I see that after the earthquake off the coast of Canada that they expect a Tsunami to hit parts of Hawaii today. It must be a terrifying time for the residents there. Last week my lady and I went to see the film 'The Impossible', this was about the Tsunami that hit Thailand. Excellent film, and although some events showed the tragic side of a disaster like that, it also showed how human beings come together regardless of race, creed, or religion, when needs be. A nice 'feel good factor' movie that helped to restore our faith in humanity a little.
Last night we saw 'Argo'. This film dealt with the escape of six USA embassy staff from Iran shortly after the overthrow of the Shah. We went expecting a sort of 'shoot 'em up' type film. We couldn't have been more wrong. Worth seeing, and Ben Afleck, who can do no wrong for me, was excellent as the CIA agent who heads up the escape plan. True story too.
'Skyfall' comes next week, can't wait. I'm glad to see there is a sequence where 007 fights a 'baddy' on the top of a moving train. I've missed that........Gene Autry was a hero of mine, and hardly a film went by when he wasn't punching the living daylights out of a crook on top of a train hurtling along the tracks. Of course, the ticket inspector had to be pretty agile in those days, what with climbing up on top of the train, and then holding them apart long enough to check their tickets.
They had a thing on Sky News about burglars this morning. I often wonder, if you had burglars that were 'gay', would they re-arrange the furniture? Or maybe change the curtains? Or perhaps paint the lounge pink?
During a book signing an old lady just said, "Emma Chissit", so I wrote in the book 'To Emma Chissit with best regards, Joseph Dickerson'. I didn't realise she was actually asking me 'How much is it?'
The above reminds me of an old lady who phoned in to a radio request programme and asked for 'Anal Vice'........she actually meant 'Edelweiss'.
Why do they call the House of Commons the 'Westminster Village'? As far as I am aware most villages only have one idiot !!!