Jul
26
Viva…Viva…Oh You Know The Rest
July 26, 2005 | Comments Off
Well, with little fanfare, because everything ended up being so last minute before I left, I’m away. In sunny Las Vegas, though sunny barely begins to describe it. It’s *unbearably* hot. Air conditioning is my new best friend - I mean, we’ve always been close, but now we’re inseparable.
For the second time […]
Jul
21
Beam Him Up
July 21, 2005 | Comments Off
I know I won’t be the only one to have made that crack, but it’s too obvious and apposite when the news is that James Doohan has died.
Jul
21
The Sound Of Silence
July 21, 2005 | Comments Off
Been quiet this week basically because I’m going to be pretty quiet for the next two weeks. “That doesn’t make sense” I hear you say.
Well it does when you know that I’m about to go away for two weeks, and have been up to my eyes trying to get everything done that needs doing […]
Jul
21
Achey
July 21, 2005 | Comments Off
Forgot to mention, I’ve finally joined a gym. It’s far too late to make a real impact on the ‘getting fit’ component of The Manifesto in time of course, but I’ll allow myself that one as long as I manage to maintain something approaching a regular regimen.
The trainer has started me off on purely […]
Jul
18
Sir Edward Heath, RIP
July 18, 2005 | 2 Comments
Sad to hear about Ted Heath’s death. He was so well-established a part of the political landscape that even after retiring there was somehow a sense that he would just always be there.
I always found it easier to respect him than any of his Conservative Party Leader successors (especially the first, obviously). That’s […]
Jul
17
Gay Paree
July 17, 2005 | Comments Off
Well, we went, we saw, we did tourist things, we got our free Harry Potter books, and then we came back.
Slightly less than 24 hours all told, and one of those things that was worth doing simply because we could, and because it was mad.
I’ve made inroads into the book, but I’m no more than […]
Jul
15
Haven’t Googlebombed Anyone in An Age
July 15, 2005 | Comments Off
So here we go:
Is Omarion A Wanker? The answer would appear to be yes.
From Badly Dubbed Boy via Gert.
Join in the fun!
Jul
15
Speaking Of Harry Potter….
July 15, 2005 | Comments Off
…. I see The Pope, confirming his fitness to follow his predecessor’s example in the ‘mad old bastard’ stakes, condemned the Harry Potter books back when he was a Cardinal.
Apparently, the books are “subtle seductions which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul before it can grow properly”.
In other words, they’re […]
Jul
15
How Mad Is This?
July 15, 2005 | Comments Off
(The answer to that question is ‘very’, by the way.)
We’re off to Paris this evening: Me, David, Dave and Octavia on Eurostar to stay in a five star hotel and, just to complete the bonkersness of the whole thing, to get free copies of the new Harry Potter book on launch at midnight.
Oh, and […]
Jul
12
Did I Mention War Of The Worlds?
July 12, 2005 | 1 Comment
Don’t think I did.
We went to see it opening weekend and generally speaking thought that it rocked. Set aside the near inevitability of a Steven Spielberg ending and focus instead on the fact that he stayed true to HG Wells’ story, despite what must have been a studio temptation to give it an ‘active’ […]