A Message From the 80s
All on my tod this weekend (aaaah), so I'm pottering around the flat catching up on the 1001 tasks that need doing, and getting on with some personal projects. I've had TMF's Ultimate 100 songs of the 80s on in the background, and this just came on:
And, all of a sudden. I was back in my sixth form common room at Dollar Academy.
Amazing how music has the power to take us right back to a particular point in our lives.
And equally amazing that I once thought those fashions and hairstyles on women were really hot…
Vox Hunt: This One's For The Kids
Books: Show us a great children's book.
You can take your schoolboy wizards and your furry-toed hobbits. Ratty, Badger, Mole and, of course, Toad are the finest creatures on the planet.
Chocolate Rain: annoying earworm
QotD: First Crush
How old were you when you had your very first boyfriend/girlfriend? Do you still know them now?
Submitted by KIM.
I was a late starter. I sorta dated a girl called Jo when I was 17, but I didn't really start dating properly until Jennifer when I was 19.
And I'm not in contact with any of my ex-girlfriends at all. Not a great believer in "can't we just stay friends?"
No.
Dr Who: Here Comes Season 4
Ah, we have more news about season 4 of New Who.
There's some good casting in there, but the hardcore aren't going to care, because they're still in shock that the Doctor will have a 30-something companion, rather than the normal young tottie. A 30-something who screamed and screeched her way through her first episode.
Yeah, and…?
Dr Who fans seem to exist in a parallel reality where TV production crews are utterly blind to the most obvious factors. Writers who are incapable of developing characters and giving them more depth when the get a larger role. Where comedy performers are incapable of stepping up to dramatic roles. Theirs is a world where one-note characters from Cheers like Frasier are incapable of being the lead in their own series. When comedy actors from Robin Williams to Ronnie Barker haven't moved to more serious roles to great acclaim.
Doctor Who
fans are special, you see. Years of watching time-travelling adventures has given them special powers to see into the future, and know what a series that has only just started filming will be like.The rest of us will just have to wait and find out. And, to compensate us for our lack of special powers, we'll get to enjoy it more.
Vintage QotD: Here Comes The Bride
What was the last wedding you went to? Were you in the wedding?
John & Anita's wedding a few months back. And no, I had no role at all which was blissful. After being the wedding photographer at a couple of hitchings, it was nice just to take it easy.
Photo Friday: Wet
Seated Paddling, originally uploaded by Adam Tinworth.
Two senior folks enjoying the feel of water on their feet in Cornwall.
Submitted to Photo Friday: Wet.
Burj Dubai - as tall as it gets?
Part of the reason behind starting this (shamefully neglected) blog was to write about stuff I no longer feel comfortable babbling about on One Man & His Blog. Architecture is one of those topics.
I may no longer be a property journalist, but property-related e-mails still drop into my in-box with startling regularity. This one caught my attention, both for the images and the claim that it will be the tallest building in the world. Yes, Burj Dubai will rise to 512.1 metres (1,680 feet) and 141 storeys, beating Taipei 101 in Taiwan. The building is under construction right now by Emaar Properties PJSC, to be completed next year.
The Friday Afternoon Feeling
Apparently, British firms are losing £50m, because people are taking Friday afternoons off, on the sly.
You'll never catch that happening here, oh, no:
QotD: My Strongest Summer Memory
What will you remember most about this summer?
August has only just begun! There's at least a month left for making cool summer memories!
Really. Vox is becoming terribly premature...