bluemonday

Finally got round to watching AVP Requiem.

So dark most of the time you couldn't see what was happening.

Seemed to be blood and guts galore trying to make up for a weak story.

Load of rubbish.

But then I liked AVP which got panned..

Dead squirrel has memorial facebook page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8346478.stm

Kittens saved after global appeal

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Hurrah!

Swedish Rabbits Are Bunny Biofuel

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Cat registered as hypnotherapist

And Click And Relax

And a small but stylish Felt shop.

I'd say that there is some reasoning behind the provision of healthcare, education, security, transport, and justice. There may be some disagreement with regards to how involved the private sector should be in some of these, and what's the best method of provision, but essentially there is a case for government involvement (partial or full, direct or indirect) in all of these areas. However, the one area I would have thought that people could sort things out for themselves, more or less in its entirity and with an absolute minimum of state involvement (although as you say, the government is involved in running theatres, and also in providing and maintaining public parks), is keeping themselves occupied. Much more and I feel the state will be effectively infantalizing people, indulging and pandering to their whims to such an extent that we end up with a populace of fickle mush-heads with little idea of how to do things for themselves.

 

To be honest, if kids and people find themselves bored and with nothing to do, it's only because we're relatively lucky to be living in a society that affords its inhabitants an awful lot of leisure time compared with other parts of the world and previous generations. As such, it seems a little spoilt to then cry out for help filling that time. Today we have access to virtually every book that has ever been written, every piece of music or film that's been recorded. We have the chance and the opportunity to take up a musical instrument, cultivate hobbies of our choosing, study any discipline, or choose from a bewildering variety of sports to partake in. We can be entertained in front of the television, in the playing field, sat at a computer or console, in a theatre or cinema, or relax with friends in a café, pub, restaurant, park, or on the beach. In short, we live in an age of unprecedented opportunities to be entertained and indulge our enthusiasms and interests. And yet we cry out for more, dismissing everything that we have and assuming that it's someone else's responsibility to provide us with yet more activities, novelties and fripperies. What does it say about us if, given all that we have, our boredom is so servere and our enthusiasm and imagination so limited that we desperately need X establishment to briefly lift our jaded spirits now and again?

 

Sure, kids will still be bored. Kids generally do spend a lot of time bored, especially those who are at that awkward age when they're neither child nor adult, but that's life and they should be encouraged to make the most of their time, just like everyone else had to when they were that age.

Superb post.

We're all becoming ultimate consumers.

We want everything and when we get it, it's not enough.

In having everything, we have nothing.

After decades of research, I now proudly introduce my (patent pending) Child and Young Persons Portable Entertainment Module.

(CAYPPEM)

This superbly engineered, fully tested and truly mobile device will be available shortly in all good shops.

(Artists Impression)

Any future developments should incorporate felt in the construction where possible.

Unfortunately felt buildings are very rare in the Isle of Man.

Working donkeys seek holiday home

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How to survive an elephant attack.

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More spiders expected this autumn

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So was I.

I do believe Cheeky Boy was quite 'mesmerised' by an oriental work of art in Duke Street about 1020 this morning.

(Little in joke there)

Marcus the lamb in hiding.

Paul O'Grady stages rescue bid.

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Nice one Kevster.

http://manxman.com/fringe/index.html

mp3 mono - at the bottom of the page

Missing python found in cupboard

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Devon river team's piranha shock

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I watched The Hide last night on film4

Two blokes in a birdwatching hide, sounds boring doesn't it?

But it's not. It starts slowly, builds the two personalities then executes a brilliant twist.

Stark, bleak photography, superb script and two master actors.

See it if you can, well worth watching.

Agreed 100%

There's no doubting the courage of the armed services.

The courage of the spineless political fuckwits to do the correct thing is however a totally different issue.

If their neck was on the line daily, they might see things differently.

selfless imposition of 'democracy'.

There's half the problem. Imposing 'our' standards, however desirable ( see Mollogs post 12 on first page re womens rights) conflicts with hundreds of years of custom and practice.

It's either totally 'democracy' or Taliban time.

Surely there's a possible pragmatic approach there somewhere?

Some middle ground?

Shhhhhhh.

To my mind, anything that highlights the courage and sacrifice made by the armed services is to be welcomed.

Also anything that exposes the questionable political decisions being made in regard to this and other operational theatres is again to be welcomed.

Lions led (politically) by Donkeys.

But then again LDV, I suspect you expected me to say that........

Cat astrophe

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NB Not for the squeamish