Lordi Lord!

Just found the music video for Lordi... it's fabulous and features zombie cheerleaders and a comedy hand!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Zv-rStWHU&search=hard%20rock%20hallelujah

Remember This?

Yes it's Tony Robinson in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men....


Did anyone else watch this in 1989? I seem to recall I thought it was hilarious at the time, but no doubt it's aged hideously. For anyone who's having trouble remembering, the twist to the legend was that Maid Marian was the fearless hero whilst Robin Hood was a fool and only worried about what he was wearing! Tony Robinson played the evil Sherriff of Nottingham opposite Forbes Collins' gurning King John. It was quite politically incorrect, looking back at it now, with a black rasta musician called Barrington and a short fat guy called Rabies, but at the time this constituted great kids (and family) entertainment! The funniest thing though is that I have a photo of my mum with the exact same washed out, frizzy perm as Kate Lonergan's Marian in the pic above!!! Such great '80's style!

It's out now on DVD...

Javan earthquake

So Indonesia suffers a 2nd major natural disaster just 2 and half years after the tsumani. At the moment the Indonesian government is claiming that over 4000 are dead, but that number is sure to rise as they always do in such situations.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5023874.stm

Of course the international community should act quickly to help Indonesia, but no doubt the international response will be as cold as it was in Pakistan last year. Rhetoric is all well and good, but what is needed in such situations is cash and a co-ordinated resonse.

I wonder when Mr's Bush and Blair will realise that people in fragile and emerging democracies, and also here at home in the UK, would have much more respect for them if they were to spend the same amount of money resolving natural disasters like this, that they have spent on their imperialistic disaster in Iraq.

Bored in work

It's currently 18:30 and I'm still sat in work waiting to go home.... I'm bored and tired and it's been right busy. The only thing I can think is that I want to be back in Greece having fun partying. It's also a holiday here on Monday, but I'm working all weekend and will miss my old housemate's (from Uni) birthday because of it. Thinking of you Kirsten - have a good one - we need to meet up for coffee soon.

The main topic of conversation at work today has been gay sex.... (!) - you'd never believe my colleagues were straight!!!!