Reading time: < 1 min Budweiser vs Budvar (via mini me(ish)) OK, normally this would be a miniblog entry but as it’s about my favourite beer… Budweiser. Ick. Fizzy, soapy, bleuch. I don’t like it. I also don’t like the advertising which, whilst normally being catchy, funny and clever, is all too American. I’m not American why should I drink…
Reading time: < 1 min OK, I give up. Which paper should I read? I’m not a big newspaper guy, the Metro in the morning, and the occasional paper at the weekend, but I regularly hear comments about papers by others.. is this common information? Is it listed somewhere? (Times = Conservative, Guardian = liberal) and if I hardly read…
Reading time: 2 mins John Hannah makes the news today (in the Metro granted). He comments: “Scotland is a strange, little, wet, fried, angry place. Alll that stuff about Protestant Scottish, Catholic Scottish, what school you went to, what football team you support – I just do not want that for my kids.” He is right of course, Scotland,…
Reading time: < 1 min The Runaway Jury Knowing this is based on a Grisham novel, and that the assembled cast was top notch, I entered the cinema with an almost resigned view. It would be clever, slightly thrilling and but a bit generic. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was all that but more. The cast – including…
Reading time: < 1 min Cold, wet, grey, miserable. The perfect day to stay at home and catch up on some watching.. Series 4 of Sopranos anyone? In reward for yesterday’s cleaning/tidying efforts I was allowed out to the cinema… kidding. I was dragged out to see the latest blockbuster by Mr.Cruise (Mrs. McLean is a life-long fan, all the…