“I don’t know how you can get serious with a guy whose entire future is based on tips” – Charlotte OK, it’s arrived – the one where Steve goes crap. I don’t blame him for feeling uncomfortable that his girlfriend is a much higher earner. I don’t blame him for buying an expensive suit he couldn’t afford. IContinue reading “Sex and the City Revisited: Season 2, Episode 10: The Caste System”
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Love Actually: The Drinking Game
Create cards (NB see update below for card-creation guidance) Insert into Christmas pot pourri bowl Select a card each Happy viewing! Download the film: UPDATE A trial run of the game yielded the following results: While Colin does refer to himself in the third person a few times, not many others say his name. Therefore,Continue reading “Love Actually: The Drinking Game”
New power will be a taxing matter for the SNP
I’D forgotten all about the new Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT), coming soon to a residence near you. In fact, I was beginning to think I’d imagined the whole thing, so confused were so many people – Yes and No supporters alike – when I kept mentioning that a pretty significant new power wasContinue reading “New power will be a taxing matter for the SNP”
Punctuation Matters Part 1: Meaning-free
If only there was some form of punctuation that could magically link two words together to form an adjective, thereby ensuring those words didn’t convey the exact opposite of what was intended…
Sex and the City Revisited – Season 2, Episode 1: Take Me Out to the Ballgame
“How does it happen that four such smart women have nothing to talk about but boyfriends? It’s like seventh grade with bank accounts! What about us? What we think, we feel, we know … Christ! Does it always have to be about them?” – Miranda MIRANDA’S howl of frustration is a bold tone-shifter for the first episodeContinue reading “Sex and the City Revisited – Season 2, Episode 1: Take Me Out to the Ballgame”
Bill Cosby’s betrayal of black Americans is unforgivable
THINGS aren’t looking good for Bill Cosby. As rape and sexual assault allegations against the entertainer mount up, more and more institutions are severing their ties with him and withdrawing honours bestowed on him. Last week he resigned from a university board of trustees, the US Navy revoked his status as an honorary petty officer,Continue reading “Bill Cosby’s betrayal of black Americans is unforgivable”