Now that the longest night is past, it's still getting dark really early. I also feel sorry for anyone having to come home in tonight's weather! Though, I did manage to get some washing dry on the line today with all the wind.
Hmm. An hour and a half and still no comments here.
Oh well, what do people think about this idea that we could be seeing a "blue shift" in the USA (reverse the colour scheme)? You know, the "end of the conservative era" that various pundits have been mulling over?
Evening all, the weather has settled a bit a little north of Wellington, although we had sleet up here the other night! Chicken livers for dinner here tonight....
Geldof's uglier twin said: "It's awful in Welly always" I have been telling you that for weeks. I had trees snapping like twigs all around me as I came up the hill out of Mordor on the way home. And blacker than a hookers heart too. I came home to a bachelor feast of peanut butter on toast and cider.. Excellent.
Evening everyone. Dominos pizza and jacobs creek tonight. Good to see you're out and about, BB. I was wondering where you were. I used to enjoy friday afternoons in whangarei when I worked in dargaville some years back. The conservative era was in the 80s when thatcher and reagan were around.
Evening Lucyna! Tonight's tv is enough to make me turn to God. We need to pray for intellectual sustenance. At the moment I have friends round and their tastes are a bit downmarket. TV4 just had something on about a 16 yo bimbo getting ready for her birthday party. Now, we are watching How to Look Good Naked! Well, it might be better than Amercia's top model. Does NZ have the world's worst telly? I blame Dear Leader !
I have 300 on the my sky and have watched it four or five times now. Stunning movie that desperately needs to be seen in HD. Luckily I have ordered the HD decoder AND SKY assure me that they can will show it again just for me once I have the HD plugged into my 42 inch LCD vulgartron 8000. Heart is all good thanks Lucy. And got the NOT CANCER call on another little problem today as well. I have been to the quack more times this year than the totality of the previous 10. But it is all looking up.
"Does NZ have the world's worst telly?" I believe North Korea's is marginally worse, FF. Fine movie, Zen--we need some of that spirit in the West right now.
I'm still a bit puzzled why they didn't send 50 of them to block the goat track, and there were a couple of huge strategic blunders, but really, minor quibbles - just worth sitting back and letting the story be told.
Loved the blend of freeze frame, slo mo and normal speed on the fight scenes.
Appreciated the usual pain and drama watching politicians waste time and brains, be artfully manipulated by others to whom deceit is a way of life, and in the end don't just accomplish nothing, but make things worse.
Meanwhile, the warriors just went out and did what needed to be done.
Good to see you getting better Bill. I expect to be heading up your way sometime in the next month or so. It was to be next week. But there was a hitch. Two mates of mine were to homekill some sheep tonight and next week were to take some to the whanau in Kaikohe. But they discovered the sheep were pregnant!
If anyone is wandering around a book shop tomorrow, I thoroughly recommended "Working with David".....Bassett's fantastic fly on the wall biography of 84-90, and "Shakespeare" by Bill Bryson. .. Bassett gives you an erudite and sometimes contradictory evaluation of how Roger Douglas saved New Zealand.
Bryson demonstrates simply how Shakespeare defined the very words we speak......and immortalized them.
Plus, Chef's special Fish Curry from Dawaat, Garlic Naan....superb
Bryson is a great story teller. I'm currently re-reading his "Short History of Nearly Everything", which is very entertaining for a science illiterate such as myself.
Good news from Henley-upon-Thames. UK Liarbour came fifth in the by-election, behind the Greens and the British National Party, getting 3% of the vote and losing their deposit. A lovely first anniversary present for Gordon Brown.
Oh and Sonya did look good naked when some puffy guy smartened up her act. It even saved her marriage from the confidence it gave her.
fifth place.. I was going to write a post but no doubt you will scoop me as usual. When did a zanulabour candidate last lose their deposit I wonder. The cyclops jock is toast methinks. email me FFM before you come up. (i have email in my profile now).
Thanks KG. Got kicked out of 6th form english 20 years ago. The ignorance of youth. Wonderful to reconnect with the "bard of stratford".
Must say, MacBeth.......despite sounding like a populist, is the most engaging dark play I have ever read..ambition corrupts absolutely ....sound like a model for Clarkisim.
I like Othello, Boomtown. And Richard Branagh made a wonderful film version of it, which you should be able to get hold of easily. Perhaps the best Shakespeare I've seen. He also did a fine Henry V--the scene where he returns the tennis balls to the French envoy is wonderful!
Absolutely wonderful!! The peace and quiet, the privacy and space. I've been planting heaps of toi tois and many bulbs and am anxiously waiting for spring..... I look forward to a visit from you and perhaps I'll be able to pick your brains about some of this homeowner stuff?
I have always liked Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet- one of my all time favourites and I actually found the DVD not too long ago. KG, your blog page is such a damn good read. Glad to see you're sticking to it.
Thanks Keith. I sure haven't forgotten it. Just have to get some issues out of the way. Clear the mind and all that. Been under some pressure for the last few months.
Good night everyone. If we're all cold in our beds, I am sure Briscoes will be selling bedding cheap again. They're not doing very well. But stay away from the Warehouse.
Sorry, everyone. Just went off to watch 300 before it had to be returned tomorrow. I'd been putting it off.
What did I think? Wow! Frank Miller on the screen is amazing. I've read a number of his comics - the Batman ones. Was it Dark Knight? I can't remember exactly, it was too long ago.
Gecko, we'll have to work out a weekend or maybe a weekday to visit. Maybe leave the kids with the grandparent on the way.
I'm just home from work. Lucyna, that would be lovely, the boys are most welcome, unless they would prefer to visit their grandparent. I guess the easiest way to find a favourable day would be for you to mail kg when you're available, and we'll check if we're both off.
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Looks like no one's got home yet, or are too busy drying off and getting warm.
ReplyDeleteHmm. An hour and a half and still no comments here.
ReplyDeleteOh well, what do people think about this idea that we could be seeing a "blue shift" in the USA (reverse the colour scheme)? You know, the "end of the conservative era" that various pundits have been mulling over?
Just interested.
Never fear Bill is here.
ReplyDeleteJust home from Whangerai, drove through tornadoes to achieve it, but this week has been significantly better than last week.
I must have missed the Conservative era. When was it?
ReplyDeleteHi BB. You were too quick for me, and snuck your comment in above mine. And I thought I had at least another hour and a half before it got busier.
ReplyDeleteGrotty weather around Wellington, and I'll have to head out doors to find food I suspect.
I too am glad to be past the shortest day of the year. Now to get past the coldest day of the year...
It's awful in Welly tonight agreed. Gives some credence to Bill's "Gdansk of the south" slur!.
ReplyDeleteHeading out for food too. Dawaat in Johnsonville and a bottle of Alan Scott Reisling methinks
Evening all, the weather has settled a bit a little north of Wellington, although we had sleet up here the other night!
ReplyDeleteChicken livers for dinner here tonight....
Geldof's uglier twin said:
ReplyDelete"It's awful in Welly always" I have been telling you that for weeks.
I had trees snapping like twigs all around me as I came up the hill out of Mordor on the way home. And blacker than a hookers heart too.
I came home to a bachelor feast of peanut butter on toast and cider..
Excellent.
I had almond butter on vogel bread toast for lunch, with sliced bananas!
ReplyDeleteJafapete, the shift the US is worrying. But it's been happening anyway, irrespective of who was in the presidency.
ReplyDeleteEvening everyone.
ReplyDeleteDominos pizza and jacobs creek tonight.
Good to see you're out and about, BB.
I was wondering where you were.
I used to enjoy friday afternoons in whangarei when I worked in dargaville some years back.
The conservative era was in the 80s when thatcher and reagan were around.
Far as I'm concerned FFM the last conservative era was Sparta..;-)
ReplyDeleteEvening all.
Hi FFM!
ReplyDeleteYes, it is good to see BB up and about. How's the heart, BB?
Gecko, is that you, or has someone signed in under the wrong login?
Boomtownprat, hope to see you back here after you've eaten.
Now, I better go and finish my sewing before I have to clear the kitchen table!
Speaking of Sparta - finally watched the film 300 the other night. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteEvening Lucyna!
ReplyDeleteTonight's tv is enough to make me turn to God.
We need to pray for intellectual sustenance.
At the moment I have friends round and their tastes are a bit downmarket.
TV4 just had something on about a 16 yo bimbo getting ready for her birthday party.
Now, we are watching How to Look Good Naked!
Well, it might be better than Amercia's top model.
Does NZ have the world's worst telly?
I blame Dear Leader !
I have 300 on the my sky and have watched it four or five times now. Stunning movie that desperately needs to be seen in HD. Luckily I have ordered the HD decoder AND SKY assure me that they can will show it again just for me once I have the HD plugged into my 42 inch LCD vulgartron 8000.
ReplyDeleteHeart is all good thanks Lucy. And got the NOT CANCER call on another little problem today as well. I have been to the quack more times this year than the totality of the previous 10. But it is all looking up.
"Does NZ have the world's worst telly?"
ReplyDeleteI believe North Korea's is marginally worse, FF.
Fine movie, Zen--we need some of that spirit in the West right now.
It is me Lucyna, decided it was time I stopped hiding behind my rock :)
ReplyDeleteBB, that scene where the Spartans lock shields and absorb the shock of the first charge still sends shivers down my spine.
ReplyDeleteThat's a movie I can watch over and over again!
ReplyDeleteWith the full surround sound, big speakers and an enormous "brighter than the sun" screen it is in the top 10 movie moments of all time..
ReplyDeleteI'm still a bit puzzled why they didn't send 50 of them to block the goat track, and there were a couple of huge strategic blunders, but really, minor quibbles - just worth sitting back and letting the story be told.
ReplyDeleteLoved the blend of freeze frame, slo mo and normal speed on the fight scenes.
Appreciated the usual pain and drama watching politicians waste time and brains, be artfully manipulated by others to whom deceit is a way of life, and in the end don't just accomplish nothing, but make things worse.
Meanwhile, the warriors just went out and did what needed to be done.
Nothing really changes.
Good to see you getting better Bill.
ReplyDeleteI expect to be heading up your way sometime in the next month or so.
It was to be next week.
But there was a hitch.
Two mates of mine were to homekill some sheep tonight and next week were to take some to the whanau in Kaikohe.
But they discovered the sheep were pregnant!
If anyone is wandering around a book shop tomorrow, I thoroughly recommended "Working with David".....Bassett's fantastic fly on the wall biography of 84-90, and "Shakespeare" by Bill Bryson. .. Bassett gives you an erudite and sometimes contradictory evaluation of how Roger Douglas saved New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteBryson demonstrates simply how Shakespeare defined the very words we speak......and immortalized them.
Plus, Chef's special Fish Curry from Dawaat, Garlic Naan....superb
Bryson is a great story teller. I'm currently re-reading his "Short History of Nearly Everything", which is very entertaining for a science illiterate such as myself.
ReplyDeleteGood news from Henley-upon-Thames.
ReplyDeleteUK Liarbour came fifth in the by-election, behind the Greens and the British National Party, getting 3% of the vote and losing their deposit.
A lovely first anniversary present for Gordon Brown.
Oh and Sonya did look good naked when some puffy guy smartened up her act. It even saved her marriage from the confidence it gave her.
Boomtown, Harold Bloom's "The Western Canon" has a lot to say about Bill Shakespeare and the influence he's had on our thinking.
ReplyDeleteWell worth a look.
fifth place.. I was going to write a post but no doubt you will scoop me as usual. When did a zanulabour candidate last lose their deposit I wonder. The cyclops jock is toast methinks.
ReplyDeleteemail me FFM before you come up. (i have email in my profile now).
Hey Gecko, nice to see you out and about. I suppose this weather is better for browsing than photography.
ReplyDeleteFFM: UK Labour behind the BNP? Strewth.
Thanks KG. Got kicked out of 6th form english 20 years ago. The ignorance of youth. Wonderful to reconnect with the "bard of stratford".
ReplyDeleteMust say, MacBeth.......despite sounding like a populist, is the most engaging dark play I have ever read..ambition corrupts absolutely ....sound like a model for Clarkisim.
I like Othello, Boomtown. And Richard Branagh made a wonderful film version of it, which you should be able to get hold of easily.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the best Shakespeare I've seen. He also did a fine Henry V--the scene where he returns the tennis balls to the French envoy is wonderful!
Yup Zen, I got tired of photographing rain drops!
ReplyDeleteHi Gecko! It's good to see you here. How's the new house?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.buy.com/prod/henry-v/q/loc/322/40138364.html
ReplyDeleteThere ya go Boomtown..$8 for the DVD.
No, BB, you go for the byelection.
ReplyDeleteNo Minister has made its ten posts a day quota so the by election is all yours mate.
Tumeke Tim is already making plans for his next chart compilation.
Oh yes, I have enjoyed Bill Bryson too. A great author.
Absolutely wonderful!! The peace and quiet, the privacy and space. I've been planting heaps of toi tois and many bulbs and am anxiously waiting for spring..... I look forward to a visit from you and perhaps I'll be able to pick your brains about some of this homeowner stuff?
ReplyDeleteGecko, that's great!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to visit sometime soon. It's just making the time. How many hours away are you guys from our place now that you've moved, do you think?
Perhaps an hour and a half to 2 hours, we're 20 mins out of town. The last 20 mins is a great road, no traffic.
ReplyDeleteI have always liked Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet- one of my all time favourites and I actually found the DVD not too long ago. KG, your blog page is such a damn good read. Glad to see you're sticking to it.
ReplyDelete*grin* thanks Redbaiter--it's good to see you here.
ReplyDeleteStill giving the left hell, I hope?
Not as much as I would like Keith. Too much damn travel. If I'm not in some other damn time zone I'm too jet lagged to focus.
ReplyDeleteWell, when you settle down a little, please don't forget the invitation to write for CR--we'd love to have you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith. I sure haven't forgotten it. Just have to get some issues out of the way. Clear the mind and all that. Been under some pressure for the last few months.
ReplyDeleteAh Red....that leads us to the best piece of music written for the bard.
ReplyDeleteGiven you have referenced franco .......I will start off with "Exit Music for a film" Radiohead.
Rabid lefties......but I believe these lyrics encapsulated the despair of Romeo and Juliet.
"Wake... from your sleep
The drying of your tears
Today.. we escape
We escape.
Pack and get dressed
Before your father hears us
Before.. all hell.. breaks loose.
Breathe... keep breathing
Don't lose.. your nerve.
Breathe... keep breathing
I can't do this.. alone.
Sing us a song
A song to keep us warm
There's such a chill
Such a CHILL.
You can laugh
A spineless laugh
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you
Now we are one
In everlasting peace
We hope that you choke.. that you choke"
Terribly dark and vindicative, but that was the time.
Night all, have a 7am start, off to bed.
ReplyDeleteI'll be Gecko's um..assistant.
ReplyDeleteNight all--thanks for the company.
Good night everyone.
ReplyDeleteIf we're all cold in our beds, I am sure Briscoes will be selling bedding cheap again.
They're not doing very well.
But stay away from the Warehouse.
Oops, got distracted and my does time fly...night folks.
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet list.
Always like Hamlet too. What a great dane.
Sorry, everyone. Just went off to watch 300 before it had to be returned tomorrow. I'd been putting it off.
ReplyDeleteWhat did I think? Wow! Frank Miller on the screen is amazing. I've read a number of his comics - the Batman ones. Was it Dark Knight? I can't remember exactly, it was too long ago.
Gecko, we'll have to work out a weekend or maybe a weekday to visit. Maybe leave the kids with the grandparent on the way.
I'm just home from work. Lucyna, that would be lovely, the boys are most welcome, unless they would prefer to visit their grandparent. I guess the easiest way to find a favourable day would be for you to mail kg when you're available, and we'll check if we're both off.
ReplyDelete