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[NickFitz]

The Olympics Opening Ceremony turned out to be crap, so I abandoned it. I think even the French will have to admit that they failed miserably with that

Tonight's motion picture premiere was Dumb Money (2023), based on the strange but true story of a bunch of Redditors boosting a stock until it created such a short squeeze on major hedge funds that Big Money did all kinds of illegal tulip to stop it (and, of course, got away with it because USA). Quite an entertaining story, and the chap who started it all has recently popped up again, so maybe there's more market-shaking fun to come

Next, a rewatch of Bombshell (2019) and, that having triggered Charlize Theron mode, a rewatch of Atomic Blonde (2017)

And finally, a further episode of S4 of The Wire.

Nice gibbous moon earlier - orange as it rose behind the trees and clouds across the way, and silvery as it rose higher

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday.

Another dream about failing exams. Ho hum. This one even included the fact that I've given all the maths books to Oxfam so couldn't look anything up. .

Dry.

Grey.

Wanly sunny.

Cloudy.

Cool in here at 19.8 deg, 21 deg in the kitchen, 19 deg in the leanto.

1008.5 mBar, 29.78 in Hg, 756.43 Torr, 14.627 psi, (up from 1007 last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 25th/26th of October 2019 there was much discussion of BTVS, "The Edge" (as viewed by NF & me), "The Wire", with "Looper" thrown in for good measure. Comestibles included M&S battered chunky haddock.

Raining now.

Shopping trip to Morrisons done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.

A bottle of Laphroaig for a mere £26, who'd have thunk?

Lunch: beans on toast etc.

Entertainment: The Crusades E1, E2, E3. Slept through some of it.

The Mentalist S2 E21, E22, E23.

Tea: sandwiches (egg).

Dixon of Dock Green S22 E4 "Everybody's business (1976)" the art theft one.

Entertainment: The Mentalist S3 E1, E2 (the one with his brother in law).

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre S4 E4 "On the Run (1963)".

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny with lumps of fluff. Currently 21 degrees with a high of 23 expected. Barometer up to 1015 mBar.

Yesterday HWMBO and I went to the cinema to watch Deadpool and Wolverine. Dunno what all those 1 star reviewers were expecting. It was never going to be an art house, Cannes winning film. We thought it was silly and entertaining and good fun.

This morning we went to the farmers' market. Fewer stalls today but we still picked up some nice things.

The bed has been stripped and the first load is in the WM.

Now watching some synchronised diving as we won a bronze medal earlier this morning. While waiting for it to come on, we watched a bit of badminton which was quite exciting.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Cloudy out, though with a small gap here and there - enough blue to make a sailor's trousers, as they say. Mild with it, being 19°C though not expected to get past 21°. The barometers are up at 1002/1010mB

Monkey Life is getting the repeat-from-start treatment!

And I'm having croissants with strawberry jam for breakfast

[ladymuck]

First load of bed linen was draped over airing devices and put out in the garden. Second load is in the WM.

Had to bring it all in as HWMBO and I are back at the cinema this afternoon and won't be home until after dark. Today we're are here to watch NT Live : Present Laughter. It's a 3h performance and I really hope there's an intermission.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been KFC, prompted by seeing Omar eating fried chicken on The Wire last night.

And lunch earlier was a sausage bap (white, red sauce)

[ladymuck]

Present Laughter was very good. I am officially a new fan of NT Live. The quality of the filming and editing was excellent. You get to sit in a seat that's far more comfortable than your average theatre seat. There was no queue for the loo at the intermission and the ticket was a fraction of the cost.

[eek]

Present Laughter was very good. I am officially a new fan of NT Live. The quality of the filming and editing was excellent. You get to sit in a seat that's far more comfortable than your average theatre seat. There was no queue for the loo at the intermission and the ticket was a fraction of the cost.

I would recommend National Theatre at home.

The seat is your preferred one in the sitting room and the interval can be anytime you want if required..

[NickFitz]

After the excitement of five episodes from S1 of Monkey Life, there was a lot of stuff about the sea, and particularly sharks for some reason

And then some programme came on about the murders out at Narborough in the 1980s that were solved, indirectly, by the first use of DNA fingerprinting. Lots of establishing shots of various places around Leicester. I wasn't too bothered by the repeated use of shots of Hinckley Road police station, which didn't exist at the time so played no part in the matter. But I found it very irritating that whenever there was a mention of the University of Leicester they used a shot of a building at De Montfort University, which is of course a completely different thing and was Leicester Polytechnic back then

Anyway, early night now. Will it lead to me Getting Things Done tomorrow? We shall see, but probably not

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

In honour of Wesley Snipes' appearance in Deadpool and Wolverine, HWMBO and I watched Blade (1998) this evening. It also features Stephen Dorff when he was a hottie.