Post was called: "Silliness - Thanks Gareth!!" Admin'd by Jason
Well, I just couldn't resist.
After reading Gareth's post about the dog I spotted this. And I had to post this after James had talked about the subject as well.
Watch this; and you do have to have the music as Gareth said.
I had to giggle!
The quote is only relevant as it come from a very silly movie!
Monday, July 17, 2006
You're going to be bad for business. I can tell.
Hmmm, a toughy to get us started for the remainder of this week.
Let's start with one of my favourite female leads in one of my favourite films.
Let's start with one of my favourite female leads in one of my favourite films.
Feeling Hot Hot Hot!
OK - very spurious quote! Comes from the Gag Reel at the end of a movie! (OK I admit I am a nerd!)
I just had lunch with Alex and walking back across St Paul's Churchyard was a bit warm to say the least!
I am looking for suggestions for a movie quotes theme? e.g. If Gareth picks "Star Wars", and I need to come with relevant quotes for the rest of the week.
Suggestions in the comments!
I just had lunch with Alex and walking back across St Paul's Churchyard was a bit warm to say the least!
I am looking for suggestions for a movie quotes theme? e.g. If Gareth picks "Star Wars", and I need to come with relevant quotes for the rest of the week.
Suggestions in the comments!
It's hot as hell in here. Yeah man, but it's a dry heat!
Well London is shaping up to be damn hot this week.
I am glad I invested £250 in an air conditioning unit for our bedroom, as I find it hard to sleep when the temperature goes of 25°C never mind well over 30°C! We have relocated Lauren into our room so she gets the advantage of the cool air too.
However I wanted to post something a bit more serious on my Blog (for once).
I am very concerned about what is going on in Israel and Lebanon. Clearly the terrorist / militant activity in Lebanon is not a good thing, but does anyone else think that Israel is over-reacting slightly?
Also it grieves me that the US always stand firmly behind Israel. I know they have invested a lot into the Israeli state, but you have to take a step back sometimes and go "hang on a minute"! What is next? Nukes launched into Beirut?
I hold up my hands and admit that I don't understand a lot of the politics or history that is going on here, but from your lay-man's perspective it all seems a bit over the top and is not being condemned strongly enough by our leaders.
OK, enough serious stuff for now... I'm going to fill in some answers to the quotes in the comments fields.
I am glad I invested £250 in an air conditioning unit for our bedroom, as I find it hard to sleep when the temperature goes of 25°C never mind well over 30°C! We have relocated Lauren into our room so she gets the advantage of the cool air too.
However I wanted to post something a bit more serious on my Blog (for once).
I am very concerned about what is going on in Israel and Lebanon. Clearly the terrorist / militant activity in Lebanon is not a good thing, but does anyone else think that Israel is over-reacting slightly?
Also it grieves me that the US always stand firmly behind Israel. I know they have invested a lot into the Israeli state, but you have to take a step back sometimes and go "hang on a minute"! What is next? Nukes launched into Beirut?
I hold up my hands and admit that I don't understand a lot of the politics or history that is going on here, but from your lay-man's perspective it all seems a bit over the top and is not being condemned strongly enough by our leaders.
OK, enough serious stuff for now... I'm going to fill in some answers to the quotes in the comments fields.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
I'll tell you something. If you're as good in bed as you are on the dance floor, then you're one lousy fuck!
Sophie Ellis Bexter found dead in a Paris flat.....
It's murder on Zidane's floor!
(Say it out loud... you know you want to!)
It's murder on Zidane's floor!
(Say it out loud... you know you want to!)
Monday, July 10, 2006
Game over man!
OK, so Wimbledon and the World Cup are finished as is the second series of Dr Who.
Wimbledon was mildly entertaining, the latter stages of the World Cup were blooming awful and the final episode of Dr Who was really enjoyable (even if I hoped a painful death for Rose).
So what now? Looks like I am back to the DVD box set of Alias Season 3 and catching up on a few films.
I have been playing a bit of World of Warcraft which I have to admit is mildly entertaining!!!! I even managed to play it for a few hours in France (in French), although I was hampered by being unable to decipher some of the quest text. As I am having to look after Lauren in my free time, I cannot explore the game fully as far as grouping or longer dungeons but that may come in time.
Wimbledon was mildly entertaining, the latter stages of the World Cup were blooming awful and the final episode of Dr Who was really enjoyable (even if I hoped a painful death for Rose).
So what now? Looks like I am back to the DVD box set of Alias Season 3 and catching up on a few films.
I have been playing a bit of World of Warcraft which I have to admit is mildly entertaining!!!! I even managed to play it for a few hours in France (in French), although I was hampered by being unable to decipher some of the quest text. As I am having to look after Lauren in my free time, I cannot explore the game fully as far as grouping or longer dungeons but that may come in time.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Yes, Pippin, my point is, he's clearly over-reacting. Run!
OK, I need to take a chill pill!
I have added clues to all the old ones back as far as So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!
I have added clues to all the old ones back as far as So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!
DISAPPOINTED!!!! (shoots sofa twice)
Clearly no-one is interested in my movie quotes theme (despite Gareth's last comment).
Do you know how hard it is to come up with something relevant all the time?
OK, so most of them are really easy (e.g. the last two) but I reckon someone other than Gareth should be at least having a stab! I don't do this for my own gratification! (OK I do, but you are spoiling that gratification!)
Do you know how hard it is to come up with something relevant all the time?
OK, so most of them are really easy (e.g. the last two) but I reckon someone other than Gareth should be at least having a stab! I don't do this for my own gratification! (OK I do, but you are spoiling that gratification!)
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Look at the size of that thing!
Maggie, Peter, Lauren and I went for a cup of coffee and a cake yesterday, whilst Serena was working... The slices served were HUGE. Fortunately there is no evidence as Maggie's camera batteries were flat, however I cannot look at another slice of cake for at least a week!
OK - I just wanted to go back to this earlier comment. I can solemnly swear that I have never been served such a huge portion of cake anywhere in the world... and that includes in the US.
I can also state that I haven't eaten any cake since!
The most efficient piece of aversion therapy I have ever experienced!
How Wude!
OK, this is way, way overdue!
We returned from France on Saturday, in time for an England v Portugal penalty shoot-out in the baggage collection hall (so much for avoiding the score and watching the replay on digital).
I have to admit as to not feeling too great (must have been the sweetbreads!) and started to run a fever, and come Sunday I was feeling blooming awful! My throat had swollen up so much that when Serena had a look at it even she was worried! (I often complain about not getting any sympathy as Serena is a Doctor and is used to seeing people with bits hanging off, but when she actually gets worried then it is really scary!)
A visit to the GP on Monday (he barely glanced down my throat in the 3 minutes I was in his office) resulted in some weak antibiotics (Serena calls them the "pissing in the wind" variety) and I skived off work for two days feeling miserable!
Back to work yesterday and found a building site where my desk used to be... bit of a shock actually! Apparently our department were given two days notice to pack up and move out! (Hence the title.)
Anyway I found my stuff including half a Kensington lock security cable - apparently it only took 5 minutes and a pair of pliers to cut through it to free my docking station from the desk - and got my desk up and running again. It still needs a good juggle to get everything where I think it should be, but that takes energy and I am seriously lacking that at the moment.
I had 250 emails to plough through and one urgent situation that had arisen... I may get round to another updated sometime this month!
We returned from France on Saturday, in time for an England v Portugal penalty shoot-out in the baggage collection hall (so much for avoiding the score and watching the replay on digital).
I have to admit as to not feeling too great (must have been the sweetbreads!) and started to run a fever, and come Sunday I was feeling blooming awful! My throat had swollen up so much that when Serena had a look at it even she was worried! (I often complain about not getting any sympathy as Serena is a Doctor and is used to seeing people with bits hanging off, but when she actually gets worried then it is really scary!)
A visit to the GP on Monday (he barely glanced down my throat in the 3 minutes I was in his office) resulted in some weak antibiotics (Serena calls them the "pissing in the wind" variety) and I skived off work for two days feeling miserable!
Back to work yesterday and found a building site where my desk used to be... bit of a shock actually! Apparently our department were given two days notice to pack up and move out! (Hence the title.)
Anyway I found my stuff including half a Kensington lock security cable - apparently it only took 5 minutes and a pair of pliers to cut through it to free my docking station from the desk - and got my desk up and running again. It still needs a good juggle to get everything where I think it should be, but that takes energy and I am seriously lacking that at the moment.
I had 250 emails to plough through and one urgent situation that had arisen... I may get round to another updated sometime this month!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
I don't think we are in Kansas anymore!
Wow! Finding internet access here is St Malo has proved to be a chore!
Serena is still trying to work on her paper and needs to lookup some more references so I pulled out all the stops and found the ONLY internet cafe in St Malo for her! (I looked at 3 others but they had shut down.)
I am touch typing this as I am using a french keyboard and the letters are all over the place. I managed to convince "Le Windoes" that I am American, which gets most of the keys where I think they should be, so I just need to not look down and type on instinct!
The weather is OK. Not particularly warm, but at least it isn't raining. The food is great. Fresh shellfish and lots of crepes & gateaux! Maggie, Peter, Lauren and I went for a cup of coffee and a cake yesterday, whilst Serena was working... The slices served were HUGE. Fortunately there is no evidence as Maggie's camera batteries were flat, however I cannot look at another slice of cake for at least a week!
Serena is still trying to work on her paper and needs to lookup some more references so I pulled out all the stops and found the ONLY internet cafe in St Malo for her! (I looked at 3 others but they had shut down.)
I am touch typing this as I am using a french keyboard and the letters are all over the place. I managed to convince "Le Windoes" that I am American, which gets most of the keys where I think they should be, so I just need to not look down and type on instinct!
The weather is OK. Not particularly warm, but at least it isn't raining. The food is great. Fresh shellfish and lots of crepes & gateaux! Maggie, Peter, Lauren and I went for a cup of coffee and a cake yesterday, whilst Serena was working... The slices served were HUGE. Fortunately there is no evidence as Maggie's camera batteries were flat, however I cannot look at another slice of cake for at least a week!
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Go "Trig Boy", it's your birthday!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Gareth!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Gareth!
Happy Birthday to you!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
I like the French language. I have sampled every language, French is my favorite. Fantastic language. Especially to curse with...
OK the quote is too good to be truncated: I love French wine, I like the French language. I have sampled every language, French is my favorite. Fantastic language. Especially to curse with. Nom de dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperie de connard d'enculé de ta mère. It's like wiping your arse with silk. I love it.
How bloomin' hard is it sort out internet access in France for Serena? Paris is OK, but it looks like Saint Malo is the back end of beyond as far as technology is concerned! The only advertised Internet Hotspot I can find is in the Ferry Port. I hope we have more luck in the centre as I can find out no useful information on the internet.
Orange are no help either. Despite owning Wanadoo in France (now called Orange.Fr) they won't give me HSCSD access whilst we are there (that is old style 28.8k modem access via a mobile) as they "don't provide that service in France". My French may be rusty but the www.orange.fr website seems to offer this service to local subscribers!
I am sure things will be much more obvious and simple when we are there, but it is really frustrating when trying to plan ahead.
How bloomin' hard is it sort out internet access in France for Serena? Paris is OK, but it looks like Saint Malo is the back end of beyond as far as technology is concerned! The only advertised Internet Hotspot I can find is in the Ferry Port. I hope we have more luck in the centre as I can find out no useful information on the internet.
Orange are no help either. Despite owning Wanadoo in France (now called Orange.Fr) they won't give me HSCSD access whilst we are there (that is old style 28.8k modem access via a mobile) as they "don't provide that service in France". My French may be rusty but the www.orange.fr website seems to offer this service to local subscribers!
I am sure things will be much more obvious and simple when we are there, but it is really frustrating when trying to plan ahead.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Yes well, you put your clothes on and I'll buy you an ice cream!
To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people. I've known sheep who could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs!
I am kicking myself! You can call me Mr Thicky!
Since we moved into our newly extended house we have had our ancient portable TV running in the kitchen. It is one of those ones that predates SCART and from when teletext was a dirty word! You have a normal RF input and that is your lot!
Suffice to say that we don't have a roof aerial socket in the kitchen, Serena won't let me run a Magic Eye cable along the length of the house from our living room Sky+ box and all the wireless AV senders I have found only support SCART TVs (SCART to RF signal converters are suprisingly expensive).
I resigned myself to squinting at a lousy picture on the loop aerial (indoor booster aerials are both ugly and expensive for what you get imho). We intend to put an LCD in the kitchen later in the year anyway, so I can be patient and wait.
Well DUH!!!!!!! What piece of kit has been sat in the loft for 12 months and has 2 SCART sockets and a built in SCART to RF signal converter? My old VCR! All I need to do is hook the AV sender up to the Sky box in our bedroom, the receiver up to the VCR in the kitchen and the TV up to the VCR. Bingo - Sky in the kitchen! Why I didn't think of that months ago I cannot say!
Today's movie quote is from one of my favourite British films and is in honour of its star who has announced his retirement.
Since we moved into our newly extended house we have had our ancient portable TV running in the kitchen. It is one of those ones that predates SCART and from when teletext was a dirty word! You have a normal RF input and that is your lot!
Suffice to say that we don't have a roof aerial socket in the kitchen, Serena won't let me run a Magic Eye cable along the length of the house from our living room Sky+ box and all the wireless AV senders I have found only support SCART TVs (SCART to RF signal converters are suprisingly expensive).
I resigned myself to squinting at a lousy picture on the loop aerial (indoor booster aerials are both ugly and expensive for what you get imho). We intend to put an LCD in the kitchen later in the year anyway, so I can be patient and wait.
Well DUH!!!!!!! What piece of kit has been sat in the loft for 12 months and has 2 SCART sockets and a built in SCART to RF signal converter? My old VCR! All I need to do is hook the AV sender up to the Sky box in our bedroom, the receiver up to the VCR in the kitchen and the TV up to the VCR. Bingo - Sky in the kitchen! Why I didn't think of that months ago I cannot say!
Today's movie quote is from one of my favourite British films and is in honour of its star who has announced his retirement.
Monday, June 12, 2006
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Well the hot weather pinned me indoors this weekend, as it was too hot for Lauren and Rena was working. Lauren also has a sore throat at the moment so she was having difficulty sleeping during the day, which meant that it would have been nigh on impossible to play some KOTOR2.
Instead I watched films as part of a catchup session. In order they were:
Assault on Precinct 13 (Remake): Should be retitled assault on the eardrums! Sky listed it as a 15 certificate. I think there must be some mistake! 18 all the way in my books - or am I becoming a fuddy duddy? Anyway it was pants apart from the proper treatment of Psycologists!
Stepford Wives (Remake): Whilst this story leans itself well to a comedy make-over and the cast was pretty good, it was still a lousy attempt with a predictable twist. Stick to the original.
Logan's Run (Classic): Shown on TCM and edited to have the bouncy bits taken out so it can be shown as PG before the watershed. Still a Classic but I missed the bouncy bits that made this a teenage classic! I can't believe they are planning a remake!
Bull Durham: An old favourite. I am weird as far as Brit's go... I like baseball movies (such as Major League and The Natural)! Anyway it was still great and Crash's list of beliefs only didn't make it as my quote title as it is too long!
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Better than I expected. Best for all the in-jokes linking back to the BBC TV version! Not brilliant though.
Æon Flux: This was completely panned so I didn't hold out much in the way of expectations. I don't think the panning was deserved! Not too bad but there have been better films of this style (Equilibrium comes to mind). Charlize Theron is very watchable and the amount of Toupée tape that she must have gone through makes the mind boggle!
I also watched the football, but would have probably gotten more entertainment from watching Anchorman! (OK, maybe not!)
Instead I watched films as part of a catchup session. In order they were:
Assault on Precinct 13 (Remake): Should be retitled assault on the eardrums! Sky listed it as a 15 certificate. I think there must be some mistake! 18 all the way in my books - or am I becoming a fuddy duddy? Anyway it was pants apart from the proper treatment of Psycologists!
Stepford Wives (Remake): Whilst this story leans itself well to a comedy make-over and the cast was pretty good, it was still a lousy attempt with a predictable twist. Stick to the original.
Logan's Run (Classic): Shown on TCM and edited to have the bouncy bits taken out so it can be shown as PG before the watershed. Still a Classic but I missed the bouncy bits that made this a teenage classic! I can't believe they are planning a remake!
Bull Durham: An old favourite. I am weird as far as Brit's go... I like baseball movies (such as Major League and The Natural)! Anyway it was still great and Crash's list of beliefs only didn't make it as my quote title as it is too long!
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Better than I expected. Best for all the in-jokes linking back to the BBC TV version! Not brilliant though.
Æon Flux: This was completely panned so I didn't hold out much in the way of expectations. I don't think the panning was deserved! Not too bad but there have been better films of this style (Equilibrium comes to mind). Charlize Theron is very watchable and the amount of Toupée tape that she must have gone through makes the mind boggle!
I also watched the football, but would have probably gotten more entertainment from watching Anchorman! (OK, maybe not!)
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
OK, so my last post was a bit weird, but I just wanted to get into the spirit of things.
Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack to The Omen still sends shivers down my spine!
I had to laugh when I read that the boy who played Damien in the original has been given a bit part as a reporter in the remake! Clearly the Antichrist has gone down in the world!
Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack to The Omen still sends shivers down my spine!
I had to laugh when I read that the boy who played Damien in the original has been given a bit part as a reporter in the remake! Clearly the Antichrist has gone down in the world!
I have to say that I was a bit miffed yesterday. I have sorted out my DivX woes (cheers G) and even managed to fix the audio problem (missing AC3 codec) on one film, and so could finally get round to watching Angel Season 1 (downloaded as Sky have been skipping episodes!).
Turns out I had downloaded "Galaxy Angel" (in Spanish) which is some sort of Manga cartoon. I was a bit miffed. Anyway Episodes 1-4 were at 96% when I left this morning and the rest of Season 1 was sitting at 10%, so we are getting there!
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
Where's Gareth? Torturing Americans. How thoughtful of him!
My blog has four regular readers (I am tracking you!)...
So here is my first dedicated post to celebrate my biggest fan! :P
Bloody hard to come up with a movie quote though!
Cheers G.
So here is my first dedicated post to celebrate my biggest fan! :P
Bloody hard to come up with a movie quote though!
Cheers G.
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