Enforced encouragement

August 22nd 2008 | 11:10 | Uncategorized

Those of you who have had to put up with the most intermittent blogging in the world will be all too familiar with the fact that I have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to focusing on writing.  Even when I haven’t written anything for over two years (apart from some puff [...]

Not entirely sold

August 19th 2008 | 14:47 | Comedy | Film

News today that there may in the ether be a forthcoming Bill Hicks biopic movie delight me in the same way as mint choc chip ice cream, but the rumours that erstwhile Aussie nutbar Russell Crowe is sketched in as the lead worry me.  Sure, he looks the part, as Empire rightly point out, and he [...]

Riggs, you crazy mother…

August 7th 2008 | 19:22 | Uncategorized

No matter how far Mel Gibson has charged into insanity, I frothed visably at the mouth at the news on AICN that there may well be a new Lethal Weapon film.  These films have been an integral part of my genetic make up ever since I used to go to my Dad’s friend’s house in [...]

Words as pictures

August 6th 2008 | 15:01 | Uncategorized

 

 
 I know I’ve become rubbish at updating again recently, a point pointed out to me by my erstwhile compadre, Jonic.  But considering the man hasn’t blogged in what seems to be about a year, it’s like Hitler telling off Eva Braun for ‘being a bit tetchy.’
Anyway, one of the main reasons for my sudden quietness [...]

Attacked.

June 12th 2008 | 13:52 | General | Politics | TV

As if having a rather unpleasant cold is not enough, I was walking through the field from work to buy a few assorted fathers day/birthday cards, when two pyschotic birds decided to exhibit some rather disturbing tendencies, such as flying in a circle around me as I walked in ever decreasing circles.  After a while [...]