Tuesday 28 April 2009

Good News!

So, the long term weather predictions are out! And the great news is we look like we are in for a hot summer. I welcome this news heartily; the last hot summer we had we 2006, which was brilliant - end of GCSEs, lots of Football with the World Cup. That was great.

"Forecasters said near or below-average rainfall this year made it "unlikely" there would be a repeat of the wet summers of 2007 and 2008, as they issued their long-range forecasts for June, July and August. The Met Office said the conditions behind the brighter forecast were due to warmer sea temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. "There are indications that through the summer this year the seas of the Pacific are going to warm up a bit and that leads to high pressure developing over Europe that brings warmer, drier conditions."

Huzzah!

Will I Watch Wolverine?

So, Wolverine is out in the Cinema. I kinda wanna see it - I mean, the adverts on TV have been pretty cool. And while X-Men 3 was a total dud, the first two were fun. Maybe I should check some reviews before deciding...

And, so, some reviews are out, and they do not look good... Empire say "While not a disaster, this isn't the claws-out, rampaging adventure we hoped for." The NY Daily News gave it one star, saying the "whole thing reeks of a lack of enthusiasm". Maybe it is not great, but maybe it would be alright as a popcorn movie, something to rent or check out when it come on TV? EW back me up on this thought, they do speak of "some moments of fun."

Nevermind. I can just miss this one out for now and put all my excitment into the new Star Trek. W00T!

UPDATE - I watched it. Meh. Reviews were kinda right. Star Trek looks incredible.

Sunday 26 April 2009

Busy

Very. Busy. These next few days. Will blog later.

Sunday 19 April 2009

Best of Twitter

So, after looking about on twitter, here are but a few of the best updates from other people, deserving of being shared with you. There are many more, but I want to go watch Lost.

Pentadact - My new mouthwash is delicious. It can't possibly be doing anything.

Pentadact - Bag of Maltesers: lovely. Bag of Revels, in which the first five randomly selected items all turn out to be Maltesers: ninth circle of hell.

bonzrat - Oh no. The cat has learned how to stand on the power button on my PC. The war for my attention has been won.

bonzrat - I do miss the days when Battlestar was just about spaceships shooting each other and robot sleeper agents, not all this crappy mythology and religious dogma.

TheInkTank - An Honest Synopsis. STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands.

CcSteff - I consider low-fat cheese to be the gravest personal insult.

adamisacson - Saying, "That's what happens when a hunter does the gathering" will not help your wife understand how you just blew $260 on groceries. And still forgot milk.

Theoban - I think I've been using my iPod Touch too much. I just tried to close Firefox by pawing at the X on the screen.

botherer - I haven't hold-punched anything for years. I miss hole-punching. Stapling is just not as fulfilling.

botherer - Holding the cat up to the clock fails to convince him how long he has to wait until he gets fed.

botherer - I heard post come through the front door, and keep checking Gmail to find it. Please help.

Friday 17 April 2009

Holiday

Back from Holiday. Nice time. Now have one week left in London and then back to work...