A wet weekend
Yesterday it rained. Nothing unusual about that in itself, England generally has a lot of rain, but Colchester usually manages to avoid it. Yesterday, however, I saw plenty of the wet stuff. After an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Follow that”
Those, according to the BBC report I’ve just watched, are the words of Mr Blair’s ghost, words that will follow Prime Minister Brown around his new house. I don’t normally talk about political issues...
View ArticleMore than meets the eye
Yesterday evening Anne-Marie and I went to see the new Transformers movie at the cinema. It’s a film I’ve been looking forward to for a while now, remembering the original cartoons and the toys I had,...
View ArticleDealing with the famous
I recently had the pleasure of watching The Queen, the 2006 film starring Helen Mirren, which had been very kindly sent to us by Amazon as part of their film rental service (which is hideously...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lego Tumbler
When Christopher Nolan decided to shoot a new Batman film in 2005, one of the most iconic components of the design was the Batmobile. Over the years it’s been seen in all sorts of guises, and by...
View ArticleMarley and me
My wife likes dogs. Probably heavily influenced by her childhood, which was somewhat dominated by two Golden Retrievers which whom she shared the house. No surprise then that for my birthday treat we...
View ArticleI’m going slightly mad
A is for Alphabet Bank holidays always seem to creep up on me and take me by surprise. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but where most people live for their days off and eagerly anticipate any...
View ArticleApparently Stig
F is for Fast Ferrari but also for Falsity It has been said that the internet is one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, having transformed the way we live our lives from communication to...
View ArticleCooking with Julie and Julia
No post today about Lego. One my wife’s old school friends is with us for the weekend, so the Lego has been diligently packed away and hidden in the garage again until it’s safe to resume my private...
View Article
