Music for the weekend. I've always loved this tune by Henri Mancini. Here are more posts about elephants:
Friday, May 31, 2013
Baby Elephant Walk
Music for the weekend. I've always loved this tune by Henri Mancini. Here are more posts about elephants:
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Book of Eli
Last Night I finally watched ‘The Book of Eli’. It was a little bit bloody for my taste, but I did enjoy it and didn’t fall asleep once. I was delighted to hear Reverend Al Green singing ‘How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?’, which must be one of the saddest songs of all time. It got me thinking about how lonely it would feel if the world was wrecked by an apolyptical event.
Denzel Washington is a great actor and, as always, Gary Oldman is the perfect baddie!
Denzel Washington is a great actor and, as always, Gary Oldman is the perfect baddie!
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Little things please little minds...
What happens when you put soap in the microwave. Of course the experiment is not carried out by someone who will have to clean the microwave afterwards.
It's called forced perspective photography
Brilliant and useful
It's called forced perspective photography
Brilliant and useful
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Almost 20 years
It’s 19 years since Frank Zappa died. When I was clicking around on YouTube I came across this interview. Considering how ill he was at the time, he answered all of the questions with great patience. Well worth a watch.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
The Wind
I was looking for a version of Cat Stevens singing this live, but I thought it too fast. I'm really pleased that I continued to look because I found this cover version, it's slow like I remember and I love the violin...
Thursday, November 1, 2012
A Prayer for Owen Meany
For a long time now Dom has been telling me what a wonderful writer John Irving is. So for my birthday one of the books she gave to me was A Prayer for Owen Meany.
She’s right John Irving is a wonderful writer. Owen Meany is very small and has a strange voice which means when he speaks HE SPEAKS IN CAPITAL LETTERS! I have no problem imagining his voice because when the children were very small I used to be a child minder. I looked after a toddler who had the worse voice you can imagine. If a cheese grater could speak it would be with that voice.
Back to the book: There are quite a few Bible quotes and I’d forgotten how beautiful some of the Bible can be (King James version of course). There is quite a bit about Vietnam which I’m finding very useful as I remember that period but didn’t understand it all at the time. I haven’t finished it yet, but I have a feeling it will end in tears. Anyway, I recommend it if you haven’t read it.
She’s right John Irving is a wonderful writer. Owen Meany is very small and has a strange voice which means when he speaks HE SPEAKS IN CAPITAL LETTERS! I have no problem imagining his voice because when the children were very small I used to be a child minder. I looked after a toddler who had the worse voice you can imagine. If a cheese grater could speak it would be with that voice.
Back to the book: There are quite a few Bible quotes and I’d forgotten how beautiful some of the Bible can be (King James version of course). There is quite a bit about Vietnam which I’m finding very useful as I remember that period but didn’t understand it all at the time. I haven’t finished it yet, but I have a feeling it will end in tears. Anyway, I recommend it if you haven’t read it.
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