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I have unfortunately/fortunately* become a member of Facebook and have lost myself in it’s juicy goodness.
I’ve become addicted because of all the useless applications one can play with and my favourites at the moment are ‘Buy/Selll a Friend’ and ‘Greenies’.
So if you have a Facebook account and you need one extra friend you can go ahead and add me - I will accept regardless of who you are so long as it’s not to meet devious ends.

Click here to view my corner of Facebook (or as me’hubby calls it Faecesbook).

* Delete as appropriate.

….. Speaking of sheep, I went to BA/BAA’s new Terminal 5 yesterday. So far I’d only seen T5 on paper (having worked on the T5 Project as Logistic’s Document Controller) and I have to say I’m in two minds about it.
I will admit it looked much nicer as a model but I’ll not give it bad marks. It has to be said that the Arrivals level is a wee bit small; it’s narrow and have limited spaces for coffee-goers. Due to the baggage problem I presume that there were allot less people there than normal and still it seemed cramped.
The Departures level however was much bigger and quite awesome - lots of space, great height, very light and airy and a job well done. Not quite as many shops Landside as I remember being in the plans but the structural architecture was all that it promised to be.
I went for a ‘Quick Breakfast’ in the 5 Tuns ‘pub’ which cost £4.95 and was sort of nice. The heat, however, in the terminal was a little hotter than I would have hoped for; whether this was intentional or if the heating system had broken I will find out when I return in a few weeks time. If you go there and find the climate a little hot then I suggest you move to the rear of ‘Accessorize’ where a small amount of air-con is available.
All in all I’d give it 8/10 for overall goodness. Still doesn’t make me less scared of flying though so it could be a good few years before I see it Airside.

References: Terminal 5(BA) -&- Terminal 5 (BAA) -&- Accessorize -&- 5 Tuns Pub (sadly no direct link)

Weird Al Yankovic, it has to be said, is a musical god of sorts and has devoted all his musical talents to making good songs even better than there were before, but that is a matter of opinion (covers ears to block out the naysayers).
I thought it would be a nice thing to list my favourite Weird Als’ because that’s what this blog is for.

Coming in at No. 5 is ‘Bob’ - a stereo-typical piss take of the legendary Bob Dylan. I am not a Bob fan personally but I know his following is vast and could almost fill a country on it’s own.

At No. 4 is ‘Ebay’ - based on a song by Backstreet Boys. I don’t like the original but this little didly gives me just cause to hum along…. Thanks Al :*

At No. 3 is ‘Mmm Mmm Mm’ - Original song by Crash Test Dummies. In this Weird Al tries to capture the facial features as best he can to give added ooomf to the whole idea of Mmmmmmming - and just like the original it’s full of pain and woe, only funnier.

Kicking in at No. 2 is ‘Amish Paradise’ - Originally my No. 1 for the longest time this baby is based on the original song Gangsters Paradise by Coolio featured in the film Dangerous Minds. The original song on it’s own is great and I’m a fan of it, but Weird Al’s version is fantastic because it takes the piss out of a sect of people who already gag for a piss taking, no offense.

So, pushing Amish Paradise off the No. 1 spot is ‘White and Nerdy’ - A fantastic coming together of Weird Al’s great humour, talented vocal set and comical wit. This little baby is based on ‘Riding Dirty’ by Chamillionaire. Why do I love it so much? Well you just have to listen to the lyrics to appreciate that Weird Al knows his stuff with regards to the world of Nerdism and in some regards I think I quite possibly may be a Nerd myself, except I do not own a Segway - but I would if I could. ENJOY!

References: Weird Al’s Official Website & Weird Al’s Youtube

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Since I’ve nothing good to post I have decided to babble a bit, so here goes.

After watching vast amounts of TV here in the UK I’ve come to the conclusion that there is really no one looking out for the welfare of UK citizens.
This country is in crisis in many regards; people are being killed on a daily basis, credit card firms have no intention on stopping people in debt from spiralling further into the depths of even more debt, and finally thousands of schools are giving up trying to teach our kids better morals because half of an average class don’t / can’t understand the teacher as English is not their first or in some cases their second language.
My mother devotes a little of her time each week to help the local school by assisting their reading initiative, which is all good and well, but often she comes home with stories of children not getting support from their parents when it comes to reading at home.

Recently our next door neighbour has converted a 3 bed home into flats without consulting the council - which is always the way, but this time we have been sent a letter asking if we object this this project. I shall not go into the opinions of my family as we are still undecided about the project, however I know from past experience that even if we do object to it our local council will probably do nothing and are sending out letters becuase THEY HAVE TOO.
On top of that our road for quite some time has been used as a short-cut for lorries and heavy goods vehicles which is not good as our road is long but narrow and barely provides the status of a B road let alone that of an A road.

Parking is also a problem because so many houses down our road have an average of 2 cars per household but no off-street parking. Some houses, naming no numbers, have up to 5 cars even though the occupancy of the home totals 2 adults. We have been in contact with the council about this regularly over the past 15 or so years but with no results.
Once my mother phoned the council, after sending a few letters with ideas, to find out what could be done, the guy on the other end of the phone said in not so blunter way that it would take an actual death for them to even consider the situation.
Mother, being a woman of good humour, suggested that I give my life as a martyr to the cause, and although she is joking I have considered this.
Alas I don’t think that even my death would rouse the council. What on earth are we paying our taxes for I ask.

Finally (I wish) our main political parties; Conservatives, Lib Dems and Labour are, insistent on blaming each other for the utter fook-ups happening in the UK. Can’t they see that instead of slagging each other off like immature school girls they should work together and sort this ugly country out once and for all. Listening to parliament on Radio 4 is like listening to bickering kiddies in play school.

It’s all too ghey in my opinion.

Went to see Jumper last night and as I announced to fellows around me that I was going to see it a sluice of people (2 in total :D) gave warning that it had been given the thumbs down in most reviews (not including imdb.com which gave it good reviews), and like the bear head I am I ignored them - and quite rightly so because I actually enjoyed it.

As you may or may not know it’s about a guy who can ‘jump’ [teleport] from one place to another in the blink of an eye. Because of this great feat there is much robbing of banks to gain money, heaps of sight-seeing and the wooing of a lady - all by the young Darth Vadar (Hayden Christensen).

It’s a cute little concept and is certainly ‘food for thought’ in the day-dreaming department - ergo; it’ll leave you pondering on the concept for a few weeks afterwards. Moreover the film features some beautiful fly-by views of Rome and the Great Pyramids and have certainly bolstered my decision to visit these places.

I didn’t use the facilities of the VUE this time round, once bitten twice shy (see: Cinema VUE is Blind), and so opted for the closer Cineworld - which I did kinda regret in the end; the sound was anything but surround and the elevation of the floor was so slight that I could barely see over the chair in front of me let alone the person sitting in it.

Never mind, I got the gist of the film and was satisfied when I left the building, and I will be recommending it to anyone who asks about it. Boojah!

References: Official Jumper Website, IMDB -&- Cineworld