I mean, I’ve never met the guy.
He’s always seemed a bit odd in interviews, but nothing too major. Seems kinda of ok, I guess.
Still, clearly not everyone feels that way about him. And I did laugh at this.
I do remember the film, because I did do films in the olden days.
Anne Rice book. Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst. New Orleans. Vampires.
And Tom, sucking the life out of everything.
Sorry if you’ve been trying to read the blog today.
The blog today has been very trying to read.
And I know that there will been some or even fewer of you who have been anxiously waiting on things to start working again. For the record, I have no idea what’s been going on.
More ups and downs than a top-end Championship club over a 10 or 12 year period. I couldn’t even fit them all on the screenshot. Burnley, Norwich, West Brom, you-know-who.
I’ve been in touch with the web hosting company I use over in North Carolina, and I’m waiting to hear what they have to say about this unacceptable and frankly untenable situation.
Who knows if this post will even make it onto the internet? And if it does, who knows if you’ll be able to read it? For the moment, the good news is that each time it’s gone down, it’s bounced back up again. But that reboundability is not what I’m paying for. And it’s not what you deserve.
It’s not what any of us deserve.
I blame the new political system in the US. They are messing up everything else in the world. So it seems likely that they’re messing up this blog as well.
Bastards.
EDIT (5 minutes after I hit the PUBLISH button):
Gosh.
A bit late to the party with this one, but maybe some Joburg readers might be interested – and if you’re at a loose end in Cape Town tonight or tomorrow, they’re still at Theatre on the Bay until then.
Who are they? They are this:
And then they’re up at Montecasino from the 21st.
But anyway, we went along with very little info on the show, and very few pre-conceptions. It was just going to be a night out.
What we enjoyed was a beautifully produced, well-acted, deeply compelling 80 minutes or so. Super simple: no set changes, no costume changes. Just an amazingly professional performance from both actors – John Conrad & Gianluca Gironi – and the sadly somewhat overlooked pianist, Jaco Griessel.
Powerful stuff, exploring love, infatuation, narcissism and emotional manipulation.
Thoroughly unexpectedly, we were a bit blown away.
I absolutely recommend that you try to make a plan to find a seat or two before this one ends.
6000 miles… last night officially announced that Colin the Beagle will take no further part in this season, having been ruled out with a knee ligament injury. Details are a little sketchy, but it seems likely that the news of the injury was probably received on or about Tuesday lunchtime.
It is believed that the ligament damage was probably sustained while snorfing in the back garden.
Manager and owner, Mr 6000 stated:
We’re obviously very upset at this news, as Colin the Beagle has been one of the key family members for a number of years now. At the same time, we have to accept that these things happen: it’s a risk you take when you are snorfing in the back garden day in and day out, and so we now need to work together to ensure a swift recovery for Colin so that the back garden can be snorfed in again as soon as possible.
It seems likely that Colin will now undergo surgery in the next couple of weeks, spending the intervening time… er… snorfing in the back garden with a slight limp, and enjoying the psychological side effects of some decent pain medication.
If all goes well, Colin is hoping for a return to action – and yes, that would constitute snorfing in the back garden – in about a month’s time.
We’ll keep you updated on her progress.
Here’s the YELLOW LEVEL 4 WARNING for wind over the next few days.
And it’s already blowing like a fat bloke cycling up a mountain, so I can completely believe that there’s more to come.
Looks like I’m going to have to cancel those hang-gliding plans.
Again.
It also says that disruption to beachfront activities is likely, but surely that’s only if you want to sunbathe without being sandblasted. These sort of conditions are absolutely the best time to do other stuff on the beach, like walking, watching the waves or going for an exciting swim.
The more detailed warning (I’ll spare you the whole thing)…
…does contain the line:
…individuals should avoid standing under trees or near buildings with unstable structures during the windy Public Document IBF v1.0.
And that’s sensible, because those Public Documents can be proper bastards – much like anything related to any branch of the SA Government – when it comes to blowy conditions.
Honestly though, the only real dangers here are for small boats out at sea (easily avoided if you just don’t got out to sea in a small boat), and wildfires (less easily avoided thanks to the number of arsonists out there).