It’s official, I accept I didn’t make the cut The first script I’ve properly produced and it never made the “long list” in the BBC’s competition The Last Laugh. Basically you had to choose a half written sitcom and write the second half. The winning one would be made into a […]
Hmmm. Damn US companies. First off The Register is reporting that the Crazy Frog’s wedding tackle has been snipped off by iTunes. The US release of the Axel F single has a picture of him less his cocktail sausage whilst straddling a huge phallic rocket. In other Register reported news, Micro$oft’s […]
There’s only one reason to see the Fantastic Four … and it’s not to see Jessica Alba in her underwear (hint: watch Sin City, everyone strips in that, even the men). Out of the four characters, the only one I ever actually liked was The Thing aka Ben Grimm. Michael Chiklis (star […]
Never under-estimate the power of image and the first impression you make on someone. The way I looked on my first non-date with KT is a big reason why we started to go out for real. With that in mind, would you be happy if these guys came around to fix your plumbing? […]
Sadly this isn’t a little piece slating fashion designers At the weekend I was having a conversation with a few friends when the subject of meat eating came up. I have friends who don’t eat meat for a variety of reasons and classify themselves as vegetarians or vegans. The problem is […]
Mmmm, free food. I’ve just bought 8 bottle of Tabasco sauce (about £1.20). I hate tomatoes so no Bloody Marys for me, so why buy so many? Simple, the boxes are flashed with “Free Pizza” and inside is a voucher for a free 10″ Cheese and Tomato pizza with any four toppings […]
It truly amazes me just how bad some people are at driving and how un-observant others are. Do peoples’ minds switch off when they get behind a wheel? Here are the most common and annoying errors I’ve come across in recent weeks. If you are turning off a road INDICATE! Don’t […]
Watched Festival last night, a Scottish film based around the Edinburgh Festival (Fringe and Comedy to be specific). It was great. Not just the high calibre of acting or dialogue, but the plot and exploration of relationships was also excellent. Definitely worth watching, not just to see some amazing shots in and […]
Here Piggy Piggy Piggy Piggy! I currently have 20 pigs for sale, ten already have found new owners. No cost at all to get yourself a handy squishable pig. Post a comment if you want one. Here’s what they look like.
Aarrgghh!! How the hell do these people get away with print such blatant distortions of the truth? There is a film being advertised on the side of buses at the moment called Skeleton Key (I’m not going to link to it) and it’s being promoted as “From the Writer of The Ring”. […]
Antibodies - Slick serial killer yarn from Germany (home of the recent cannibal!). Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist - The never-seen version that was “too cerebral”. P - Thai Ghost story about a possessed young girl. Snuff-Movie - well scripted horror movie with loads of gore. Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael […]
Thankfully the heatwave is now over! Too sticky to try to sleep and too noisy in the Grassmarket to have all of the windows open. In other news several blog search engines don’t seem to be picking up my name, Phill Gillespie, or my domain name, phillg.com. That sentence should fix it. […]
Yesterday ended with a very nice barbecue up at Blackford Hill (next to the Royal Observatory). It’s just a shame that under one of the hills there was a 30 person rave going on! There are a few good pieces of advice I can share to help everyone have a great BBQ too. […]
My specials thermometer tells me the air temperature is 26°C and at ground level it is and incredible 46°C! Justification that when I went out yesterday wearing stupid boot cut jeans that are far too close I had to drive around for the afternoon in just my boxer shorts (and shoes)! Speaking of […]
After the horrific scenes of this morning, Lothian Borders Police received reports of a suspect package on an LRT bus along Princes Street (opposite Zara). That was at 5.30pm and in the following hour all the shops and businesses in a 100 radius were evacuated. In the last hour a controlled explosion (and […]
War of the Worlds was last night’s film and it was pretty good. Not a great deal of dialogue, good sequences and effects and some really tense (Jurassic Park-esque) sequences. The music was good, usual John Williams incidental stuff, both without a killer piece (no orchestral/synth title theme). I guess the ending […]
Half time, 3-0 down, not even the die-hardest of Liverpool fans believed we had a chance.
Tuesday afternoon after the Echo broke the news nobody could believe the dramatic turn around that would happen. I spent Tuesday evening lying awake wondering if we could get Juanfran or Duff as part of the deal, then […]
Yesterday was the Carnival of Full Enjoyment, a protest by anarchists and some people who just wanted a runble. I saw lots of the demonstration and it looked well natured however it did get tense at several points. Read more about it from the BBC site here and here. They have some […]
Liverpool have announced their first four signings today. Bolo Zenden arrives from Middlesborough, their player of last year. The left (also right) winger Mark Gonzales arrives with the reputation as Chile’s best player even though he’s only 20 (he’s still recovering from ACL surgery and won’t be able to play until early October). […]
That’s the Make Poverty History March complete then and the whole group of us are in a lot of pain. First off our lower backs are hurting from all the standing around trying to get out of the pens (they ‘locked’ people up so there wouldn’t be a crush trying to get up Middle […]
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