Tom Cruise on his motives for starring in Valkyrie.

"I've always wanted to kill Hitler. I hate that guy."

1. Craniofacial injuries are so hot right now.

On Friday night a pint glass, thrown with malice split, my chin. Said split subsequently required two stitches to close. I'm fine and will have, at worst, a small scar that will be mostly obscured by my beard.[1]

2. Two men enter, one man leave.A goth club held in a pub in a relatively dodgy area ( Read more... )

Yesterday, during my evening constitutional, I found a phone on the ground. I thought I would take it home and try to find the owner, but as I held it in my hand it started to ring and so I answered it to hear someone say ( Read more... )

For Xmas I got what I guess is called a "religious thriller"[1]. (over)Written by an American author it has me pausing to laugh or wince every few pages. The author is described in one of the blurbs on the inside as being "part Tom Clancy, part Dan Brown", which should tell you something, but actually says very little - thanks James O. Born, ( Read more... )

Caroline grabbed the long strand of hair and held it tight in her fist: the hair felt coarse and unlike her own. By the same token, the man in front of her looked unlike her dad. Her dad didn't have such a long moustache - or a moustache at all for that matter. Also, her dad's hair was jet black while this man's hair was gray - and he had a lot ( Read more... )

Following some tomfoolery on David's LJ he coined the term NaMoWriMo - National Moustache Writing Month. A combination of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and Movember (where men grow moustaches for charity) and a celebration of writing about the oft misunderstood moustache.

Since this neologism may be confusing to some, I humbly offer the ( Read more... )

Single return train fare from London to Edinburgh for NYE: £202.80
Single return plane fare from London to New York for NYE: £478.90

Ummm... what?

Getting to see a young Robert De Niro playing a grown up Harry Potter.


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They are smarter than me. For all my book learning, for all my management bullshit, for all my travelling, they're smarter in ways I never even contemplated. This isn't being street smart, this is being the street ( Read more... )

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