600th Post: The Artist

 

I saw this wonderful film on Thursday, 12th January 2012 at a cinema in Brighton; I enjoyed every minute of it, and the company of the wonderful person with whom I watched it.

I was happy that day, and for just a few days more - eight to be exact.

Tempus fugit.

Until the next time.

Photo Opportunity

Image BBC

The recent storms in the UK have caused great misery, damage and inconvenience, not to mention loss of life.

Nevertheless, a talented photographer certainly made the most of the opportunity to make the splendid image reproduced above.

Until the next time

No Tears Here

Ariel Sharon is dead.  He certainly took his time, didn't he?

No great loss, just another murderer really.

This website says of the name "Sharon" the following:

"People with this name have a deep inner need for quiet, and a desire to understand and analyze the world they live in, and to learn the deeper truths."

Oh yeah?

Until the next time. 

Pots & Kettles

Image: BBC

The woman pictured above is Jennifer Lauren, niece of the famous fashion bloke (I bought a pair of his trousers recently, for £5 at a charity shop).

She has just been fined $2000 for misbehaving on an aircraft.  Amongst the items given in evidence was the statement that she had called an air-stewardess "an ugly blonde bitch" and further called a senior stewardess a "fat, ugly, unhappy, blonde bitch."

Please review the photograph above and consider the well-known expression "A pot calling a kettle 'black-arse'."

As is often found in "celebrity" circles, there appears in this case, to be an excess of money and a dearth of class.

I rest my case.

Until the next time

Michael Schumacher

Doubtless, the irony of the 7-times FI world champion having survived over 20 years of motor-racing only to endure a near-fatal accident whilst skiing for pleasure, has already been remarked upon by many people.

Sadly he remains "stable but critical" according to today's bulletin from the hospital at Grenoble where he is being treated.  It would appear to be impossible at this stage for the doctors to offer any kind of prognosis following what appears to have been a very severe crash.

The BBC item refers to the German magazine Der Spiegel reporting that a bystander had apparently captured Schumacher's fall in a video recorded on his telephone.

The BBC says:

"The magazine says that a flight attendant from Essen who was filming his girlfriend on the slopes happened to catch what he believes was Schumacher's fall in the background.

The 35-year-old planned to hand the footage over to prosecutors, Der Spiegel reported."

Why would the "35-year-old" hand the footage to the prosecutors I wonder?  Another incidence I suppose of today's stupid blame culture where someone has to be guilty of something whenever there is an accident.

Look: Michael Schumacher an experienced skier, was skiing "off-piste" for recreation.  He was unlucky enough to fall and collide with a rock.  That's it.  Why the need for a prosecutor?  Or are they trying to tell us that there is some sinister agenda - perfect fodder for the conspiracy loonies that abound?

Nonsense.

Until the next time.

Shock, Horror, Outrage etc.

Shocked at the possibility that there is what is commonly known as "big money" behind those who prefer to believe that the idea of man-made climate change is alarmist rubbish, Ars Technica expresses concern that this might be undemocratic (oh dear...).

Well, well; I look forward to reading in the near future on a main stream site, a piece condemning the enormous vested interests behind the global warming panic.

In the meantime, there is of course always the splendid scepticism to be found on GREENIE WATCH.

 Until the next time