So last night I went with Matt to see “In the Name of the King”… which I’d seen the trailer for and recoiled from as it seemed an obvious plagiarism of Lord of the Rings. It also looked pretty silly, even given that. So, I wasn’t particularly interested, but I do like Jason Statham’s movies… Read more
I didn’t get up to much over the holiday break… I worked when the mood took me, which was occasionally, but otherwise just watched movies, gamed, and successfully avoided all household duties. NYE I didn’t end up going out, which I felt pretty poor about going into the evening, but eventually realised that a) pretty… Read more
While shopping for wine for Myke & Pam for Christmas (I went with a chardonnay and merlot from Lindeman’s and … some other South Australian winery… anyway), I happened to find myself in the confectionary aisle – I know, truly bizarre ;) – and figured what the hell, I’d indulge myself slightly and go some… Read more
I went and saw National Treasure 2 last… Saturday? I dunno. It was pretty good; much what I expected, and very much in the theme of the first. The way Wilkinson magically turned into the martyrous good guy at the end irked me a bit; I didn’t buy it; I don’t think they conveyed his… Read more
For a few months now, there’s been a lot of little ants invading my bathroom. Mostly I realised this because they’ve been accumulating, dead, all over the floor. More recently, I also noticed live ones wandering around the basin. Even more recently, in the last week or two, they’ve invade my bedroom as well –… Read more
Also, F1 had already read the book(s) upon which ‘I Am Legend’ is based (called, creatively, ‘I Am Legend’, I believe), so he knew more or less what the deal was. He noted though that in the book(s) the zombie critters were far less zombie and more just like evil, cannibalistic people. And the reason… Read more
My plans for the brief Christmas break are still very much… intangible. As I think I’ve bemoaned previously, most people I know here are buggering off to all over the place to visit family and all that, which makes the prospect of a ski trip to Tahoe or similar – alone – rather unpalatable. On… Read more