Eric Clapton with 'Tears in Heaven' and 'Eternal Flame' by The Bangles.
Explain thyself, Eric!
Sunday 27 February 2011
Saturday 26 February 2011
Thought of the Day: The Empire's problem? Poor Prioritisation
Photo courtesy of Wookipedia.While re-visiting Star Wars Episode 3 the other day, the last one of the new ones that comes before the oldest one of the old ones, I noticed that the Empire had started work on the Death Star before the movie even finished.
The other thing I noticed was that everyone working on the starship that the Emporer and Vadar were hanging out on were already in uniform.
Now, given that the Empire had been in existence for about 10 minutes at that stage of the movie; where did they get all these uniforms from? Did they have tailors working undercover, sizing prospective employees up for an as-yet non-existent army?
And if so, why did they focus so much on uniforms, rather than the Death Star? Surely having the 'ultimate power in the galaxy' would be more important than looking nice, or am I missing the point?
Thinking about the films in order, I realised that the Death Star actually took another 20 years to become fully armed and operational from the time that the uniforms were used, while the second Death Star took about 5 years to build after the first was destroyed.
Again, by focussing on their attire, the Empire seems to have really shot themselves in the foot in regards to achieving their goals.
Monday 21 February 2011
Saturday 12 February 2011
Quote of the Day
From my football coach on what I should be looking to do on the field this season:
"You get out there, you get in their faces, you look at them and say; 'Your stuff? It's no good!'. Then, BAM! You come off again."
Looking forward to it.
"You get out there, you get in their faces, you look at them and say; 'Your stuff? It's no good!'. Then, BAM! You come off again."
Looking forward to it.
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Slummer of Cricket
With James Anderson hoiking a ball into the Western Australian skies on Sunday, only to be caught by Brad Haddin limping across to silly mid-on from behind the stumps, another summer of international Cricket came to an end here in Australia.
This time of year usually means that I start going into a bit of a funk, as all there is to look forward to is (immediately) sunburn and (longer term) another season following the Melbourne Football Club.
Not so this year.
The performance of the Australian team this summer was pretty ordinary, pyjama stuff aside, and it looks like its possible that the Demons may not finish last this year. Looks like.
Aside from the appalling way in which the Cricket team performed and was administered, one of the worst things about the International season was the television coverage.
Firstly, why are the cricket commentators suddenly promoting other shows on Channel 9? I listen to some commentators because I respect their opinions about cricket, not because I think they have lovely speaking voices and my TV watching is heavily influenced by their opinions.
Actually, its quite the opposite, Tony Greig telling me that "2 and a half men" is "right here at the home of comedy" makes me think he has seen far too much sun and needs to be put out to pasture.
Secondly, why are we drowning in KFC and Vodafone advertising? Is there no-one else that wants to advertise when the cricket is on? The fact that Vodafone took a massive hit during the Ashes campaign did nothing to help Cricket Australia's reputation, while fried chicken really isn't the sort of thing one associates with sports.
In regards to the standard of commentary itself, it seems the modern commentator (read: Slater, Healy etc) really isn't so much interested in the game itself as yelling about it, or anything else going on in their lives; whether it be KFC or the home of comedy.
The list of complaints and questions goes on, but this must also be asked: James Brayshaw?
Why?!
And now its over to you Richie.
(photo courtesy of ecb.co.uk)
This time of year usually means that I start going into a bit of a funk, as all there is to look forward to is (immediately) sunburn and (longer term) another season following the Melbourne Football Club.
Not so this year.
The performance of the Australian team this summer was pretty ordinary, pyjama stuff aside, and it looks like its possible that the Demons may not finish last this year. Looks like.
Aside from the appalling way in which the Cricket team performed and was administered, one of the worst things about the International season was the television coverage.
Firstly, why are the cricket commentators suddenly promoting other shows on Channel 9? I listen to some commentators because I respect their opinions about cricket, not because I think they have lovely speaking voices and my TV watching is heavily influenced by their opinions.
Actually, its quite the opposite, Tony Greig telling me that "2 and a half men" is "right here at the home of comedy" makes me think he has seen far too much sun and needs to be put out to pasture.
Secondly, why are we drowning in KFC and Vodafone advertising? Is there no-one else that wants to advertise when the cricket is on? The fact that Vodafone took a massive hit during the Ashes campaign did nothing to help Cricket Australia's reputation, while fried chicken really isn't the sort of thing one associates with sports.
In regards to the standard of commentary itself, it seems the modern commentator (read: Slater, Healy etc) really isn't so much interested in the game itself as yelling about it, or anything else going on in their lives; whether it be KFC or the home of comedy.
The list of complaints and questions goes on, but this must also be asked: James Brayshaw?
Why?!
And now its over to you Richie.
(photo courtesy of ecb.co.uk)
Friday 4 February 2011
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