Just sat down to watch The Rutles (three quid at Virgin). I can't imagine a less funny "comedy". What a waste of space!
Now we all know that John Cleese has been incredbly unfunny since he went through therapy. But was Eric Idle ever funny?
Anyone wants to waste 76 minutes, you're welcome to this DVD. Otherwise it'll be turned into a frisbee.
Just saw Blair on the news singing the Labour anthem, The Red Flag. He really didn't seem to have his heart in it. Hilarious!
Very scary story from yesterday's Grauniad about a geek who was stopped and searched by coppers in a tube station for... carrying a laptop and wearing a jacket. This errorism bollocks is getting really silly.
And, of course, the fact that this guy was a suspect, his fingerprints and his DNA will remain with the coppers forever. Great! Wouldn't be surprised if he suddenly starts getting singled out for "special" treatment when travelling to other countries.
Had something amusing, though annoying too, happen yesterday. I broke my glasses frame last week and the new ones aren't ready yet, so I'm walking around like a dork with tape holding them together.
Last night, as I was leaving work, I managed to drop one of the lenses out of the frame in the car lift at work. Down it went through the grill and onto the (inaccessible) concrete floor about 50cm down. Ack!
I was ready to give up until I suddenly thought maybe I could get them back. Handy tape to the rescue again: I went back up to the office, got some tape and went back downstairs. Using a piece of metal with a blob of exposed tape on the end to poke through the grate and lift the lens. Took me a few attempts, and I got a nasty scratch across the lens, but it worked!
Now I just hope the new glasses arrive soon and I can stop looking like a dork.
Just got back from seeing Ozomatli at the Islington Academy. Wow what a gig. Holly's comment: "I wish I'd seen them at Glastonbury." From memory I think everyone at Glastonbury heard the crowd chanting "Ozomatli Ozomatli".
Tonight was no different, despite the much smaller venue. The crowd chanting along, jumping on command. Ozomatli are an amazing live band, really get the crowd involved. Brilliant.
If you get a chance, go and see them. Their recorded stuff doesn't match up to the live set, though it's still good.
Just got back from a week in Stockholm staying with Juz and Gav. Brilliant weather, we even got tans! Stockholm is a beautiful city, particularly the archipelago where we spent three days swimming and lazing in the sun. Photos up shortly.
Uncle Dubya keeps telling us that terrorists "hate freedom". So why is it that every time they attack us, we appease them by removing some of our freedom? Doesn't that mean they've won?
Our local council clearly isn't taking the terror threat seriously. They sent some cardboard leaflets telling us what they're doing and the like. How could they be so stupid?
Everybody knows that the way to tackle terrorism is to send a fridge magnet to every household. Surely Britain could learn a thing or two from Australia's demonstrated best practice here?
Been a busy few weeks and I've got a buttload of photos.
Holly took me out to the River Cafe for dinner tonight. Absolutely brilliant feed. I had squid with chilli and rocket, Holly had prosciutto with charantais melon for entrees. Mine was perfect, not so sure about the combination of melon and ham. I found the melon (perfectly ripe, beautifully sweet) overpowered the ham. We shared spinach and ricotta ravioli with parmesan. Perfect!
For mains, I had scallops with chilli, beautiful. Haven't had scallops in a long time. Holly had salt-roasted sea bass with balsalmic vinegar and oregano flowers. The oregano flowers were beautiful and aromatic.
Dessert was a delicious summer pudding and lemon/strawberry sorbet. Gorgeous, particularly on such a loverly warm night, sitting outside next to the Thames.
A lovely meal.