For 1 Point - What film uses this as it's central image?
For 6 Points - What is significant about this intersection?
For 3 Points - Who recently had a car crash here?
For 10 Points - Who claimed to have spent time here?
(Had to borrow the photo - mine didn't come out)
I have a T-Shirt similar to this and after Yesterday's debacle it suited my mood, so I stuck it on this morning as I headed out the door taking the girls to nursery.
Once that job was done I popped to Richmond Sainsburys to pick up some groceries and found that they were filming a commercial. Anyway I whizzed round grabbing my bits and bobs and was suddenly greeted with a "CUT! I don't think Mr Grumpy is quite what Sainsburys are looking to advertise as a typical customer!". I had accidentally walked through shot as one of the "assistants" hadn't been paying attention.
I had to smile as I scurried off again!
PS Fake babies look really creepy!
We've been burgled! (Last night!)
2 wallets and my BlackBerry nicked and then they probably legged it as both Jocey and Serena's Mum were up and about a lot in the night, so they decided it was too risky.
The big question is how the #### did they get in?
I reckoned our front door was pretty secure but somehow they have removed the chain, undone a dead-lock and then slipped the Yale.
The door was securely locked at midnight (I checked) and then wasn't at 6.30 am when I came downstairs.
They clearly left that way, but if they got in another way I am stumped to know how!!!
New BlackBerry coming tomorrow, and replacement credit/debit cards coming in 5-7 days. Hopefully my replacement driving licence will come before the trip to the USA as well, or else I won't be driving!
Wow, how dark is the new Batman film!
Serena and I got time out to go to the cinema at the weekend and nipped off to a matinee performance of The Dark Knight.
What a different film. I almost feel like I didn't enjoy it as it is so bleak!
Visually the film is stunning and the audio also rocked our socks off (if anything the cinema had turned it up to 11)!
I can't really fault a single actor either, but for me Aaron Eckhart stood out as Harvey Dent.
A lot of media had been produced around Heather Ledger's performance as The Joker, and I admit it was scarily out of character for him, and an extremely believable performance of a psychopath, however I don't know if it warrants an Oscar. But then did Anthony Hopkins deserve a Best Actor nod for Silence of the Lambs? (Best Supporting Actor maybe?)
Anyway, the film scores 8/10 from me, but if you do go along don't expect to leave the cinema in an upbeat mood!
After Sunday those Doctor Horrible videos will be gone, so watch them this weekend! They are just brilliant. I'll have to go back and watch "Once more with Feeling" again!
Is my Wii Fit Age.
Considering my BMI is about 33 that is a hell of a lot better than I expected.
I'll be working to lower it as I get better / lighter / fitter.
Incident #1:
On Thursday night I was nearly home with the girls in the back of my car when a Van failed to stop at a Give Way sign and did this:
My Car is a write-off!
Incident #2:
Resigning myself to car sharing with Serena until we get a new car, we headed out to work on Friday morning only to find that Serena had a flat tyre! It took me 10 minutes to change it (according to Serena - I wasn't timing it) and I then got everyone else at School / Work before heading to Kwik Fit.
Incident #3:
Hopefully nothing...
Well Serena finally caved in and allowed me to buy a Nintendo Wii.
But how do you get the scarcest commodity on the planet without selling a kidney? I am talking about Wii Fit.!
Nowhere in the UK has them at RRP (and I am not paying £150).
I have ordered one from Amazon.de (95 Euros) with an estimated shipping time of 1 month, but if I find one more locally then I can always cancel.
I resisted the urge to go mad on games for now... I will content myself with Lego Indy and Wii Play (Wii Sports came free).
Whilst we are on the sensitive topics I would like to announce that I have solved one of the age old mysteries...
"Why do Men leave the toilet seat up?"
Women assume that this is pure laziness. Actually it is very good manner!
Men are generally a bit less dignified on the loo than our female counterparts, which means things can get messy, especially after some macho-curry-eating session! There is nothing more terrifying than walking into a gents public loo and opening the cubicle and finding the toilet lid down! Who knows what mess has been left behind my an underpowered flush? To find out you are going to have to get really close to lift the lid! Which is surely unhygienic in its own right?
However if the seat had been left up we would see at a glance whether it was safe to approach or not - pure courtesy!
This could get messy so don't read on if you are slightly squeamish!
I am bemused about the design of some pharmaceutical products.
I was a bit under the weather last weekend which resulted in me being constipated. I eventually had a "break through" but it left my bum more than a bit sore.
Being a man I worked through the pain (so to speak) but it hasn't gone away and I finally resigned myself to going to Boots for some sort of remedy.
I found an ointment and a spray, and also being a man decided to buy both "just in case".
Now the ointment I can figure out for myself. You put some on your finger and then stick your finger where it hurts. So why include an optional long nozzle? I am not likely to stick the tube up my bum just to get the cream to the area that is sore - that would seem like a path leading to "over-dispensing".
Now we turn to the spray. Here I was expecting something that allowed fine control, but no - what you get is a small pump-action bottle akin to an old fashioned breath freshener. How does that help me. I would need a mirror and a third hand just to get close to spraying in the right direction! A better design would be surely something like a Sinex nose spray. Then at least you are fairly confident that your are spraying in the right direction!
Sigh!
First part of the Steven Moffat Dr Who double header is coming up on Saturday...
The BBC are pushing it hard and I am deliberately changing channels to not watch the trailer!
I hope he stays true to form... This series has been OK so far, but could do with a real humdinger!
I was in a rush to get home on Friday and left my car's sunroof open (on tilt).
I discovered this on Monday! After 2 days of torrential rain!
Any suggestions how to dry out a driver's and passenger's seat? I am commuting using a towel to keep myself dry!!!!
I am saddened that Russell T Davies has decided to step down from helming Doctor Who for Season 5. He has done a sterling job and he will be missed.
However replacing him will be Steven Moffat writer of Coupling, The Empty Child, The Girl in the Fireplace and the BAFTA winning Blink. Clearly there is a God! If I could have picked one person to take over it would have been Steve!
