Funky Nosejob

It’s actually a better deal than that. Money back as cash if it loses.

First outing this morning for my favourite Christmas present. Made the whole maintenance schedule massively easier and my knees aren’t complaining for a change.

Just for you, here’s a Love Song, performed by The Damned, who also did cover versions of the love song “Eloise” and the Love song “Alone Again Or”. So, to summarise, The Damned sing Love Song, love songs and a Love song, It’s songs in the last category we’re looking for here. Hope that clears everything up.

You should put this in a wacky font with a colour-fade background and an attribution to Winston Churchill then post it on Facebook.

Hiya Mark Zuckerberg. Hiya Pal.

John Finnemore did a sketch about this on Radio 4. Can’t find a recording, but the transcript is below.

Was okay in Boys from the Blackstuff and GBH, but I’ll always remember him going on about his rabbits in The Liver Birds.

Not just Finland. Australia too. Apparently, all those convicts we shipped out were simply drowned at sea, but we invented the Australia myth to cover it up. A bit like when your old dog goes to live on a farm in the country. It must be true - it’s on the internet.

That’s certainly Mrs. Nosejob’s opinion. Eyebrows were raised in our house last week as my first comment on seeing Alien, without even hearing a clue, was “Well it looks like Sophie Ellis-Bextor”.

The Last Leg. What a load of self-indulgent shite. Had hoped that the absence of “Mike the Cameraman” would allow them to get back to addressing the issues facing the disabled community, which used to be and should be their main remit, but the last season has shown that not to be the case. As for the Last Leg of the Year - A quiz about the hosts and guests, a birthday tribute to the main host and videos of the hosts. I get that it had to be prerecorded but, f**k, that was brutal.

Back on Topic...

1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. As - Stevie Wonder 3. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS 4. She’s Always A Woman - Billy Joel 5. Everything - Michael Buble

I might be going a bit Black Mirror here, but I can see an end-game whereby the inevitable monetisation of a market based on followers and likes/retweets causes an unsustainable pyramid scheme and the whole thing collapses in on itself.

Time to boot up your dial-up modem, open your Netscape browser and altavista the Brexit Deal. Brexit copy and paste Spotted on my friend’s Geocities page.

Normally when spending time with friends or family, you get to see evidence of both the supportive and destructive aspects of their personalities. You get to understand and appreciate their ups and downs, strengths and vulnerabilities and accept them as a normal human with a healthy emotional diversity in their life. On social media, people either seem to be promoting their “perfect lifestyle” or railing against whatever the media has told them to be outraged about today. Whichever polarised view they are presenting is a pretence to compete in a competition for likes, retweets or whatever feedback is rewarded on that platform. It is for being complicit in that artificial competition that I judge them. I quite like most of them in real life.

Another entry to add to my list of “reasons I left Facebook”. 1. It made me judgemental of people I care about. 2. Like listening to Radio 2, it’s something only old people do. 3. I already know how and why to wear a face mask. 4. I have no say or influence whatsoever on whether Donald Trump is re-elected. 5. To show my teenage children that it was an option. 6. Because Jesus will kill you if you don’t repost his message. Even the couple in the photo look like they’re pissing themselves laughing at how ridiculous it is.

If you’re up for some high level pedantry you could explain to her that, whilst Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are always on the same weekday, New Year’s Day and Christmas Day are never on the same weekday.

First saw this with my daughter on Boxing Day 2016. We had the cinema to ourselves and I thoroughly enjoyed the pacing, the style and the story. Watched it again this afternoon with the rest of the family having recorded it a few weeks back on Film 4 and can honestly say it easily survives the transition to the small screen. The only reason I can think why this film isn’t more widely appreciated is that people see Matthew McConaughey’s name in the cast and discard it as an option. 8.5/10

Inflation kits are there because they weigh a damn sight less than spares or space-savers, meaning the car has a better chance of passing emission tests and can boast an improved mpg in advertising, whilst still meeting the criteria requiring the ability to fix a flat tyre.

Reminds me of a Musical Mathematics pub discussion from a few years ago. There was a dispute over whether a) Pretenders = Vanessa Carlton + Proclaimers or b) Pretenders = Vanessa Carlton + (2 x Proclaimers) depending on whether you were working from song titles or lyrics. Answer a) won out as everyone was in agreement that Big Country = 16 x Edwin Starr

Reminder set for Saturday on PP

Avoid walking on it if frosty. Rake up leaves regularly. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/in-month/december/lawns