Friday.      First full day home.  Eddie Izzard reaches comedy apotheosis by making me laugh out loud about velociraptors with executive smiles in cars.  "I know what speed I'm doing.  It's terribly important.  I'm very, very busy."  And then getting better.  Bruce Willis as Mr. Squirrel on Noah's Ark and how the Romans beat the Spartans by ( Read more... )

How are you doing?  I've spent the last eleven days adjusting.  Sitting down for prolonged periods hurts without drugs (and Monday was nice to see people but oy vey, afterwards was payback!) but is getting easier.  I'm missing my exercise and trying to adjust to the crazy diet that insists I eat three square meals a day rather than continuously ( Read more... )

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Wow.  You go away for one week and whaddya know...

Kezey Kibris (North Cyprus) was lovely.  Sun, sea, food (whoof the food!) and family.  absintheskiss  has already posted on why we're not going to live there for some time yet.  I'm still trying to work out why both parents have decided to live near mountains, opposite gardens with polytunnel farms, only ( Read more... )

The last few days have been a bit off-radar, for which I must apologise.

This state will not change for a bit (big puzzle, small pieces) so here's some old-school Tom Baker Dr. Who.

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In other news, a car has been delivered. This may be of interest to paulbroz or anyone hoping for free parking for the next few days...

So this week was a mix. Wednesday was the assessment centre for the job which get easier the more you do ( Read more... )

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Watched Saw 1 - 3.  Guilty pleasure horror with some surprisingly good acting.  Nice bits of film-making that highlight how you can disconnect people and then bring them back with a bang.  The better mousetraps were there in their glory.  Jigsaw makes a wonderful villain, simple motivation, complex way of doing business and he thinks of just about ( Read more... )

Movie: X-Files: I want to Believe.  Solid, workmanlike stuff.  Duchovny needed to work harder but people have said that for years.

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Barrowman ponders Torchwood sex toy range.