Owen

Geek, podcast consumer, follower of Sandwich Philosophy, science lover, humanist & a bit of an argumentative bastard.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

There is definitely a direct correlation between how important the staff are to a business are and the toilet paper that they provide.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

Sweet fuck nuts, if my first expose to Trek was Enterprise I'd just assume the franchise was about incompetent idiots. In a battle of wits the crew of the NX-01 would be defeated by The Boys from the Dwarf without much of an issue.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

JUST finished One Night in Sickbay... over the years, I have hated some episodes, but I have never been so fundamentally bored by Star Trek.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

I'm REALLY trying to enjoy Star Trek Enterprise, but Jesus Fuck it doesn't do itself any favours. Half way through 02.05 A Night in Sickbay. I don't give a shit about the dog, and the manufactured Archer / T'pol "attraction" is making my cringe. Awful. Just awful.

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I didn't get into ST:Voy at the time, but I rewatched it recently and really loved it. Thought I'd rewatch Enterprise to give it another chance. Just starting S2 and it's still terrible. I think a lot of it has to do with my utter hatred of Malcolm. Just let the fucker die!

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

I last had an alcoholic drink exactly 100 days ago.

I'm quite happy with that.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

Listened to the first episode of The Paternoster Gang: Heritage 1 from @bigfinish today. It was so much fun, and the cast sounded like they were having a whale of a time making it. It makes me mourn the TV series that we never had.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

Thank you @ourfakehistory for putting me on to @unspooled and @TheAmyNicholson! I needed a clever movie podcast to listen to while I cleaned the oven and now it's demanding to be binged.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

In fact I enjoyed that new @cine_verse episode so much I have increased my Patreon pledge a bit. Thanks, chaps!

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Another great analysis and breakdown from the @cine_verse folks, this time on #GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3   . Whenever a new superhero film comes out I always wonder what they're going to think about it. Well worth the @Patreon money.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

I think I'm more surprised than anyone else that I am now 10 weeks sober.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

I've got a leg of lamb cooking, I've listened to a Ninth Doctor audio adventure from @bigfinish and now I'm playing #LegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom. It's not shaping up to be a bad day so far.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

Ploughed through the 4 Dark Eyes box sets from @bigfinish a week or so ago and it was fantastic. A brilliant collection of stories. Followed it up with Doom Coalition and the first couple of volumes of the Ninth Doctor Adventures.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

As of today I have been sober for 60 days. Temptation was strong this week as I had to attend the funeral of a friend of mine. If someone had stuck a whisky in front of me I'd have cheerfully necked it. I didn't risk going to the wake, though!

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

Rewatching Thor Love and Thunder. When I watched it at the cinema I thought it was a pretty bad movie. I'm 15 minutes in and need to reevaluate my opinion. It's a fucking awful movie. Really bad. Really Really so so SO bad.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

I have now been sober for 40 days. I know that's not anything spectacular or anything, but I am quite chuffed with my little self.

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I'm not saying I'm never going to drink again, but I haven't had a drink in 33 days and I'm not going to have one today.

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A friend of mine killed herself a couple of days ago. We would message each other every day. I'd send her photos of the food I was making and tell her funny stories. Today something happened and my first instinct was to let her know because it was funny.

[Owen @SkepticalOwen]

Hi, @NOWHelpTeam! How come I can't unsubscribe from your mailing list?

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I'm certain there's a reason I agreed to a weekend away in Edinburgh in fucking March, in the fucking cold and the fucking snow, but right now I can't remember what that fucking reason was!