Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Tuesday Haike

Rats! Rats in the walls!
Or perhaps it's just the mouse
The cats haven't caught

A misty morning
The sun is just a pale disc
Poking through the trees

Hit the road running
The bard of Salford recalls
Life in Chickentown

Unleaded petrol
Now costs one pound eleven
Highway robbery

Prius wins on tax
Payslip confirms that I am
Fifty quid richer

Testing reveals faults
Friday's planned upgrade is now
Under advisement

Home to GTA
A job interview leaves a
Trail of dead lawyers

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Sunday Links

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Fix bayonets!

Six hours of bayonet drill in a sweltering hall today, including some excellent bayonet vs cutlass work and a five vs five boarding action in which I outflanked the other crew and killed them all single handed, and I bet that Wii Fit will be complaining that I haven't done any exercise when I switch it on tomorrow ... :-)

Caturday night at the movies

Friday, May 09, 2008

Fancy a cuppa?

Tuesday, May 06, 2008



(H/T Bay of Fundie)

Monday, May 05, 2008

Perestroika (GTA IV minor spoilers)

I am in a cab on the way to Mr Faustin's club, Perestroika. The word means 'rebuilding'. It is appropriate. After today, there will be much to rebuild.

"Excuse me, can we change the channel? I would like to listen to 'Journey', my friend."

The cab driver retunes the radio to the station that plays my favourite music. A piece by the composer Phillip Glass. It fits my mood. Roman talks of big opportunities, but all I see is a third rate cab depot and an apartment filled with roaches.

The sky is the same colour as the gun in my pocket. The streets are slick with a cold rain. Liberty does not seem such a welcoming place now.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Sunday Links

I love a rainy night

It's a bank holiday weekend in the UK, which means that with traditional inevitability it is raining. Still, it is just a gentle soft rain and it's not too cold so walking in the woods with a carpet of bluebells in bloom providing a splash of colour was a joy.

It has also been a perfect excuse to play on GTA IV. The story is deep and engaging, the driving and shooting models are just about as good as they can be and the level of detail is quite staggering at times. The trademark sly humour is still on show with the 'Clucking Bell' restaurant offering the 'Little Cluckers' meal and the cyber cafe where you go to get your emails being called 'TW@'. The less said about the sign for 'Johnson's Wieners' and the logo for the bowling alley the better ... ;-)