Aye, but I only did it to get a rise from Gil.

Trouble is, I'm stuck at home with the kids so my mind is mush. I also am not getting the stimulating new environments of Gil. My posts will have to be when and where I can do it. Hopefully I will get better. What do you mean I couldn't get much worse?
Highlight of my weekend was actually making it to the pub, if only briefly. It is amazing to me to see how many more people end up in the pub up the road since the smoking ban was introduced. So much for the doom and gloom merchants.

Perhaps I ought to use this to note my thoughts on the films I watch? Not very interesting to anybody else, but handy for me.

Today was the occasion of my annual lecture to the final year of the chiropractic college. In my usual fashion, I was bricking it come eight o'clock, but a chatty taxi driver on the way there calmed me down. Cor, they can talk. Well most of them anyway. It is a bit less intimidating perhaps to have a chatty one, as the silent ones always fill me with a little dread that they could be Travis Bickle protogees. About a third of the drivers we get now seem to be Polish or Czech and they include doctors, lawyers and policemen. It's a bit of a shame when they can come here and earn more than as a policeman back home.

The class was only about 50 students and a couple of lecturers this year, so I wasn't quite so bad once we had kicked off. I also managed to get the only laugh of the three of us giving a talk. Something about nipples sagging. The lasses in the audience thought it was funny anyhow.

Filmy bit
Managed to watch "Michael Clayton", "Knives of the avenger", "The Hamiltons" and half of Rob Zombie's "Halloween" (the workprint version). I was actually getting into that, given the complete slagging it has got. Also a surprise given my love of the original version (I have the Blu-ray, three DVDs and two VHS copies). As is usual with Mr Zombie, the white trash explosion was much in evidence, along with seemingly superfluous swearing. I liked the kid playing Michael and was amazed at his transformation into a seven foot giant in the second part of the film. I may actually get round to watching the rest sometime, but so far so good.

We were convinced that Tilda Swinton's performance in Michael Clayton wouldn't be winning her an Oscar any time soon (later proved wrong of course). It just seemed a bit one-dimensional considering who was actually acting. I remember the first time I became aware of her whilst watching Orlando years ogo on channel four. I must have been impressed, as I rushed out and bought the book.
I was pleased to see the Coens getting Oscars, but have yet to catch No country for old men mainly due to the lack of distribution out here in the wilds of Dorset. Still, it is out on Blu-ray in three weeks.

It's brotherly war!

Let's see who can write the best/most regularly/most interesting!
Alright, Gil wins on two of the above, but I will try.

Eeek, I'm online!

I blame Kimberley Lindbergs, but here I am. Lets see how it progresses....