A great, if not a bit busy, weekend.
First was seeing David Campbell and his The Swing Sessions performance. Wow. And wow again. A great voice, and a great performer: interacting with the audience, with the band members, with the back-up singer [a wonderful talent: she sang several songs before he came on: [...]
Last night’s trivia? The less said the better. Third after Round 1; last after Round 2; and third-last [just missing the prize for second-last: much more interesting to get than last] after the final round — tough, tough questions. But a very enjoyable night nonetheless. As is each night: Thursdays are [...]
Go Germany: Roger Cicero has a great voice and I love the jazz style of the song. Given it’s not a standard pop-number, I don’t know how it will do (though Lordi won last year), but I wish him well, and, it’s my favourite song.
France has, horror of horrors, English lyrics in their song [...]
Thanks to Huw.
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They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Lest We Forget.
McChicken has written this on the Ship.
Thank you to the not-weird-at-all Todd (although hiking in thunderstorms is not my cup-of-tea) who tagged me with this. I had written six weird things six weird things a year ago, but there’s more than six strange things to me. If you want to share your weirdness, drop me a note in the [...]
Thank you all for your concern about my finger infection: or, perhaps you were just on the look out for some gross photos.
Tina: the twister effect with the cotton bud was due to me forgetting to warm up the ecto…, sorry, Magnoplasm [thanks Jack - I won't be able to get that our [...]
Thank you to dear friends A & M, who are currently living in London, who sent me all of this good stuff for my birthday.
Terry’s, Green & Blacks and Duchy Shortbread have long been favourites, and now I have some other biscuits and some delightful-looking chocolate called Minstrels to try. I [...]
What a movie.
The plot: Nicholas Angel, a dedicated — and over-achieving — police officer in London is sent by his superiors [as he's too good: he makes the others look bad] to the crime-free village of Sandford, where there hasn’t been a murder for twenty-or-so years. His gung-ho go-and-get-em attitude doesn’t sit well with [...]
Troparion — Myrrh-Bearing Women:
Truly, the angel came to the tomb and said to the ointment-bearing women, “The ointment is meet for the dead, but Christ is shown to be remote from corruption. But cry you, ‘The Lord is risen, granting the world great mercy.’ “
Troparion — St Joseph of Arimathea:
The pious Joseph, having brought down [...]