As it’s cold, wet, windy and miserable today, I need something filling and warm inside me.
This ticks all the boxes!
Just who do you think the demographic is that these posters for the movie New Moon are aimed at!
Me!!!
As predicted my pc at home has well and truly died. The one saving grace is that the repair man has been able to salvage all of my data from the hard drive so I haven’t lost any photos, music or personal files.
My big dilemma now is what do I buy next? Do I buy another PC or do I buy a Mac?
I know that each has it’s own set of benefits and drawbacks, I just have to weigh up which is going to be better for me!
I bought some new plain black leather shoes a few months ago. They are quite simple, nothing fancy, just something to wear for work. They were fairly inexpensive as I bought them in a sale and I put them in the bottom of my wardrobe (closet) and forgot all about them.
This morning, as it’s the first time I’ve dressed smartly for work. I’ve been wearing jeans for the past few weeks due to the construction work going on in my new offices which has now all but been completed.
I decided I’d wear the new shoes this morning as I’ve dressed all in sombre black; black shoes, black socks, black trousers, black and white striped shirt and a black v-neck pullover.
Valentine Dyall would have been proud!
I set off to work this morning in the rain and towards the end of my journey parked up in my usual park and ride spot. As I was walking across the soaked car park towards my tram stop to finish the last leg of my journey to my office, I began to realise that the new shoes must have leather soles as they immediately became very cold and felt very damp and clammy.
Next time I buy a apair of shoes, I’ll ensure I buy a pair with synthetic soles or at least remember to get them rubber soled before wearing them in the cold and wet!
So Chelsea are to sue the FA for £900,000 after Frank Lampard picked up an injury during a cramped seven-hour flight to Doha.
Lampard has been forced to return home and will now miss Saturday’s friendly against Brazil in the Middle East.
And the Blues are blaming the erstwhile FA for skimping on an economy flight, forcing the England team to spend the long-haul journey on a charter plane designed for short-haul flights only.
Fabio Capello’s pampered Premier League footballers are more used to flat beds for long journeys and were shocked to find they had to put up with seats that barely reclined.
But poor Lampard, who strained his thigh after bursting into a sprint in training, was not the only one to suffer and other players complained of cramps and muscle pains on their arrival in Doha.
I feel so sorry for these guys being forced to travel like mere mortals and I make no apologies for using a photo of him shirtless. It’s my blog afterall!
It’s so nice when straight boys are so comfortable with their own sexuality that they can produce something like this without reverting to campness!
While I’m waiting for my pc to be repaired so that I can share my holiday snaps with you, I thought I’d share an amusing incident that occurred in the Abercrombie & Fitch store in Las Vegas.
“The Beloved” was in the changing room trying on some clothes and I was hanging about waiting for him to finish and come back out. While I waited I was absently fiddling with a display of T-shirts when a rather attractive young man approached me carrying a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans.
He smiled sweetly at me, handed me the pair of jeans, then asked me if I had them in his size and could he try the sweatshirt on.
Being slightly confused as I’d been day dreaming I was too embarrassed to tell him I wasn’t staff, so I pointed him in the direction of the changing rooms.
As soon as he was out of sight I found an assistant, explained what had happened and what the young man had requested.
The assistant found the incident very amusing and trotted off to find the correct size jeans for the young man.
I found the whole incident quite an ego boost and I realised why he’d made the mistake. Whilst I’d been fiddling with the t-shirt display I’d been absently folding t-shirts and tidying up the display. That and the fact I was wearing an Abercrombie T-shirt like a member of staff.
The reason I found it an ego boost, well have you seen the calibre of men that Abercrombie employ in their stores?
Well we’re back from Las Vegas and while I’ve been away my PC has died. I’m having to rely on my iPhone for the time being.
The vacation was great, as was Bette Midler, she really lived up to expectations. Our hotel room was lovely at The Mirage and made a fine base of operations.
Managed to cram so much into two weeks away that we were busy all the time!
But it’s good to be back. Will update blog with photos just as soon as I’m able.
I’m now on my way to my NEW job, but more of that later too!
Revealed to the world yesterday in all it’s glory, the new logo for 2010’s season of Doctor Who starring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor. I’m just loving the design of the new DW logo, the way the serifs on the DW mimic the top and bottom of the TARDIS. It’s one of those designs where you think, they must have done this before, then you realise that they never have!
I can see the DW logo on T-shirts already, who needs the words when you have an icon of such recognisable power staring at you! One Doctor Who fan sums it up when she says “That insignia on its own says, “I love Doctor Who. You can see I love Doctor Who. You don’t need to see the words ‘Doctor Who’ to know that. You and I are more intelligent than that.”"
This is the logo that will go out on all new episodes of the show and on all Doctor Who merchandise as from 2010, this includes any further releases of the classic era Doctor on DVD. Rumour has it that there will be two versions of the DVD cover, one in the new style and the reverse in the classic region 2 style, so as not to spoil the look of your DVD collection.
The word logo also harks back to the days of Jon Pertwee and of the logo used on the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann. This is a good sign, especially when the photos I’ve seen of the new TARDIS design is almost an exact replica of the TARDIS in William Harnell’s days, including the St Johns Ambulance sign on the opposite door to the police phone! (see left)
Sadly no pictures of the new TARDIS interior have been released or leaked as yet, but if they’ve done the “Modtro (Modern but Retro)” on the outside and on the logo then you can rest assured that the interior of the TARDIS has also had the same treatment.
The show’s design makeover isn’t something to be sniffed at or pooh poohed as a bad idea, it’s normal for the show’s logo to be changed, the theme tune to be reworked and the TARDIS interior including the console to be redesigned with the advent of each new Doctor.
It’s happened many times in the past and long may the tradition continue. It keeps the show alive and fresh and not bogged down in it’s own history.
Each new producer has wanted to model the show into his own vision of what Doctor Who should be and judging by the stories that new producer Stephen Moffat has done in the past, i think we can safely assume that the show is in good hands for the future, or at least until 2012 when Matt Smith’s contract as the 11th Doctor comes to an end. If he signs up for a 3rd year is yet to be seen, we’ll either love him or hate him, which is the way of all Doctors, past, present and future.
Well the last week has been a hive activity around me, I’ve been preparing myself to go back to work. I’ve charged up my laptop, phone and checked the batteries in my DVR just in case and all my work clothes are ironed and ready for my return next week.
We’ve also picked up the holiday tickets for Las Vegas which is also on the horizon, less than 2 weeks to go before we jet off to a much sunnier climate. “The Beloved” has also received confirmation for the tickets to see Bette Midler while we’re there on the 16th, which is the Friday night. He’s managed to get tickets 10 rows from the front and almost, but not quite, central. My inner excitement is beginning to boil!
I’ve also now exchanged my pounds for dollars, which always is the last but one step to going away, the last step is to actually pack my suitcase, which this year I’m restricted to 23kilos, which isn’t much. I’m not known for packing lightly!
The exchange rate for GBP to USD has been fluctuating wildly for the past week or so, but I think I got a good deal with mine. I managed to get $1.573 to £1, so I’m not complaining, but it’s a far cry from the $1.971 I got a year or so ago!
I just wish I could open up a US bank account as I’d transfer money to it on a monthly basis, that way I wouldn’t have to worry about the exchange rate ever again! I just need a US address to open one, but I guess that’s a little way off at the moment! One can still dream!
Speed cameras are the scourge of modern day drivers, there’s no doubt that strategically placed speed cameras or accident reduction cameras as they are sometimes euphamistically called, can be very effective in reducing the amount of accidents on certain roads where drivers have a propensity to put their feet down and where accidenta are common. There are many such roads arond where I live.
The police categorically say that they only use these cameras in areas where accidents have happened due to drivers travelling over the speed limit. I have absolutely no problem with this, as they are doing what they can to reduce the amount of speed related accidents.
I do, however, have a problem when the police place these cameras or mobile units, as in the pictures below, in places where there hasn’t been any accidents caused through excessive speed.
There is one such spot near to where I live. The police regularly place a mobile speed camera, sorry, accident reduction camera, at the bottom of a hill hoping to “reduce the amount of accidents” on that particular road. However, where the police have utterly failed in this venture is to check how many accidents have occured on this particular road in that particular spot. Well I happen to know exactly how many accidents there have been in that spot in the last 3 years that have been caused by excesive speed. The total of accidents is, none; zer0; zip!
The government’s guidelines for erecting cameras says that the location must have had at least four fatal and serious collisions in the last three calendar years. However, the Association of British Drivers has revealed this is not the case as many drivers have suspected. The ABD’s detailed report shows that cameras have been placed where there is absolutely no history of accidents. The Sunday Telegraph points at 4 further examples where in this case roads have opened with a camera already in place: the A12 in London, the Batheaston bypass near Bath, the A370 into Weston-super-Mare and the A6 Clapham bypass near Bedford.
So, tell me Mr speed camera operator, how can you reduce accidents any further from none! In this instance, this camera is being used for one reason and one reason only, revenue generation, and that really, really p*sses me off!
