Fringe

Right, as I maybe mentioned another time, I NEVER watch whole series of things. Just NEVER. In fact I make a point of deliberately NOT watching something if I know it’s part of a series. Things like The Sopranos, Lost, Desperate Housewives, 24 etc. have all been shunned by myself.
 However, I decided to watch the pilot [...]

Waiting For Godot.

Steve and I were lucky enough on Wednesday to get the chance to see the latest production of  Samuel Beckett’s  ’Waiting for Godot’, starring Sir Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Simon Callow and Ronald Pickup.
We went to the matinee at the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh (looked like a full house from where we were sitting) and it [...]

Prostitution

Appparently there is some new legislation coming into force which will make it illegal to pay for sex with someone who is being controlled by someone else for their financial gain. This is supposedly to stop people trafficking in sex-workers and detaining people against their will in order to force them to work as prostitutes. I’m [...]

The police

Many people will be aware of this story about a guy who got caught up in the G20 protests and ended up having a fatal heart attack.
Now I’ve been a law-abiding citizen all my life so have had relatively little contact with the police and never as their prey but I’m sad to say that most of my [...]

Madonna and motherhood

So it appears that there is at least one person on the planet who is prepared to tell Madonna that she can’t have something she wants. Despite the expectation that all would go smoothly for Madge, Judge Esme Chondo yesterday ruled that the great one could not adopt 4 year-old Malawian orphan, Mercy James and [...]

Twitter

I gave in and joined cos no-one posts on their blogs anymore and I’m lonely. I didn’t want to because I always sneered at it but it is very addictive once you start (bastard). I’ll still post here too cos I’m verbose and like the sound of my own voice.
I’m http://twitter.com/Mummy_Fitz if anyone wants to come [...]

Outside.

As anyone who knows me will confirm, I dislike being outside. Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of ‘outside’, as an abstract concept it sounds pleasant enough. Fresh air, sunlight, the beauty of nature in all its magnificence. However, this time of year is a nightmare for me because the weather is getting [...]

Trapped nerve

I’ve got a trapped nerve where my neck merges into my shoulder. It’s really, really, really, really, really sore. I’ve been popping ibuprofen every 4 hours for 3 days now and my stomach lining has dissolved and I’m having to take Zantac to counteract the tremendous agony of the acid eating through my flesh. But the [...]

Greggs profits are down. The end of the world is nigh.

Greggs profits are down by 8.3%.
GREGGS.
 Now, if folk are too strapped to go to Greggs, then this truly is the worst recession in the history of the universe and we are all dammned.
DAMMNED for all eternity.

Quantum Leap

I just remembered about Quantum Leap. I used to love it and then, inexplicably, it disappeared from my memory. How can you just forget an entire TV series?
Then after remembering Quantum Leap, I decided to look inside my brain for anything else I may have forgotten and I came up with this.  And this.  And THIS.
I [...]