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Sunday 14th June 2009
The people of Andalus did not observe them, thinking that the vessels crossing and recrossing were similar to the trading vessels which for their benefit plied backwards and forwards
 It feels like a while since I've actually put finger to keyboard and made some words up . . . as oppose to just dumping a load of pictures and kind of going, "There you go, sort it out yourselves." Erm, so yeah . . . what's been happening? We went on holiday, we came back, we went to a wedding, we came back . . . we did some DIY, with one eye (or maybe more) ever on R******. For this child is trouble, we've come to realise. But then you think, "Was A****** like this or have we just forgotten?" Would A****** have eaten a slug, a fly, some coal, a bouncy ball, a bit of plastic . . . erm . . . pretty much anything that would fit into his mouth? Would he? Did I? I can't remember that happening with A****** but maybe it did and we forget.
    
So yeah . . . the picture up there is the latest creation of A******. We recently attended some kind of 'thing' at A******'s chosen school and were given this, erm, document . . . part of which asked if our child could do this and that . . . we looked through the list and realised, "Can he use a handkerchief?" Another question asked, "What number can [A******] count to?" and, not wishing to brag or anything, but . . . well, I've no idea what number he should be able to count to by the time he gets to school,
    
so we've been teaching him how to get to a hundred but not really knowing whether he was actually paying attention or not . . . but then, he seems to love counting things (almost obsessionally sometimes) so why not encourage him, eh? But what I'm getting at is that, well, assume nothing. Is it enough to be able to count to 10, to 50, to 100, to 1000? What's enough? Who knows?
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This entry has turned into a bit of a mess. Those pictures above are actually from a walk we went on later today (i.e. this entry has the erroneous time of 00:49), when we went to, erm . . . somewhere around the Yealands (Leven's Hall and all that). Let's just move on . . . |
Two-minute film review
Christ, nearly forgot to mention . . . a few films I've watched recently and a quick review thereof. Wall-E. Excellent. Finding it hard to fault that film . . . so I won't. Outpost. Awful. A bit like 'The Cube' but without any survivors. Oooops. Have I just spoilt the ending? Never mind. Not really worth watching anyway. And I'm sure there was another film . . . ah yes, I remember now . . . 'The Kite Runner'. Really, really bad. I read the book and then, perhaps foolishly, thought, "Ah yes. That was good. I think I will watch the film now." What a mistake. As a general rule: the film of the book will never live up to your expectations (possible exceptions being Lord of the Rings). So yeah . . . there's that bit where Amir meets up with Assef to collect Sohrab and, you read the book, and you've kind of been drawn along and you kind of feel the fear, really feel the fear that poor old Amir must be feeling just so that he can 'make things good again'. You watch the film and you're thinking, "Can anyone working on this film actually be bothered?" I mean, where was the brass knuckle-duster, for example? In the book, that fight scene nearly killed Amir. In the film . . . just a few bruises. So yeah . . . damn fine book though.
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