Diary
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Gravity
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock)is aboard the Space Shuttle Explorer. She is accompanied by Matt Kowalski, who is commanding his final expedition. During a spacewalk to service the Hubble Space Telescope, Mission Control orders the mission to be aborted after a Russian satellite blows up, forming a cloud of space debris. The debris strikes the Continue reading
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Breach – Everything You Never Had
Fantastic track – I love it! I wonder if its because of the old school sample?? [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k_v_i_HsSk[/tube] Continue reading
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Trance
Simon, an art auctioneer, helps with a theft of a painting from his own auction house. When one of the raiders Franck tries to take the painting, Simon attacks him but gets a blow to the head that leaves him with amnesia. When Franck gets home, he discovers that the package contains only an empty Continue reading
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KIngs of Summer
Teenager Joe Toy who, along with his best friend Patrick are sick of their controlling parents, decided to get away from it all and build a house in the woods and live in it along with a sidekick, Biaggio. Every lads dream I think?? I thoroughly enjoyed this film, its very quirky, the characters are Continue reading
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Emma is 6
Emma has had a fabulous and very busy birthday. As their birthdays are so close together she and Jess have had shared movie and pizza night, followed by a sleepover and an American diner themed breakfast of pancakes after they had been swimming – so quite quiet really!! Chris & Derek came for a birthday Continue reading
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Captain Phillips
Had an afternoon out with the Corkys a couple of weeks ago and we went to see Captain Phillips. The true story of Captain Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean during the Maersk Alabama hijacking in 2009. An extremely well made film by Paul Greengrass. This could have Continue reading
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Mountfitchet
Catching up on blogging so not last weekend but the weekend before the Caples were over so we had a chilly day at Mountfitchet, a Norman village near Stansted. In the Stocks! Continue reading
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Road Bikes for Kids
Love this Kids Road frame set. Unfortunately its made by company in San Francisco and I cant see how much it is. But it is cool. Continue reading
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Day out in London
Had a nice day in London on Sunday. We visited the Monument at Pudding Lane as Emma was interested to see where the Fire of London started. Dad, Emma and I climbed the 311 steps to the top for the view. Can you spot K? While we were up the monument I spotted this little Continue reading
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It’s so Warm!
Cycled to work in just a t-shirt this morning – well I did wear trousers as well! Continue reading
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Muddy Bike ride at Marks Hall
Had a great bike ride around Marks Hall today. Emma got very muddy must buy the poor love some mudguards! However, she didnt seem to care – “I’m having the best bike ride ever – I love getting muddy!” Continue reading
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Ginger Island
Wouldn’t that just be the perfect address for me and its up for sale! I’m having a whip round – I’m sure they would drop to £11m! Continue reading
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Vinyl Comeback
Vinyl sales are booming. Boosted slightly by Hattys purchase of the awesome “AM” by the Artic Monkeys for my birthday – Ta love! Continue reading
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Worst Snow for Decades
Worst winter for decades: Record-breaking snow predicted for November according to The Express… Continue reading
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Happiness is Fleeting
Love this pic – I wish the image on the t-shirt was smaller and on grey I would have ordered it! Continue reading
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School Bike Ride
Emma’s cake was a just reward for the amount of cycling she did at the School Bike Ride today. Continue reading
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The Man who Saved the World
Thirty years ago, on 26 September 1983, the world was saved from potential nuclear disaster. In the early hours of the morning, the Soviet Union’s early-warning systems detected an incoming missile strike from the United States. Computer readouts suggested several missiles had been launched. The protocol for the Soviet military would have been to retaliate Continue reading
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Place Hacking – The Mail Rail
I find infrastructure fascinating, and today I was really interested to hear an interview with Bradley Garrett on the Saturday Live Program on R4. Garrett has been involved with and has written a book about the London Consolidation Crew (LCC), a group of urban explorers calling themselves “Place Hackers”. These guys get into closed buildings Continue reading
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The Best Bike Lock
Interesting article on the best bike lock reccommended by Bike Thieves. Continue reading
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Well Done Emma
Very proud of our Emma tonight. She got the head teachers award for story writing. Well Done Love x Continue reading
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Take Shelter
Curtis, (Michael Shannon) starts to have really scary, apocalyptic dreams. The dreams terrify him, become all consuming and he starts to doubt his sanity, as does his family and friends. Believing his dreams might be true he focuses on building a storm shelter in his garden much to his wife’s annoyance. Written and directed by Continue reading
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Crazy Weekend
Went to the Bowling Open Day that Chris & Derek arranged at the Bowling Club.It was pretty good. Dad went too and he really enjoyed it. Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Livvy
Went to Livvys sixth birthday party yesterday.Heres the birthday girl enjoying just one of the cakes they had! Happy Birthday love x Continue reading
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Mud
Two boys Ellis and Neckbone (!?) travel to an island to see a boat stuck high in a tree but discover Mud, a fugitive who had lived in the area. Mud needs help to avoid the police and some dodgy characters, reunite with his girlfriend and skip town. The Boys decide to help mainly because, Continue reading
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The Place Beyond the Pines
Luke Glanton an ex Motorbike stuntman robs banks to provide for his child who lives with an ex-girlfriend putting him on a collision course with an ambitious cop. I don’t want to tell you too much about the story because its actually really good and anything I tell you will ruin the twists and turns Continue reading