I have been trying to imagine a parallel world where the vote in 2005 went as expected and Paris ended up hosting the 2012 Olympics.
Entries from August 13th, 2012
A few Olympic thoughts
August 9th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life
I’ve enjoyed watching the Olympics today. Here are a few random thoughts that occured during the coverage:
Pedal power
August 7th, 2012 · Comments Off on Pedal power · Life
After work today I watched some of the Olympic cycling, which was exciting, enthralling and totally bonkers. There was no keirin today – the one where the cyclists ride behind a bloke on a moped until the last couple of laps – but there was plenty of baffling variety. The women were taking part in […]
Sport wins
August 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life
What a good weekend. Obviously there were lashings of sport on TV, but there was also a trip out to Essex on Saturday for a 103rd birthday party. It was quite a big event, even if it was just in a back garden – an excess of food and drink, a bluegrass band playing on […]
Time travel trouble trumped
August 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life
Well I watched the sequel to Les Visiteurs tonight. It looks like the filmmakers also spotted the plot hole I wrote about yesterday and used it as the basis for a second film: Les Couloirs du Temps: Les Visiteurs II. Snappy title eh? I’ll put a break here in case anybody doesn’t want spoilers.
Time travel trouble
August 2nd, 2012 · Comments Off on Time travel trouble · Life
I watched Les Visiteurs on DVD this evening, in-between the boxing, football, tennis and table tennis. It has been a while since I first saw it, which was on VHS and a much smaller screen. Last time round I enjoyed it but was a bit underwhelmed, possibly because I was expecting s much from it, […]
Tags: Films
Look before you leap
August 1st, 2012 · Comments Off on Look before you leap · Life
People who know me well will know that I am a sucker for advance proof copies of books, and I am fortunate to be able to get one most months. Last month I got two. One was a 100-page novella which took hardly any time to read, the other is more substantial and I grabbed […]
