Browsing archives for August, 2008

News Jiffy

Uncategorized 28 August 2008 | 0 Comments

Went for a very enjoyable drinkie with the Jonic last night, although I am suffering the effects a little this morning.  I was tickled to find though, that three of the top 5 most read stories on the BBC News website this morning were: Man’s ‘pants’ password is changed Leaking mushroom soup halts plane Spider [...]

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Today I am a jukebox.

Politics 26 August 2008 | 0 Comments

As someone who has a monumentally small yield as a blogger, this is the first time anyone has ever asked me specifically for my opinion on a topic before, but this morning’s email’s heralded just such an event.  I rather like the idea, and while I have no such marvellous tool as Lis’ Alphabet meme, [...]

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Enforced encouragement

Uncategorized 22 August 2008 | 1 Comment

Those of you who have had to put up with the most intermittent blogging in the world will be all too familiar with the fact that I have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to focusing on writing.  Even when I haven’t written anything for over two years (apart from some puff [...]

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Not entirely sold

Comedy,Film 19 August 2008 | 0 Comments

News today that there may in the ether be a forthcoming Bill Hicks biopic movie delight me in the same way as mint choc chip ice cream, but the rumours that erstwhile Aussie nutbar Russell Crowe is sketched in as the lead worry me.  Sure, he looks the part, as Empire rightly point out, and he [...]

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Riggs, you crazy mother…

Uncategorized 7 August 2008 | 0 Comments

No matter how far Mel Gibson has charged into insanity, I frothed visably at the mouth at the news on AICN that there may well be a new Lethal Weapon film.  These films have been an integral part of my genetic make up ever since I used to go to my Dad’s friend’s house in [...]

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Words as pictures

Uncategorized 6 August 2008 | 3 Comments

     I know I’ve become rubbish at updating again recently, a point pointed out to me by my erstwhile compadre, Jonic.  But considering the man hasn’t blogged in what seems to be about a year, it’s like Hitler telling off Eva Braun for ‘being a bit tetchy.’ Anyway, one of the main reasons for [...]

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