Eli Stone..

This week I finished season 2 of Eli Stone.

The series is somewhat similar to Alley McBeal. (But a little less girlie)

Eli works at a law firm and has a brain aneurism which makes him have hallucinations which are messages from a higher power. Based on these messages he decides things like which cases to tackle and how to go about them.

It’s not amazingly written and isn’t majorly funny, but maybe because it’s not one of those right out there comedies you can relate to it a little more. I like the intricacies of the different cases and the way they “work” the law system.

So if you liked Ally McBeal and you fancy something to watch, keep an eye out for Eli Stone you can find it on the Sci Fi Channel.

Kids will be kids, just let it go…

Having spent a few hours with two of my godsons today I have come to the conclusion that no matter how tidy and highly strung I am I can still accept the fat that kids will be kids. Jamie is being weaned off his dummy and because I beat him to the dummy on the sofa he went into a big crying fit, it was clearly an act and he was soon quiet when his brother Luke stole it back for him. Minutes later he snatched it out of his mouth when Daddy walked into the room (He doesn’t need it, he just knows he can play me).

A bit later when we all got to my house I put on transformers for a bit to keep Jamie occupied, Luke of course wasn’t impressed but being older he just had to ride it. I don’t have toys at my house so I cannot give them things to play with, he did ask to listen to my ipod and I said yes and was taking it out, but then I realised how un PG rated my ipod really is so I had to say no.

I made them a couple drinks in plastic cups of course (I did have the forethought to buy plastic cups for the little monsters) and about 10 minutes in Jamie managed to spill his drink everywhere (floor, rug, beanbag, himself) after cleaning it up I didn’t think that little bastard spilt drink everywhere, I just looked on the bright side and thought he could have hit my separates, my TV or my laptop and he managed to miss them all!

But even if he did, I reckon I could have just let it go. Kids will be kids after all.

So no matter how much of and ogre I make myself out to be, I suppose I’m not. I suppose I am a bit like a Mentos, hard on the outside and soft on the inside

I reserve the right to rescind this post at any time due to the 8 shots of brandy consumed in under an hour, yes that right I’m off the wagon!

Strictly old school DVD’s

As a kid I was addicted to 2 videos, I must have watched each one at least 50 times

Shogun Assasin – 1980 – Lone wolf opposes the shogun and must protect his son against the shogun’s warriors that are sent to kill him.

Now this isn’t your typical film for a person under 10 (it was banned in 1983) but my early film watching episodes mainly consisted of Bruce Lee films. And shogun assasin was that little bit extra it had the three masters of death and various limbs being chopped off, but still kept the principal that you shouldn’t steal you should trade.

Here is the trailer:

Hoppity goes to town – 1941 – The happy tranquility of Buggsville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.

This has got to be one of the first full length animated films, it proper old school with smoking (hot and actual smokers) charecters and everything! Forget about this new age CGI rubbish this is a proper animated film I love it!!! I am actually smiling to myself right now watching the you tube videos, I have it on DVD now so no chance of wearing it out like I did to the video!

You can actually watch the whole thing on you tube, if you fancy it just search for “Mr. Bug Goes to Town”

So if you are floating about the interweb with a spare bit of change and fancy buying something a little different, these are my old school “A little less known” recommendations, well worth a purchase in my book!

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Goodbye springs, hello memory foam…

Last week was an exceptionally bad sleeping week, I cannot explain why, sometimes it just happens.

Everyone has been raving on about this memory foam stuff and after visiting my sisters house and giving my nieces bed a go I thought I’d get involved.

After a little shopping around I found that lots of people do them and there are a ton of different flavours, most places I found you can get the standard one for about £299.99 and it goes up to about £599.99.

However floating around Dunelm Mill I found one for £169.99!! So I thought why not give it a bash? What’s the worse that can happen?

A week later I go get it and take it home and get it out. It looks kinda small on my bed so I get the tape measure out.
A standard double bed mattress size is 135cm x 190cm
My previous mattress was 135cm x 192cm x 18cm
This foam mattress measures more like 136cm x 187cm x 18cm.
So not a major difference it just looks it.

Anyway after 3 nights sleep on it I must admit I’m feeeeeeeling it

My lack of sleep isn’t really due to being uncomfortable in bed, basically I get so tired that I can sleep on a concrete slab, so a mattress is just an added bonus. (But my lack of sleep is a whole different story for a different day).
But if comfort was my problem this would most definitely be the solution.

The only way I can describe it is it like lying on sand, (no it’s not rough and gets on all your crevices) all your heavy bits (hips, shoulders etc) sink in more and therefore your back is straight and nothing is strained.

If I had one complaint I would like it to be a little firmer and a little higher, but that’s just personal preference…

So I would thoroughly recommend trying the Dunelm Mill Memory foam mattress, for that price you can’t really go wrong!

Do you have any habits?

This weekend my niece and I were having a normal conversation at the dinner table and then out of the blue she asked me the question “Do you have any habits?“

The first habit that I could think of that was PG rated was:
“I have to buy bleach if it is on offer“

After the standard laughs and funny looks from my family around the table my sister asks:
“What kind of bleach?“
I replied:
“Parozone of course, Tescos bleach is far too runny“

My niece asks:
“What happens if they are 15p each? How many would you buy?“
I replied:
“Well I cannot buy more than 4 at any one point in time cos I’ll run out of space to store them!“

So I come home and of course bleach is buy one get one free in Tescos so I pick up 2, then I thought to myself do I really have a problem? And I went off and counted the number of bottles of bleach in my house. I have 10 bottles of bleach in total!!!

Is this habit of mine really an addiction? Ok I’m not physically dependent on buying bleach, but I just cannot resist it! I need it!

Do you have any weird habits you care to share?

Too Clever for Your Own Good?

Is it actually possible to be to clever for your own good?

3 people have said that to me recently, and I’m not sure they ment it in a nice way.

First of all let me point out that I don’t think I am clever at all!
However I am quite resourceful and kinda observant.
I am often able to get the things people need when people need them. And I do tend to notice the little things.
Now if people said I was too resourceful or too observant for my own good then I wouldn’t like it but I could see where they are coming from.

But just imagine for one minute I was REALLY clever, not mastermind clever but Stephen Hawking clever. How could that ever be a bad thing?

I work in a building with a lot of clever people. I mean those people who talk to you and you wonder if everyone else learnt this special language this morning and you forgot to attend the meeting.

But I’d NEVER say it’s a bad thing, ok maybe I’d prefer it if they could pitch the conversation at the right level for me and maybe that would make me feel less inadequate but that is a small price to pay when you have the advantage of them helping you out!

So too clever for my your good? Not likely!

And in my case, not possible!

Is it actually possible to be to clever for your own good?

3 people have said that to me recently, and I’m not sure they ment it in a nice way.

First of all let me point out that I don’t think I am clever at all!

However I am quite resourceful and kinda observant.

I am often able to get the things people need when people need them. And I do tend to notice the little things.

Now if people said I was too resourceful or too observant for my own good then I wouldn’t like it but I could see where they are coming from.

But just imagine for one minute I was REALLY clever, not mastermind clever but Stephen Hawking clever. How could that ever be a bad thing?

I work in a building with a lot of clever people. I mean those people who talk to you and you wonder if everyone else learnt this special language this morning and you forgot to attend the meeting.

But I’d NEVER say it’s a bad thing, ok maybe I’d prefer it if they could pitch the conversation at the right level for me and maybe that would make me feel less inadequate but that is a small price to pay when you have the advantage of them helping you out!

So too clever for my your good? Not likely!

And in my case, not possible!

U.K. Comedian Slim

I see this comedian called slim at the corn exchange in Bedford last year and I thought he was hilarious.

I suppose it’s because we are about the same age so I can relate to a lot of the things he says either way I thought I’d share the laughs.

You can also check him out at http://www.myspace.com/slimcomic

Jamaican Joke..

It made me laugh so I thought I’d share a joke I got sent:

4 Jamaicans were sitting around a campfire near the beach.

They were all philosophising on what the fastest thing in the world was.

Seymour said “me tink de fasses ting is a thought because b4 u can tink it it already thought”

Winston said “nah man da fassess ting is a blink cos b4 u tink 2 blink u dun blink already”

Delroy said “no man da fassess ting is helectricity because when u turn on de light it travel fass and de lite come on”

Leroy say “nah man de fassess ting is diarrhoea”

“Diarrhoea?” they all say.

Yeah man cos las nite before i could tink, blink or switch de lite on me shit meself.!!

When is an omission a lie?

I suppose this post continues from the post: Do we really want people to be honest?

The way I see it, everybody lies, whether it be that tactful lie to keep your friend happy or that blatant lie to avoid headache, everyone does it.

But I was thinking when does an omission become a lie?

I mean if I break into your house and steal your Tv if you don’t explicitly ask me a question about it, is me not telling you I did it a lie?

What about the age old problem of a strip club? Would you like to know if your partner visited one? Would you like to know what they got up to in there?

What about if I borrow your favourite DVD and loose it and replace it with a new one? Is not telling you a lie?

I think people class it as a lie when they would have told you that they did it.

The problem with this is that everyone has different expectations, some people want to be told every thing all the time, and some people think ignorance is bliss.

I’m probably the latter, I think if you want to tell me something you will, I won’t probe for information or cause drama when people don’t tell me things.

So when is an omission a lie? What do you think?

The Advantages of being Angry

Logically most people would agree that being angry isn’t a good thing.
But I have found that being angry has it’s advantages:

• I find that extra bit of strength to do stuff, turn screws, open things, lift things.
• I make decisions, as an overthinker I sometimes spend to long thinking about the outcome of each decision, rather than just making one.
• I care less, it means I tend to not care if I upset you but it also means I say no more often (which is a good thing for me!)
• I can drink more when I am angry, not sure why but I never get drunk as quick when I am angry and I always soaber up alot quicker.
• I can push harder for longer when I am angry, I think my best times on the bike have all come from being in a shit mood.
• I clean more when I am angry, when I am in a bad mood I tend to clean more, it soothes my brain.

Obviously being angry has it’s disadvantages:

• I care less, it means I tend to not care if I upset you but it also means I say no more often.
• I speed more cos I care less.
• I drink more cos I care less.
• I feel like I want to punch something.

So being angry isn’t always bad…