Archive for July, 2006

What a week

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

It’s been a momentous week, and it’s only Wednesday. 1) All US military detainees, including those at Guantanamo Bay, to get full Geneva Convention rights. I attach here a link to an article (seven pages and well worth your time) I read in the ‘New York’ magazine last month. It made me openly cry on [...]

Spleen vented, oh noes!

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Small children, French / Australian / American / English people and bloggers of nervous dispositions please back away now. I am in a bad mood so I am right up for a bit of venomous typing. Thank you so much London Underground for screwing with us on the Hammersmith and City line tonight, I am [...]

Film Fest

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Bubb and I hardly ever go to the cinema. Be it for reasons of general slothery, the fact that two tickets at a London cinema are more than the DVD release of said movie or the fact that little scrotes just love to ruin your film experience. However, when we do go, we go all [...]

Campioni del mondo

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Picture from “La Stampa” Oh. La. Madonna. I was not expecting a beautiful game like the semi-final against Germany and I half expected Italy to retreat to their old style of play. They had me swearing at the telly and stamping my feet at the missed chances and their negativity. I was dreading when it [...]

Endings

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

What is up with the Telly? It’s a desert out there I tells you. Finished Doctor Who Francesco’s Italy 24 CSI:NY CSI (this Tuesday) Battlestar Galactica Rescue Me Boston Legal House WTF? If it wasn’t for Deadwood and Horizon my Sky+ would be barren. Also ending tonight the World Cup. We won’t talk about that [...]