rabbit hole (2010) - john cameron mitchell

A couple are mourning the loss of their 4 year old son,  who was run over by a young driver,  and are finding it hard to move on.  Becca,  the mother,  (Nicole Kidman) then starts meeting Jason (Miles Teller),  the young driver,  to chat,  and he tells her of parallel universes and infinite possibilities,  which he is also drawing a comic book about.  Her husband Howie (Aaron Eckhart) disapproves of the meetings,  but has been going to grief counselling meetings with a friend and 'getting high',  nearly having an affair in the process.
There are also issues with Becca's sister and mother (who had also lost a child, only as an  adult),  but in the end, they are gradually coming to terms with it.
An interesting film,  although l would have preferred more stuff about the parallel universes and comics, but never mind.  I will forgive the director (John Cameron Mitchell) pretty much anything,  as he also did 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch',  one of my favourite films.  In fact, it was because l noticed he was the director of this film that l decided to watch it.

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another day out and and about with work

I had another good day out at work today, as l had to take somebody to James Cook hospital in Middlesbrough  (just turned down to become a city), which meant l was out all morning, and by the time l returned (after a snack at Barton), it was pretty much time to go home.
The sun was shining (although it doesn't look like it in the photos), and all was OK with the world.
If only every day was as good.

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little robbo and kerry

Earlier on today - still small but growing.

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the pink floyd comic - usa tour 1975

While l am pondering doing the scans of more comics (see below), here's another to bide my time.
The 1975 Pink Floyd tour of the USA was accompanied with a comic, which can be viewed in it's entirety above.
Now pass the acid and the headphones maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn

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the valiant comic - 22nd nov 1969

I used to love The Valiant comic when l was a kid (still do really), and Raven on the wing was my favourite strip in it (by the rather fabulous Solano Lopez Buster).
I decided to scan one today (from 22nd November 1969) to see how long it took and what the results would be, as l am (rather sadly) thinking about scanning a load of them (obviously l have a vast collection), but maybe putting them on a separate blog, just for comics.
All l need now is more time and an extra dollop of sadness (OK, just the time, l'm sad enough).

To see in huge size, click on the picture, then right click and open image in new tab. Then it can be magnified in the new tab.
Tech advice over.

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todays entertainment in richmond

How enticing does this look?
Pity l'm working today.

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a clutter free computer workspace

I can't remember where l got this photograph from (probably The Word website), but it is the sort of workspace l should be using, instead of the haphazard and cluttered hole l actually do use.
Think it's time to get the FPO to tidy up a bit (a lot more than a bit actually).

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southern comfort (1981 ) - walter hill

An American classic, Southern Comfort tells the tale (set in 1973) of a group of Louisiana Army National Guards going on exercise in the bayou's, upsetting, underestimating, and not understanding the locals, and paying heavily for their mistakes, as they are hunted down by them. The guards are under equipped, badly managed, scared, gung ho, and mostly ignorant of the native culture they have been exposed to
Obviously a film with one eye on Vietnam, and based on the Anabasis by  Xenophon, and similar to 'The Warriors,' a previous Walter Hill film,  it has stood the test of time and is still (rather sadly) believable today.
Marvellous stuff.

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martin keown in time magazine

I admit l have been pretty slow on the uptake of this (and many other things), but it is still brilliant. A Time magazine cover from a 2003 about our early ancestors, and who should the cover picture look like?
Non other than the simian twat himself, Martin Keown.
Scarily accurate, and l still haven't forgiven Keown for screaming into Ruud Van Nistelrooy's face after Ruud had missed a penalty against the Arse.

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more pictures of the wagga wagga spiders

Even more photographs (from Time magazine) of the spiders heading to high ground after the floods in Wagga Wagga recently.
I hate them all.
Gits.

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