The Internet Never Lies
I noticed that some digital vandal has defaced Boris’ Wikipedia page. It’s disgraceful. I only attach a screenshot of the offending piece as a matter
You’re having a laugh
There are few (and getting fewer) simple pleasures in life these days. This clipping, from an Isle of Man newspaper, featuring a letter from a
The Mummy (2017)
Sam spent £9.99 so we could watch a decent Saturday night film. Unfortunately this Tom Cruise vehicle isn’t it. This version of The Mummy takes
Bobbing about a bit
In a change to our typical weekends (although I’m still not terribly sure what a typical weekend is), the four of us have spent the
One year ago today…
At exactly this time (13.07) I was in Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, A&E. I was being told that I’d had (and was still having) a
Blogathon 2018
I have an awesome idea for next Febuary’s blogathon. Clever. Inventive. Original (ish). Insightful. Entertaining. I’ll have forgotten it before this week is out.
The BMW 120d is a sack of crap
For the last week I have been driving a BMW 120d. That’s one of these: In the not too distant past BMW used the phrase
Four legs good!
The vet came out for Prem’s second scan today. Backstory: the injury to his near-fore Superficial Flexor Tendon occurred in March. Since then he’s been
Horsing about (a bit)
It’s been two months since Prem/Bob arrived at his new home in sunny Leicestershire, and his character is really showing through now. From the gentle
Revolution!
Sam is away on business. She’s supposed to be in Myanmar, before heading on to Vietnam, but Dubai airport was too busy to dock her
Film Blogathon 00/17: round-up
Strictly from a personal point of view, this has been an interesting challenge. And ‘challenge’ has certainly been the right word. In the writing, I
Truly madly deeply busily
It’s been a mad weekend. Friday (though not the weekend) was mad. Saturday was mad. Sunday was mad-ish. I feel that I went to work
Film Blogathon 10/17: Leon
Because we are going to see Despicable Me 3 tomorrow, I felt I needed to step away from the cartoon genre… Synopsis: A hit man
Film Blogathon 09/17: バトル・ロワイアル (Battle Royale)
A long time ago (in film terms), and let’s be honest, seventeen years is a long time ago, Kenta Fukasaku wrote a screenplay based on
Film Blogathon 08/17: Contact
Synopsis: How one woman’s search for extra-terrestrial life changes the world when she decodes a signal from deep space. Based on a Carl Sagan novel,
Film Blogathon 07/17: Tornado Warning (originally: Alien Tornado)
Synopsis: Aliens are lured to Earth by a strange electronic signal, and they appear to you and me as destructive electromagnetic tornadoes (really!). Brilliant high
Film Blogathon 06/17: The House Bunny
I know right? There’s this girl? And she’s like an actual Playboy Bunny? You know? Actually lives with Hugh Heffner in his mansion and everything?
Film Blogathon 05/17: M:I-2
Mission Impossible 2 (An Accent Too Far) M:I-2 is an odd film which features an impossible implausible plot and: An arch baddie with a bad
Thinking of shopping at IKEA? Think again…
A cautionary tale about buying a kitchen from IKEA In the last two years we have had a significant amount of work done in the
Film Blogathon 04/17: Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down, the film that spawned a thousand videogames. Based on a true story (the key word there is ‘based’), this is the
Film Blogathon 03/17: Lost Boys
I watched this skillfully-directed but very badly-edited, film for the first – and last – time, last week. What a difference five years made. From
Film Blogathon 02/17: Pitch Perfect
You know those annoying syrupy films so self-consumed that they can’t see the joke at the centre of their own reason for existing? Well, Pitch
Film Blogathon 01/17: Now You See Me 2
I saw Now You See Me – the first one – a while ago. It was a good fun flick, all about a group of
Film Blogathon 00/17: First Thoughts
Well. This is another fine mess you’ve got me in to. It’s the last time I listen to you. You and your ‘good ideas’. Pah!
New family member!
Last Friday was a special day. We left Nottingham and drove to Sheffield, where we transferred from my car in to a lorry. Then we
June Blogathon
I’ve given this a lot of thought. Young Masher‘s February Blogathon went very well (as one would expect). The reviews were excellent: A Stunning Triumph
On being ‘dahn sarf’
We have had a short break. Dahn sarf. Cornwall being about as ‘dahn sarf’ as it is possible to get in this highly entertaining country
Neighbours (a synopsis)
Early last month I posted an excerpt of a writing project that caught my imagination, in draft, while I was kicking a few ideas around
Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours
I should blog about neighbours. Not the actual soap opera from Australia that starred Jason and Kylie (in which the best actor by far was
New motor!
I have spent the day grappling with a new motorised, four-wheeled beast. It’s a rear-wheel drive automatic. And carries a massive engine delivering a huge
When being quiet means being busy
It’s been a bunch of time since I last bothered this little corner of t’internet, but… I have been busy. I could list everything that’s
Blogathon 28/17: Candles
I’m going to a gig tomorrow night. Actually, that’s not correct. We are going to a gig tomorrow night. We are going all the way
Blogathon 27/17: Self-driving car
I like my new car. I Bluetooth my phone to the in-car entertainment system and amazing things happen. I can read incoming SMS messages on
Blogathon 26/17: Security, security, security
Not just because the current President of the USA is a Russian asset, but because security lives with me every day of my professional life
Blogathon 25/17: Saturday stuff!
Four loads of washing up/putting away. A spell at the ironing board (shirts and t-shirts). A trip to Costco, following by a lovely long shopping
Blogathon 24/17: It’s the weekend!
There was a day this week when I woke up and was hit by an overwhelming feeling that it was a Ferris Bueller kind of
Blogathon 23/17: Doris
Storm Doris Storm Doris has been hanging around in these parts. There have been the usual social media gags Southerners have been advised by the
Blogathon 22/17: Tidy house, tidy mind
There is an old saying that somehow ties together the tidy house/tidy mind as a joined up package of thought. I can’t quite remember what
Blogathon 21/17: Raining cats (not dogs)
No, not this: I mean these: The house is occupied by two girl cats, two boy cattens, three human girls, and me. You can feel
Blogathon 20/17: The Insomnia Paradox
Stay in bed, or get up? And if stay in bed, then for how long before getting up? And if stay in bed, but putting
Blogathon 19/17: TW3
That was the week(end) that was… [insert gratuitous photo here] Like last week, I seem to have spent much of this weekend feeling worn right
Blogathon 18/17: Wise and foolish virgins
You know that ‘wise and foolish virgins’ parable? Mathew 25, verses 1-13? Well this post isn’t about that. Although, here’s a bit of wisdom to