Nottingham's beach in the square 2

Nottingham's beach in the square

Moon

I went out of my way the other day to go and see Duncan 'Zowie Bowie' Jones' debut film, 'Moon'. I'm so glad I did. It's an amazing piece of cinema. Sam Rockwell's performance as a lonely lunar miner is frankly fantastic. The theme and tone of the film is very much like the dystopian sci-fi thrillers of the 1970's (Alien, 2001, Silent Running, Soylent Green etc).

New Banner

I've just designed the logo for my new photobox gallery website. Incidentally, the name came from an 'off-the-wall' discussion I had with a friend about 'how you never see a fat ninja'. The name then just kind of stuck. I think its kind of cool.

Photo gallery

I've just set up a new gallery to showcase my photos. You can find this at:

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/3007988

There's not loads of content there at the moment, just one collection in fact. However, this is something I'm going to be rectifying over the next few weeks. By all means, please take a look and provide feedback if you wish. Thanks.

Holiday Cover

Whenever I go on holiday at work, I have to ensure that there is adequate cover for my job whilst I'm absent. Now if I have to do that for my role, you'd think a similar thing would apply if you were running a country. Seemingly not. In the middle of the worst economic crisis in our lifetime, when many of us are strapped for cash and so are holidaying at home (that is if we can afford one), Primeminister Gordon Brown has gone on holiday. Fair enough, we're all entitled to one. So up stepped Harriet Harman, for a couple of weeks to cover, but now she's off on her jolies too! Nice one, great planning there. Next up its Lord Mandelson to run the country...from his secret lair in Corfu. Corfu! How is this doing a proper job? This is like me going to Tenerife for a couple of weeks & claiming that I'm technically still working because the hotel's got internet access. Who the heck made this man a Lord anyway ? According to Frankie Boyle it was the Sith. So if you happen to spot the Death Star hovering over the Ionian Sea, you'll know that Frankie was right ;-)

Exorcist For Hire

I've just finished reading "Thicker Than Water" by Mike Carey. I've just got to comment on how brilliant it was. The novel is the latest featuring Felix Castor, a freelance exorcist who's rather like Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlow, not to mention John Constantine (unsurprisingly as Carey was the resident writer on 'Hellblazer' for a few years). Carey has a gift for gripping, enthralling plots, effortlessly blending gritty realism with fantastic supernatural stories. His vivid prose nicely conveys the cynical, worldweary perspective of the central character.
"Thicker Than Water" ends with a fantastic cliff-hanger that leaves the reader gagging for the next book. I have to say that I've thoughly enjoyed the series so far and can't wait for the next novel "The Naming Of The Beasts" which is due out in September.