I missed my usual train this morning by 10 seconds so had to grab a later one. That train didn't stop at Cannon Street so I had to walk all the way in from London Bridge. 20 mins+ walk, but that wasn't the problem.
The only day for the past few weeks that I didn't bother bringing a brolly it stated to rain. Great! I walked across the bridge and it was clear I was going to get soaked (or more soaked) so I popped into a shop and bought a cheap £5 umbrella. As soon as I stepped out of the shop it stopped raining.
In future if you need the weather to be good, bbq, wedding, music festival just go out and buy an umbrella.
My people call me the dude. I share my teachings in the passages below... (along with many typos, grammatical errors and lazy writing)
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Monday, 8 September 2008
SC Movie Review 22
Fracture
The film stars Antony Hopkins who finds out that his wife has been having an affair. There are similarities to Lector and he plays a convincing intelligent psychopath. He gets charged with her murder (attempted murder) after finding out about her affair. The courtroom battle ensues with a young buck of a prosecutor (Ryan Gosling).
Hopkins plays rings around the lawyer and eventually wins the case. There are a couple of okay twists and turns within the film but I am hard pressed to give it more than my score below.
Another film from Love Film, another disappointment. Maybe that's a bit harsh, but I seem to have dried up my list of films so may postpone my membership for a little while.
Any suggestions for a good film to rent. Recent or past gems. If I rent it and think it deserves more than 7.5 / 10 i'll give you £1.
IMdb Rating: 7.1 / 10 (30,390 votes) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488120/
SC Rating: 6.5 / 10 (1 vote)
The film stars Antony Hopkins who finds out that his wife has been having an affair. There are similarities to Lector and he plays a convincing intelligent psychopath. He gets charged with her murder (attempted murder) after finding out about her affair. The courtroom battle ensues with a young buck of a prosecutor (Ryan Gosling).
Hopkins plays rings around the lawyer and eventually wins the case. There are a couple of okay twists and turns within the film but I am hard pressed to give it more than my score below.
Another film from Love Film, another disappointment. Maybe that's a bit harsh, but I seem to have dried up my list of films so may postpone my membership for a little while.
Any suggestions for a good film to rent. Recent or past gems. If I rent it and think it deserves more than 7.5 / 10 i'll give you £1.
IMdb Rating: 7.1 / 10 (30,390 votes) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488120/
SC Rating: 6.5 / 10 (1 vote)
There's no fun in funeral
Sadly, my Nanan died last Tuesday we had her funeral on Friday.
She lived all the way up in North Wales, Anglesey to be precise. In order to get there on time I had to leave at about 7 in the morning. It's roughly 330 miles, mostly motorway and it rained heavily most of the way. It took me around 5/6 hours. Pretty good time in the wet.
There really are some idiots on the road,they were driving far too fast considering the conditions. I really don't care if they end up killing themselves, but it's other road users and passengers don't have a say. Idiots!
The funeral went well, although it rained throughout. It was good to see the rest of the family as we tend not to meet up that often. Weddings and funerals mostly. My Nan was 94 when she died, I think that's pretty good. I'm glad I went up to see her in April, i'll miss her.
I'll also miss the house. It looks as though the family is going to sell up so there will be no more trips up to Rhosneighr (Anglesey). Steve worked out a few years back that we've both spent more than a year of our lives there. 2 weeks over the summer holidays, another week in the spring / autumn and a few days either side of Christmas each year really adds up.
I think I will go back at some point as it really is a nice place. I'd like to show April the old crabbing rock and the beautiful beaches.
She lived all the way up in North Wales, Anglesey to be precise. In order to get there on time I had to leave at about 7 in the morning. It's roughly 330 miles, mostly motorway and it rained heavily most of the way. It took me around 5/6 hours. Pretty good time in the wet.
There really are some idiots on the road,they were driving far too fast considering the conditions. I really don't care if they end up killing themselves, but it's other road users and passengers don't have a say. Idiots!
The funeral went well, although it rained throughout. It was good to see the rest of the family as we tend not to meet up that often. Weddings and funerals mostly. My Nan was 94 when she died, I think that's pretty good. I'm glad I went up to see her in April, i'll miss her.
I'll also miss the house. It looks as though the family is going to sell up so there will be no more trips up to Rhosneighr (Anglesey). Steve worked out a few years back that we've both spent more than a year of our lives there. 2 weeks over the summer holidays, another week in the spring / autumn and a few days either side of Christmas each year really adds up.
I think I will go back at some point as it really is a nice place. I'd like to show April the old crabbing rock and the beautiful beaches.
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Best Man speech
I've been given the privilege of being the best man to my best friend from university John. His wedding is next Saturday so I should really pull my finger out...
Just kidding John, i've been working on it in my head for the last year since you gave me the task.
Although I don't mind talking amongst friends, being the centre of attension to a group of virtual strangers is not my idea of fun. Once I get going i'll be fine, but i'll remember this...
So far i'm at 750 words. I'm aiming for around double that, so not bad. I'll let you know how I do a week on Monday.
Just kidding John, i've been working on it in my head for the last year since you gave me the task.
Although I don't mind talking amongst friends, being the centre of attension to a group of virtual strangers is not my idea of fun. Once I get going i'll be fine, but i'll remember this...
So far i'm at 750 words. I'm aiming for around double that, so not bad. I'll let you know how I do a week on Monday.
Chuckle on the train
My new company sent me a load of material to read before I join them at the end of the month.
This included details regarding their code of ethics, history of Lloyd's and health and safety information. In addition to this I received a nice new memory stick (with more info) and a stapled crib sheet of local amenities and points of interest near the office.
The best part was a section on "Watering Holes and those who haunt them regularly", it showed nearby pubs and wine bars and which underwriting teams frequented them.
Ha, ha! It all bodes well.
This included details regarding their code of ethics, history of Lloyd's and health and safety information. In addition to this I received a nice new memory stick (with more info) and a stapled crib sheet of local amenities and points of interest near the office.
The best part was a section on "Watering Holes and those who haunt them regularly", it showed nearby pubs and wine bars and which underwriting teams frequented them.
Ha, ha! It all bodes well.
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
£1.55 for a can of Diet Coke
Is this a record?
I was having a beer with a couple of work collegues yesterday lunchtime and spotted a poor girl (or she was poor after paying for her drink).
If it was a pint I could almost understand but for a can of 330 ml. It's almost saying
"We don't want your sort in here"
I was having a beer with a couple of work collegues yesterday lunchtime and spotted a poor girl (or she was poor after paying for her drink).
If it was a pint I could almost understand but for a can of 330 ml. It's almost saying
"We don't want your sort in here"
Cats
Getting home from Barcelona I was very close to getting an extra special birthday present. A new addition to the Clark / Parker household.
Don't worry. April's not pregnant... she was just going to buy us a cat. One problem that I can see is the fact that we are both alergic to them.
April claims that she eventually gets used to them and i'm fine with some cats. So unless we were to get a creepy bald one, the problem is still there.
As chance would have it, Steve's away on holiday for a week next week, usually one of Jenny's sisters would house / cat sit for them but he's getting a load of work done to the house whilst he's away so they were going to be put in a cattery. I suggested that we could give the cats a test drive for a week so we're now getting them tonight.
Ginger and Blacky. Watch this space for more exciting Stuart cat news.
Don't worry. April's not pregnant... she was just going to buy us a cat. One problem that I can see is the fact that we are both alergic to them.
April claims that she eventually gets used to them and i'm fine with some cats. So unless we were to get a creepy bald one, the problem is still there.
As chance would have it, Steve's away on holiday for a week next week, usually one of Jenny's sisters would house / cat sit for them but he's getting a load of work done to the house whilst he's away so they were going to be put in a cattery. I suggested that we could give the cats a test drive for a week so we're now getting them tonight.
Ginger and Blacky. Watch this space for more exciting Stuart cat news.
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Mmm... i'm starving
I'm off here http://www.livebaitrestaurants.co.uk/restaurants.asp tonight with Steve, Jenny and April. I've been there before a couple of times and also another one near Covent Garden (before seeing Bill Bailey's charity concert) and they're very good.
Soggy trousers...
Soggy shoes, soggy socks, soggy feet.
Welcome back to the UK. Rain, rain, rain and more rain. Yuk!
Barcelona was 34 Degrees C on Saturday, that was yukky too!
No pleasing some eh?
Welcome back to the UK. Rain, rain, rain and more rain. Yuk!
Barcelona was 34 Degrees C on Saturday, that was yukky too!
No pleasing some eh?
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