cinema in the West End. #FilmSky 📽️

A great film. I would love to watch it on the big screen again. 🤓

Attention bookworms! This weekend the ebook edition of THE EXERCISE OF VITAL POWERS is on sale for just £0.99/$0.99/€0.99 exclusively at Google Play. 🥳

BUY NOW: (play.google.com/store/books/...)

#bookboost #dealoftheday #ebooksale #fantasy #fantasybook #fantasyfiction #pricedrop #specialoffer

YouTube video by Third Age Podcast Third Age Babylon 5 Podcast - The Gathering - Episode 000

When doing my annual re-watch of #Babylon5 I invariably skip the pilot movie, The Gathering, as I’ve never held it in high regard. Listening to this engaging discussion has made me question if it’s actually as bad as I remember. #ThirdAgePodcast

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Third Age - A Babylon 5 Podcast TV & Film Podcast · Updated Weekly · We are Meike, Layla, and Alex, three friends from Europe watching Babylon 5 for the first, second, and umpteenth time! Join us on our journey through this classic...

If you would like to join me on this journey, you can catch all the episodes of #ThirdAgePodcast on the following platforms. 🤓

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On Monday I started listening to a new (to me) #podcast revisiting #Babylon5. The plan is to listen to two episodes a week (Monday and Friday) until I’m up to date. This thread will chart my progress and thoughts. If you’re a listener of #ThirdAgePodcast please use the hashtag so we can discuss it.

Dear, #readers, if you prefer books that ignore the conventions of their genre I’m your man. I never tread old ground just to appeal to the market. I only write stories that no one else can, especially not ChatGPT. Buy my books today for confirmation. #booksky 📚

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Fellow writers/authors of Bluesky: is there consensus yet on which site or app is the best replacement for the defunct #NanNoWriMo website?

#authorsofbluesky #writerscommunity #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity

And So It Begins, The Dawn Of A New Age Over the past four years, the seminal 90s science fiction TV show, Babylon 5, has been experiencing renewed interest that has helped to garner appreciation from new generations of viewers. T…

As of yesterday, I’m blogging again after neglecting both my author blog and personal blog for far too long. The first new post is about a podcast I’ve just started listening to.

#Blog #BlogPost #Hobby #Entertainment #NewBlogPost #PersonalBlog #Podcast

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Well done! 👍

The Bends by Radiohead on Apple Music Album · 1995 · 12 Songs

Can you believe Radiohead’s second album, The Bends, is 30 years old this year? That means I’ve been listening to it regularly for about 28 of those years. 🤓

#Album #AlternativeRock #AltRock #BlastFromThePast #ClassicAlbum #Music #MusicSky #Radiohead #TheBends

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I watched this film as a young child back in the early 80s and it freaked me out for ages. 😱 I’ve never watched it again since, but I think I’ll have to rectify that in October. 🤓

#BlastFromThePast #Cinema #CinemaSky #ClassicHorror #Film #FilmSky #Horror #HorrorFilm #HorrorMovie #Suspiria

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I’m so pleased to see that the Fighting Fantasy game books that were such an influential part of my childhood in the 80s are still going strong all these years later. 🤓

#BlastFromThePast #FightingFantasy

Awesome!!! 👍

Supergirl! Superman was lonely, so guess what I made next?! I managed to make Supergirl in only two parts. I started with the boots and this time I used pink (the closest colour I had to the doll's skin) starting inside the boot so it looked like it was tucked in and the boot had edging. The pants go all the way up the waist again.

Superman was lonely, so I had to make Supergirl too!
See the story on my #blog

#crochet
#crocheting
#crochetlove
#crochetcommunity
#supergirl
#superman
#costume

Superman! Back to doll clothes! But this time there was more purpose. If you recall me mentioning my Superman loving friend at work, well, why not push some boundaries and explore trial and error to make costumes for the dolls?! I used the same pixel art from the superman ball to make the image on the front of the outfit. I also added a single crochet backing inside to cover up the crossing yarn and neaten it up.

Superman Doll Costume!
See the story on my #blog

#crochet
#crocheting
#crochetlove
#crochetcommunity
#superman
#costume

Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed “The [structural] mechanism producing these problematic outcomes is really robust and hard to resolve.”…

I knew a decade ago that social media was a lost cause. Now I have an actual study to back up my assessment.

#FuckSocialMedia #SocialMediaIsAToxicCesspool #SocialMediaIsEvil #SocialMediaIsTrash #SocialMediaSucks

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Don’t get me started on Labour’s Online Safety Act. I’ve had to start using a VPN this week just so I can have a fully functioning experience on Reddit again without handing over personal info to a third party website I have zero reason to trust.

In other words: #shadowbanned accounts like mine will continue to have zero visibility regardless of whether 10 links are posted or 10,000 links. 🙄

Maybe. 😉

Fellow writers/authors of Bluesky: is there consensus yet on which site or app is the best replacement for the defunct #NanNoWriMo website?

#authorsofbluesky #writerscommunity #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity