Furniture generally, beds specifically
It's one of two magazines I still buy; the other being Viz comic, the other end of the spectrum.
I used to enjoy Fortean Times too; not sure whether the quality of the articles declined, or if my tastes got more refined. Probably a bit of both
The immigants? I knew it was them!
It is. Poverty breeds ignorance, and with poverty on the rise...
I really want to love it, but gameplay-wise it's got little in common with later TES games, and there's still plenty of things functionally broken about it. Probably my favourite gaming / let's play youtuber is Many A True Nerd, and even he gave up after three episodes. I think it's worth checking out that series for a decent overview.
They are confusing, but I can at least find them eventually. I can't remember exactly what it was that the problem was with my last Linux install... I think my secondary monitor was stuck at 640x480 resolution or something, and I couldn't find a way to fix it that didn't involve the command line
Tldr: no, it's not alien.