Continuing my favorite movie theme (see here, and here if you care) it’s time to think about war movies. Now war movies are almost exclusively a male thing, and I’m male so feel fully qualified to talk about this one. Like sci-fi or period movies there are many sub-sets of the genre. There are big picture epics like The Longest Day, other films take a…
Busted…
Catastrophic week for Manchester football fans
It’s been a pretty catastrophic week for Manchester football fans, both the Sky blue and reds. But for Manchester United their failure to qualify for the Champions League knockout phase was perhaps more keenly felt as the club has been part of three of the last four finals. It looked very possible; all they needed to do was get a point against FC Basel. This…
OK Go – This Too Shall Pass
OK Go are an Alt band from Chicago, other than their music they are best known for their interesting videos. This might be the coolest one so far. Tweet
A blinkered view of the world…
I’ve sent most of the last couple of months working off the main site at work. I was in my regular office for the first time in a week. A friend dropped by my desk, we used to work together on a project for a year or so. She is one of those I’ll go to for advise and help, or when I want an…
Breaking down my decisions…
December 6th
Today is mums birthday; obviously it’s a day full of emotions for those who loved her. But there is more to it than that, it’s wrapped up with everything going on at this time of year. I do miss her so very much. I feel luckier than ever this morning, my life is rich and full in a way I could not conceive of 18…
Creatures, aliens and monsters
The have been a lot of movies full of CGI creatures, aliens and monsters. Lots of directors want you to know they spent a lot of money on them, spend way too much time showing them off and leave little to the imagination. I’m someone who can happily sit through badly dubbed dialogue of just about any Godzilla movie to get a glimpse of the…
Big changes at the back…
Today was expansion draft day. Montreal got to pick 10 players from the rest of the clubs around the league. First pick was Brian Ching (former USL sounder), who said he’d retire rather than play for Montreal. We’ll see where that goes. We lost James Riles in the draft proper, then a few minutes later Tyson Wahl was sold to Montreal (MLS calls it “allocation…
Expansion draft time again…
For the second year running we are approaching the expansion draft. Next week Montreal get to pick 10 players for their new MLS squad. Each existing team get to protect 11 players; those left off the list are fair game for selection. Teams can only loose one player to the expansion draft, last year they could loose two. As before Generation Adidas and home grown…