Strange to be heading off to Heathrow instead of heading home to Worthing...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wolverine 5.1
This is a bit of an obscure topic for a post, but I thought I'd mention this before launching into an even weirder fetish of mine.
So, to set the scene, Marvel, one of the biggest (if not the biggest) comic producer in the world, has been banging on about relaunching several of their titles, including Wolverine and Iron Man. Iron Man is up to issue #500, and the relaunch will be numbered #500.1 - which is nice.
Wolverine, on the other hand, has reached issue #5, and the relaunch is numbered #5.1.
A question that springs to mind immediately is - why would you need a relaunch, after five issues? But, it's a relaunch, it's a special issue, it's going to be good, right?
Erm.
Maybe the writers and illustrators missed the point? This is supposed to be an issue to draw people in. This is supposed to 'sell' Wolverine to the general masses, the people who've never bothered with the big fella before. So, let's look at the story, then; it's a surprise birthday for Wolverine, but it turns out to be a real surprise because he doesn't know today is his birthday. So he doesn't show. Cue a lot of small-talk from a lot of superheroes - Luke Cage, The Thing, Deadpool, the list goes on.
One possible seed is the appearance of The Hand, but I've just collected all of Shadowland, I've had enough of The Hand. In my view, there was nothing gripping about this issue.
Maybe the artwork was exemplary? Maybe the issue was a visual delight? Here are two examples of the art work in this pisspoor (in my opinion) publication:
So, the artwork not impressive either. Oh well. That's a shame. I've got Wolverine (Road to Hell) Prelude, #1 - #5, and #5.1. I was thinking I could bag 'em up and sell 'em off as one interesting lot. So, thanks for nothing, Marvel.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Swimming
Ah, Sunday brings the weekly trip to the swimming pool in Worthing, the Aquarena.
Today was one of the better sessions; the youngest kept the general populace entertained by throwing herself with gusto into the pool at any and every opportunity.
Lulu went down the big slide, with me. It was the first time for both of us! Amy was trying to persuade me to take Hattie down, but I refused - she's too young.
And this afternoon has brought some entertaining Six Nations rugby, as I expected. Ireland vs. France was always going to be good. Let's see how it ends...
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Nick Clegg and Work-life Balance
I read this article in The Telegraph at the weekend, and it's been niggling me ever since.
Basically, Clegg's office have said they won't put ordinary business on his agenda after 3pm.
To me, that seems fair enough. After all, as DPM, he must have to review shedloads of paperwork on a daily basis. Why not have a cut-off time?
But The Telegraph are able to rustle up a Labour MP willing to go on record as saying "Nick Clegg seems to be clocking off after lunch and putting his feet up". Where do they get these rent-a-quote mouthpieces from?
The problem is that The Torygraph has its knickers in a twist because although the Tories are in power, they're practicing a brand of 'Tory lite', which isn't providing enough true Conservatism to satisfy their readership.
But they should know that The Grauniad, from their point of view, are unhappy too. It's nothing but doom'n'gloom on their pages.
So the Coalition, the Con-Dems (will that stick, do we think?), soldier on, with no support from either side of the established media, but with a general "they're okay so far" from The general public. Okay, so they've stuffed up on tuition fees, but apart from that, they're pretty solid.
So to waste firepower on this sort of bureaucratic nothingness, both by The Torygraph and the Labour rent-a-quote, seems wrong-footed. If this was on the back of some pretty big policy misjudgements, that might add to the overall political 'mood music'. But to me, now, this just jars. Must try harder.
TTFN.
Basically, Clegg's office have said they won't put ordinary business on his agenda after 3pm.
To me, that seems fair enough. After all, as DPM, he must have to review shedloads of paperwork on a daily basis. Why not have a cut-off time?
But The Telegraph are able to rustle up a Labour MP willing to go on record as saying "Nick Clegg seems to be clocking off after lunch and putting his feet up". Where do they get these rent-a-quote mouthpieces from?
The problem is that The Torygraph has its knickers in a twist because although the Tories are in power, they're practicing a brand of 'Tory lite', which isn't providing enough true Conservatism to satisfy their readership.
But they should know that The Grauniad, from their point of view, are unhappy too. It's nothing but doom'n'gloom on their pages.
So the Coalition, the Con-Dems (will that stick, do we think?), soldier on, with no support from either side of the established media, but with a general "they're okay so far" from The general public. Okay, so they've stuffed up on tuition fees, but apart from that, they're pretty solid.
So to waste firepower on this sort of bureaucratic nothingness, both by The Torygraph and the Labour rent-a-quote, seems wrong-footed. If this was on the back of some pretty big policy misjudgements, that might add to the overall political 'mood music'. But to me, now, this just jars. Must try harder.
TTFN.
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