George Bell

'Tis the season to be sneezing, apparently...

Given it's what he's been doing for over 20 years, it does feel quite cruel to the others to have a task that's basically "Make a weird short film" when Reece Shearsmith is taking part.

#taskmaster

While I've traditionally been annoyed by those "Skeleton Spider" decorations you sometimes see around this time of year, I'm starting to think that the actual terror is the thought of a spider with an endoskeleton...

Oh, that's an interesting development!

A screenshot of Pokémon Legends: Z-A showing four people standing in a hotel lobby. A text box reads: "Lida: You ready for a strategy meeting? > Let's Start > Gimme a minute"

Finally, a game that lets you roleplay as middle management!

#Pokemon

Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):

Idea for a novel:

What if, instead of all the ills of the world, Pandora's Box contained all eels of the world...

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

You know, the bar in this theatre is the first time I've heard Pump Up The Jam without it being introduced by Philomena Cunk

What I can't work out is if it has the crunch I'd expect from that flavour and, if it does, if that's a good thing

Well, that's something that I've just seen with my eyes...

Going to be having nightmares tonight

A great story! There's also a truly incredible pun in there that I won't spoil for people, but every now and then I remember it and have a little chuckle

That is a team task for the ages! Really enjoying the two teams this series

#Taskmaster

A sheep in a bus shelter in the Highlands of Scotland. It looks a lot like the sheep in Alien: Earth which is the host of the T. Ocellus parasite.

Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025)

Really looking forward to this. When it was first announced I only really knew Irwin Allen from Lost in Space but, as I said to @twilightstreets.bsky.social at Big Finish Day, the first one instantly sold me on the premise and I can't wait to hear what happens next!

Oh yeah, those are some funny competitors!

#Taskmaster

Now I'm no genetic engineer, but I think giving a Capybara the spines of a Hedgehog would be a great idea

Don't think so, are you thinking of his Costa joke?

"Medium latte, please"

"Want to upgrade to a large for 50p?"

#IndianaJones #OrderOfGiants

Excellent writeup. I hope Liam is giving that ostrich some extra ostrich treats

BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

Quite early in this I thought "Oh, someone's getting a sympathy vote from me", but he was able to come back from some setbacks and even removing the way he was treated he ended up drafting the collection I'd most want...

Yeah, watching that I was thinking "That's got to be deliberate"

Donkey Kong, in a menu choosing neckwear. One entitled Soggy Cravat is currently highlighted

I think one of the most cursed combinations of words I've seen this year has to be "Soggy Cravat"...

#DonkeyKongBananza

We've all had days like it

The meme of the chap in the red shirt sweating over which button to press. One is labelled "Start a podcast", the other "Actually try again with a better CRM". The caption at the top says "We've all been there..."

Just got served what is possibly the least relatable ad ever on Reddit...

The cover of the book Rescuing Ruby by Nicola Baker

What do we think, a children's book or a guide to exception handling in Ruby?

Github Issue: Coughing in my microphone causes segfault.

Virus protection

Now I'm not saying I'm middle aged...

But I've decided to experiment by doing my weekly shop on a Friday evening rather than Saturday morning and that is legitimately exciting to me!

Me, showing off a side project from like a decade ago to some friends

(Oh, I do love a good editor like this)