A Momentous Day

Something truly significant happened today. Nothing to do with the war, election, politics or Andrew Sachs. The video will be posted soon . . . 

Together at East of England - or attending a grammatical error

I understand branding theory, but is this really an excuse for naming an event something that makes no sense? Surely that's craziness?

22 words - a constraint or a blessing?

I think 22 words is perfect - it allows me to expound as I desire, without blathering. Others are less keen. Thoughts?

Blog Frustrations

Blog frustrations:

1. Nobody clicks on the ads that make me pennies per click.
   
2. I can't get Bonnie Tyler out of my head.

My pride at 22 words

Why 22?

Getting 22 is tricky though. Normally it's 30 and furious editing. This post was exactly 22 from the start. Amazing!

Heights and Radio Masts

Radio masts need to be high off the ground.

I hate being high off the ground.

One of us lost (this time).

One Man and his Marrow

There are some vegetables it is impossible not to play with. I made marrow again the other day, and the following occurred:

My Love of Frankie Boyle

"I could be as clever as Stephen Hawking, if I'd spent my entire life sitting down".

Unbelievable, unbelievably harsh, and unbelievably funny.

More on the Penny Film Festival

I've discussed value in films. 

This week's penny films: "Be Kind Rewind" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly". 

That's definitely value.

Humiliation

Arsenal aren't having a great season, with defeats by Hull & Fulham and worse.

It could be worse: speak to Spurs fans.

Apologies for not blogging

1. It's been a while since I blogged – as compensation I’ll write a blog for each day I've missed. Including this one.
2. As a house, we share our food. Generally it works well -with cereal it leads to a range. 10 varieties apparently.
3. The small group icebreaker was building a balloon tower. The electrostatic from my hair held it to the ceiling. With sellotape.
4. Some foods can simmer for hours on the hob; tomato soup does not. After 20 minutes it had exploded everywhere. Annoyingly.
5. George Foreman: awesome. Bacon griddled is amazing in a sandwich. Great value at £20 from a charity shop. Which leads to:
6. "I’d really like to George Foreman you, you’re so sweet I bet you’d taste delicious." The best line you've ever heard?

Respect vs Love

Gladiator - awesome film but both too long and too short.

Quote: "Can you love someone you don't respect?"

The crux of Christianity?

The Benefits of Fruit

Always eat 5 portions of fruit / vegetable's a day.

How much of the benefit is nullified by adding cream and evaporated milk?

Penny Film Festival

I watched Rambo earlier for a penny. The question: is that good value for Rambo? How do you quantify value in film?

Salt

When flavouring food, how much is too much salt?

When cooking Asparagus (get me) the lid came off.

This is too much.

For those who are periphrastic or pleonastic

If you know that sebaceous means fatty, and robustious means unruly, then head to FreeRice.com to donate to the World Food Program.

Fashionistas

Renowned fashion icons: Dolce and Gabbana; Trinny and Susannah.

We can now add more names to this illustrious list: Mike and Jo. 

FIFA 09

I'm rubbish at football on games consoles (and reality).

And I won 3 games yesterday (I did lose too!)

FIFA 09 = awesome.

Conference Talks

Conferences. Some talks are good, some not, but I've learnt the best talks don't contain the most information, but are consistently interesting.

Lost Lunchtimes

When unemployed, routine is important.

Our house, full of the unemployable and students, watches Lost at lunchtimes. 

It's great at the beginning.