living with the amish - channel 4

The rather lovely Jonathan (in the middle)

I have only seen the first episode of this series, as it was on while the FPO was upstairs looking busy and l was fiddling about downstairs (calm down missus - only with a necklace). The show was the usual kind of boot camp journey, with plenty of back stories, but what came across the most was how the Amish family involved (Jonathan and Marietta) were so nice, helpful, open minded and humble, something l thought l would never think about an Amish family. In an ideal world, l would like to live my life with that attitude (without the religion aspect of it), but l am just too darn cynical and selfish (blame my parents). At least l do my one good deed a day, so that's a starter for ten, and helps keep me in the good books, just in case (are you paying attention God??). Anyway, as the good lady herself (Marilyn Monroe) said..

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

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one of the best optical illusions l have seen

It's even better when it is enlarged (isn't everything?). Really trippy maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn.

Pass me my drugs.

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atomised (2006) - oskar roehler

I read the novel a year or so ago (in fact it was here), so l was curious to see Atomised as a film adaptation. It's a German adaptation (with subtitles) and manages to get the book across in the right (slightly strange) way, but it is not as pessimistic as the book (although it is in no way cheerful). Two brothers have issues with their sexuality. One is also a maths genius and they are both having trouble with relationships and their upbringing. It also involves genetics, cloning, and reproducing without actually having sex (it's a long story). I'm glad l have seen the film, but l must admit, l did prefer the book.

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better things (2008) - duane hopkins and the death of chatterton (henry wallis)

The Death of Chatterton 1856

A group of interlocking individuals, both old and young, deal with life, separation, heroin addiction and death in the West Midlands. Better Things is grim going, but has some great (reserved) acting and is very stylistic. I don't think anyone in the film smiled once, and there are at least three deaths, but that's my kind of film. Some pretty arty shots, especially near the end (referencing Henry Wallis' 'Death of Chatterton'), but it is certainly not cheerful.

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bees against tuberculosis

It's common knowledge that Eric the half a bee and his mates have been used for sniffing out drugs and have also been depleting in numbers (maybe this could be related?), but it has been discovered that they can sniff out people who have Tuberculosis. Clever little sods. Mind you, it's a good job they don't go sniffing round our idiot rabbits arse. They wouldn't last two minutes. More info here.

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strongmen on india's got talent

This is more like it! If stuff like this was on the UK version, l would actually watch it.

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jimmy fallon meets the doors - reading rainbow

From the Jimmy Fallon show, a spot on piss take of Jim Morrison and the Doors that could easily be an unreleased out-take. In fact, it is bound to show up on a Doors bootleg in the future. Superb! The Lizard King has risen again!!

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an ugly dog that only its mother could love

This makes our idiot rabbit look like a gift from Heaven.

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ernesto priego artwork

I really like these Ernesto Priego caricatures and there are lots more at his blog. More stuff for me to collect! Damn!!

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fragments (aka winged creatures) - 2008 - rowan woods

Fragments (also known as Winged Creatures), tells the story of how survivors deal with the aftermath of a random shooting incident in a diner. Some go off the rails, some discover the Lord (and so on), but l can't say it kept me engrossed, and l didn't really care what happened to any of the characters. The best scene (IMHO) was between the young girl and boy when they went back to the diner, but even then, the boys acting put me off, and l just felt like slapping him round the chops (something l would obviously never do in real life). Then again, if l had walked into the diner at that precise moment and seen his hangdog expression, l may just have crumbled - gun or no gun.

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more life magazines

After the last post - here are some more Life mags that l wouldn't mind. I think l had better stop looking at them before l crumble and start hitting the telephone and paypal.

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life magazine muhammed ali covers

Now l certainly enjoy collecting things (some would say junk), and l certainly have a lot of crap already, but there is soooooooo much more out there that l would also like to get my stinking mitts on. Take these Life Magazines with the Ali covers. Mmmmm, methinks l may have to crumble and add them to the collection. Then again, where will it all end? There are plenty more Life mags where these little beauties came from, and there are plenty more little beauties that l would also like to have. There's the Beatles ones, the wacky ones, the historical ones, the comedy ones................................AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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