Lost_Johnny
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That reads just like the synopsis of a new Coen Brothers' film.Thank you all . I've been at it 24/7 between dad duty and work . I picked up a part time job with a fireworks company for the summer also so havn't been able to check in here much . Gayson is getting huge and I will post more picks when I can . I got interviewed on a big case of mine that just brokeand you can see me in all my birthday glory later tonight on www.wtov9.com .
Sounds like you working mighty hard there pardner. You just make sure you have a great birthday and get some quality time in with ya boy.... I shouldn't say this cos I'm gonna sound like a right wuz, but... they really do grow up so quick.
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... and Prada
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It's a good plot but the characters are just not believable. It's absurd to try and portray that many flawed human beings in one setting!
...and the camera made my nose look big!
Fantastic Ade, when do the action figures hit the shelves?
Great to see you're on the mend John, I thought about you quite a lot......
.....everytime Liverpool scored
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Well that was my first.... and last.... No, I actually had a great time but that could have been down to there being booze, football, comics, curry, great company and no kids... or maybe it was Keeyah's magical sparkly shoes.
I ballsed up with getting to see the only session I wanted to go to. Thanks to an articulated lorry going through the central reservation on the M6 I was an hour later than I wanted to be and the Vertigo session had already started, and not knowing how these things worked I didn't realise you could just walk in in the middle of it, so by the time I actually went in I had already missed the Global Sex Ritual!
I got a few things: Walking Dead vol 3 & 4 and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 2 mainly because I was damned if I was coming all that way and not buying anything. Oh and I tried to get people to sign up for Oxfams stand against Arms Control until Inca politely pointed out it was actually against Arms Proliferation - bloody peacenik hippies sneaked that one in
It was great to meet everyone down there, y'all proper lurvely people, and I apologise for my inability to talk about anything other than football, TV, music and football, oh and football. I also apologise to Inca and Keeyah for attracting nutters.
I'm staying in the hotel next time though, so I can consume a decent amount of alcohol - I wasn't even staggering by the time I left.
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Yep, and I read all the appendices etc. It hooked me early on and built the tension up nicely but I think it's debatable if you'll actually think it was worth it by the end... it was an experience, which is more than some.Anybody ever read House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski?And actually finished it?
I enjoyed Anansi boys, Gaiman plays the comedy angle quite well - I guess he honed his skills when co-writing Good Omens - but it didn't quite wow me like American Gods did.Lucky for me I've just grabbed a copy of the Anansi Boys paperback to review, then. Hooray! -
Just finished Mike Carey's Devil You Know: A Felix Castor Novel - Absolutely loved it, Ok I'm sold on Carey's John Constantine but I tried not to let that cloud my judgement too much to Castor's character. There are similarities but Castor's just different - more humour, more film noir, more Raymond Chandler. Try imaginging the bastard child of Philip Marlowe, John Constantine and Simon Pegg.... and it probably wouldn't be anything like Castor. Just read it, you'll love it, I promise... or your money back I'll pay you on the other side!
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Just as I was about to meet the legend...
Wishing you a speedy recovery mate.
PS. If you can't cancel your hotel reservation, can I have your breakfast?
EDIT: er John.... Bummer
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I tend to agree and realistically Defoe should have been the obvious choice (I'm just a big Andy Johnson fan due to him being such a thorn in our side but last night showed how he can be quite easily marked out of the game on occasions).I think that whether Walcott makes it or not is immaterial, because Eriksson's job is to pick the best squad and he's picked three similar players two of who will most certainly not be fit. Defoe should have been next in line - ie in the squad - with Johnson second and (if Sven insists) Walcott third.What about Bent though, do you not rate him? I have to base most of my views on the limited games I've seen on telly and he seems sharp but maybe not the most creative, however, scoring 18 for a useful but not exactly world class team in the Prem, must mean he's got something?
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I didnt say i bet on hitler but we save there ass now they start a hooliganism competition?! What kind of world is it when we compete to be the best hooligans!!
Madness!!!!!!! Or possibly a new reality tv show...
But you did type bet instead of beat and now you've used there instead of their and now I'm turning into Mark...
As for competing to be the best hooligans, what do you suppose football violence has always been about?
Sad fucks who think that violence will gain the respect of their peers and lift them to the top of the dung heap which they inhabit, [over-used word]s the lot of them.
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Isnt that the guy wot came back from the dead in Dallas?
Yeh that's right, sorry Kinks I forgot about you not being allowed to watch the cult TV of the future
It was called Man from Atlantis which was basically Patrick Duffy in 70s bright yellow trunks and green contact lenses. Who was this thing from... Atlantis (I'm goood) and could swim incredibly fast and stay underwater for hours. It was brilliant (when you were a kid) but the best thing was his swimming style, I can't do it justice here, you had to see it....
His arms would be flat against his sides with his legs together, and then he would basically ripple up and down, a bit like a caterpillar on speed, sort of how a shark swims but instead of the movement being side to side, it would be up and down.
Jeez I think the teachers used to have to rescue at least one of us a week from the pool when we all did our Man from Atlantis impressions... look at me slicing through the water... rapidly followed by.... oh shit I'm sinking.
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Patrick Duffy was better than Blaine:
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Spot on, my thoughts exactly (reminds me of a girl I once knew....It's delightful nonsense that sucks you in, entertains you, then buggers off leaving you none the wiser.)
Did you notice the Polar Bears in the advert? It's all about the Polar Bears you'll see!The adverts were a great touch I think. I can't help speculating about the meaning of everything in the show even though I'm sure half the stuff the writers themselves have no idea what it means yet.I rang the Hanso number, I got through to a recording (quite a sexy voice) with touch tone options:
1. for info about the Hanso Foundation
2. for Alvar Hanso's office
3 - 6. other Hanso executives (I think)
I tried number 2 first of all and got through to a voicemail service but then it sounded like someone picks it up but then you go back to the intro. Then I tried number 1 and started to get some bland info before it is picked up again and you hear what sounds like chairs being scrapped along the floor, as if someone has picked the phone up and is trying to hide under a table or something, then a woman's panicky voice comes on and tells you there is something very wrong going on at the Hanso Foundation before she says something along the lines of "oh God they're coming" and the phone line goes dead.
I didn't bother with any of the others (Freudian slip?) as the programme was back on but apparently the info is always changing. I had a big grin across my face as I watched the rest. -
Art, illusion, magic or just some twat with a God complex? You decide.
Just one thought, have you ever seen David Blaine and David Icke in the same room? eh? See...
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How (why ?) does a manager pick a player for his World Cup squad that he's never actually seen play ?!
Apparently he's showing the squad the latest Nike advert so they know how to deal with Ronaldinho if we meet Brazil.
I think Ade summed it up, he wants to go out on a celebrity high, personally Andy Johnson would have got my vote but that's probably because he scores against Stoke everytime he sneezes - and that's probably almost as bad a reason as picking someone you've never seen play a competitive match.
But in the interests of fairness I'll get the ingredients to make a huge humble pie and will quite happily eat it if Theo becomes England's Hero!
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I'm getting married today so take me off your "to do " lists. 8-) :wink:
Oh no.... you made one of those Camberwell Carrots didn't you? I should have warned you, sorry mate.
Congratulations that's fantastic Lou.
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erm no.
I was going to send you all a PM to get the details but my mobile has gone tits up this weekend, I've got an old one which I'll try and sort out now and check it's working then I'll PM everyone.
Actually I was going to check about the FA cup final - you know lunchtime in the pub stretching between 3pm and 5pm?? and then someone's room to catch Doctor Who
I'm guessing you're going to put partisan views aside and cheer on the Reds then John? cough
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Birds of Prey: Between Dark and Dawn - Go on then I'll take this one
JSA: Black Vengance and this if no one else wants it.
cheers James, see you down there.
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sssh now don't worry, I'll make you all look good, it's what you ask your ugly mates along for!
I'll get down to the venue sometime during late morning on Saturday, got to be polite and say hello to the relatives after I drive down, before catching a bus from the outskirts.
I'm thinking of bringing my 9 year old nephew down for a couple of hours but I might do that on Sunday as I want to catch the 13th Hour session at 1pm on Saturday.
If I'm still standing a curry would be nice on Saturday night... I likes me curry too.
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heh
Run Forrest, run!
Anecdote time...
Gabe has been getting into Superman, Spider-man and The Hulk recently, mainly due to Amber being a big fan (no influence from me... apart from putting the DVDs on and buying two sets of Marvel Top Trumps cards etc.).
I suddenly realised it might have gone to far when I was warning Gabe to be careful near an upstairs window - it ok Daddy - Superman catch me... uh oh... So I carefully explain that Superman doesn't really exist without trying to burst any bubbles - Gabe, he lives in another place on the telly etc... Gabe's pretty bright and soon gets the idea... No Superman out here Daddy, Superman on telly... great, sorted.
So a few days later he's charging around upstairs and I tell him to be careful not to fall down the stairs - it ok Daddy - Spider-man get me! :o
PS. Sperm on offer. All major credit cards accepted.
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Happy Birthday Lou....
this will tend to make you very high....
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Football is severely wank at the moment - Stoke is up for sale again with the most likely outcome of being sold back to the bastard we protested about 5 years ago, who wants to bring back the boring twat of a manger from last season... and then one of the only attractive English players to watch in the world cup (and no I don't mean his gorgeous features) goes and gets crocked. It's not like we can't play without him but on a purely entertainment value I like to watch Gods now and again... then it looks as if we are going to be saddled with a 50's throwback for the England manager (ooh look Middlesbrough have won a couple of inspirational games - better give fim the fucking job then!).
Aaaaah fuck it - Carrick and Joe Cole to become legendary creative geniuses with Crouch rising from the ashes like a phoenix sort of giraffe to score more goals than ever before in World CUp history..... that's right it's the year that the long ball came back into fashion.
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*checks stock pile of DVDs in anticipation of World Cup*
The Top 100 Broken Metatarsal Injuries presented with hilarious anecdotes by the bastard child of Danny Baker and Nick Hancock
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Finally got Strangehaven 2 & 3 (Brotherhood and Conspiracies). Fantastic stuff - paranoid, edgy and very British, it all feels so familiar but effortessly disturbing in its unreality, the characterisation is superb as is the art.
Now to join the rest for the interminable but understandable wait in between issues!
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It's been a while since I felt that particular pain but I help quite a few undergrad students in the library with their research (mostly done by now apart from those that are really panicking) but I get quite a few requests for help with the bibliographies at this time. I enjoy it as you get a real sense of helping them achieve something, whereas during the rest of their courses they just want to get in and out of the library as quickly as possible (understandable, especially considering how many of them have part time jobs on top of all the study).
Sounds like you've broken the back of it, good luck... I'm guessing it's going to mean a big blowout at Bristol to celebrate finishing?
What were you reading for the 1st 3 years of this forum?
in Bring the Noise
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I've just started reading Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith. I've only read about 30 pages but I'm enjoying it very muchly. A sort of twisted sci-fi Gumshoe with very black humour. Weird and simple... just the way I like it.