When Lions Roared ; Grrrr!

Out shopping yesterday with Mary, I picked up two absolute bargains at an aptly named bargain book store. Except they weren't books.

First off, I picked up a video of Coogan's Run, for the princely sum of £1.49. Secondly, a copy of Then There Were Giants ( otherwise known as World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) (TV)). This bemused me from the beginning. Which is least likely:

Michael Caine .... Joseph Stalin
Bob Hoskins .... Winston Churchill
John Lithgow .... Franklin Delano Roosevelt

I'll post about it again when I've actually watched it...

My paper

My first academic paper; wow.

Obscure vault - yuk! (7)

Slightly Telegraph in tone, but I thought my readership would enjoy: From Our Own Correspondent: Why cryptic crosswords are civilisation.

Weston Hypermare

I strongly recommend that you listen to Nebulous,
starring Mark Gatiss - 'tis very funny.

Russian mistranslation redux

Since a certain Mr Perrin enjoyed the last installment so much, I shall recount my other tale of mistranslation:

In the days before Babelfish, the Russians attempted to build a computer program to translate American engineering papers. Their attempt foundered, since the system systematically rendered "Hydraulic Ram" as "Water Sheep".