The problem with starting a new blog or, more accurately, continuing to write articles that you began posting to son No.2’s little podcast type blog, and have now switched to your own decidedly green, awesomely pretty and awesomely free blog; that comes with a sunflower thing … Continue reading Blog Writing
Month: July 2015
Pixar’s Inside Out – (simply loaded with spoilers)
Wall-E set son No. 2, on the road to a career in film animation, and my husband must have watched Toy Story a thousand times, but here’s an heretical statement for you: I’m not a big fan of Pixar’s work. If Pixar is the God of … Continue reading Pixar’s Inside Out – (simply loaded with spoilers)
Ghost Stories and Me
I noticed The Woman in Black 2 is out on DVD the other day, whilst shopping in Sainsbury’s. I went to see the first Daniel Radcliffe film three years ago, instantly forgetting almost everything about it– the same goes for the famed book the film … Continue reading Ghost Stories and Me
The Mr Men and Little Miss Movie Stars are coming to a screen near you
First Mr Men and Little Miss author fact: Mr Roger Hargreaves was born in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire. I already like him, based on this fact alone. Cleckheaton is just a stone’s throw from where I spent my childhood/young adulthood years and sits, with a cluster of 7 … Continue reading The Mr Men and Little Miss Movie Stars are coming to a screen near you
The Sounds Old Things Make
Son No.3 is playing the piano in the next room. He’s practising Exile Vilify by The National, a piece written for Portal 2 the video game. We’ve come a long way from Pong haven’t we, in only 40 odd years. Maybe forty years seems like a lifetime to you … Continue reading The Sounds Old Things Make
Video Games and Me
The irascible Charlie Brooker once made a TV programme called ‘How video games changed the world’, in which he invited the viewer to accept the premise that the game changer of the 21st century had turned out to be an actual game. Headline grabber, or … Continue reading Video Games and Me
Why I won’t be answering the Call of the Wild
During my meanderings around the internet ether the other day I came across the name George Monbiot. He’s a leading environmentalist. Mr Monbiot published an article late 2014 on BBC.com, in which he extols the virtues of getting back to Nature (capital N) http://www.bbc.com/earth/bespoke/story/20141203-back-to-nature/index.html Mr … Continue reading Why I won’t be answering the Call of the Wild
How to be a Man
MEN, you need to invent, stake a claim to and then reclaim the word ‘masculinism’ (actually I’ve saved you the bother and invented the word for you, just now.) Masculinism is simply the belief that men should be as free to whinge on as women … Continue reading How to be a Man
Mad Dogs and Englishmen…….
You could cook a couple of eggs and maybe a rasher of bacon right now on this precious stone set in the silver sea. It’s hot. The ambient temperature was 25°C yesterday and expected to rise to 30° plus today. The Met Office has issued … Continue reading Mad Dogs and Englishmen…….
