I am not the sort of person to make a pumpkin carving for Halloween, but if l was, something like this would be just the ticket.
The expression 'Tracts of Land', or just a shortened 'Tracts' has been used by some of us around the sunny Catterick and Middlesbrough areas for quite a few years now, as another way of saying breasts. The origin of it has been disputed amongst us, but it has come to our attention that it must have started after watching 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail', where it is used there. Bugger. That means it was not an original invention on our behalf, and maybe we are not as hilarious as we first thought, but it shall continue to be used, as we are now in the habit of saying it after so many years. Some enterprising soul even has t shirts for sale! We missed out on that business opportunity.
This film was a splendid way to spend an afternoon while the FPO was working hard (or skiving on Second Life). Hero concerns Nameless (Jet Li), a warrior who is planning to assassinate the King of Qin. Along the way, he meets other warriors and tries to convince them to assist him in his evil plan. One of them, Broken Sword (an excellent, handsome and introverted Tony Leung), is Nameless' equal when it comes to sword play, but tries to persuade him to give up his assassination attempt for the greater good and unification of China (possibly the world, it depends how it is translated). Will he? Won't he? Watch it and find out. The film also looks fantastic, and the cinematography (by Christopher Doyle) is stunning in places and has some highly effective uses (and changes) of colour. The film is so good, l may even take up the old martial arts again, as l used to be highly effective in the Zui Quan discipline. Ah, they were the days my friend, when l was a young rake about town, speedy both in thought and actions, with a devil may care attitude and hang the consequences. Damn your eyes old age!!!
This George Best scrapbook from the 1960's has been on sale on ebay. I am not bothered about owning it (although l wouldn't mind having it in my possession), but it took me back to the old days when l was an innocent young whippersnapper, when times were hard, footie was cheap and the streets were full of dogshit (and the Bootle boys bossed Marsh Lane and Litherland). Happy days indeed!
This is the Death Valley with the Milky Way in the background/heavens. I want to go there and see this (and maybe take some peyote and interact with Jim Morrison), but l am a bit worried about the spiders. I think l will have to cure my fear of spiders.
Another film that has been out for a while that l had not got round to watching. Also, another film that l should have watched ages ago, as l loved it. Lucky Number Slevin deals with murders, lone sharks, crime lords and mistaken identity. Things are going bad for Slevin (Josh Hartnett), so he decides to stay at a friends in New York, but gets mistaken for the person he is supposed to be staying with. This means he gets caught between the two crime lords (Ben Kingsley and Morgan Freeman), and there is also a shady hit man lurking around (Bruce Willis). Of course (as they always do) Slevin falls in love with a girl (Lucy Liu), and there are lots of twists and turns in the story. Excellent.
