Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Cold as ice

Raining and four degrees this morning, and looking like we are due for some fog as well. I don't mind the weather being cold but cold and damp is the sort of combination that sneaks into your bones and hunkers down for the long run.

Good news this morning was the return of my first T175 TMA - it was graded at 92% with some very positive comments. The marks that I dropped were for not giving sufficient detail on some of the answers, but I can learn from that going forward. Not bad for my first stab at matters academic since doing my Spanish GCSE five or six years ago, I reckon.

Last night's dvd was the excellent 'In the Loop' which is more or less the film version of 'The Thick of It'. It was stretched a wee bit thin in places, but it was nice to see the American equivalents of our Whitehall spin doctors and politicos. James Gandolfini was particularly good as an American general bringing the smiling bonhomie and restrained menace of Tony Soprano to Washington politics. Good stuff.

3 comments:

Anonymous Me said...

Congratulations on your 92%!

will said...

Hmmm, will try "the thick of it".Am assuming that was a recommendation?

thermalsatsuma said...

Oh yes - 'The Thick of It' is excellent. Peter Capaldi as the chief press officer Malcolm Tucker turns swearing into an art form.