I just watched most of the movie Ghostbusters 2 which I haven’t seen for years. I think some of the Ramis shots were used in the last movie where he was supposed to have died (the actor having died in reality). It was overblown but at least the comedy actors were committed to the ludicrous…
Author: Daniel
People Always Ask
but one cannot always give. Then they make decisions and ask again expecting you to have the time and space to give despite not being in the decision making time-frame. It is very frustrating to know that people have had conversations with you without you being there. Have drawn some conclusions based on how they…
Shakespeare’s World
It isn’t always as difficult as people make out to read Shakespeare. His world is very different to ours. If you don’t own a horse you walk everywhere so must have strong shoes as there are no tarmacked roads just dirt and Roman stones. No lighting after daytime but firebrands. there was a lot more…
Musicals
My mother thought that Carousel was the musical from America with the most heart. I used to know some of the songs of South Pacific because it was about war and war was a fantasy to a nine year old. Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr dancing in the King and I is a glorious scene….
Too Many Lies
We have always known governments lie to get their laws passed. That companies lie and conceal to keep their profit margins up. That individuals lie to each other all day every day. but we tried to have people around who sought and dug for the truth. In the past they might have been historians and…
Astrophel and Stella: LXIV
No more, my dear, no more these counsels try; Oh, give my passions leave to run their race; Let Fortune lay on me her worst disgrace; Let folk o’ercharg’d with brain against me cry; Let clouds bedim my face, break in mine eye; Let me no steps but of lost labour trace; Let all the…
A Horse
Horses are run all summer on public land and I have been walking by them and offering and leaving carrots for them. I see one or two going to the carrots after I walk away but these horses have had nothing but indifference frim people and on the one hand I want to show them…
One Story
with thousands of characters and slightly differing endings. It is a story that has traversed the world a hundred times and appears in every tribe, every country. It is of a hero fighting a monster. In modern times the monster is a machine, isn’t magical but is still diabolical because it wants to eat human…
At Last The Rain
With places in Scotland facing a semi-drought and water restrictions (I mean Scotland the wettest place in the UK) it is pleasant to have had a downpour this morning even though I am supposed to be trying to film garden video and podcasts. We shall see what we shall see. I am guessing in the…
Clapper Bridges
You used to find them everywhere in Cornwall when the Cornish were in charge. These granite stone blocks were laid over rovers and streams to provide crossing pints. Most were not more than eight feet long and accommodated single file traffic but they stayed for centuries and kept a lot of feet dry. A few…