FIRST QUARTER – Game Review After all the hype, the so-called clash between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday really should have been billed as the Super-Bad Bowl, as audiences across the globe witnessed wild horses well and truly annihilated by a flock of well-assembled raptors. It […]
What a weekend for lovers of sporting spectacles it has been! Not only have we just spent a significant proportion of the weekend glued to our tellies watching six European teams battle it out for a round one advantage in this year’s RBS Six Nations tournament, but we are now left counting down the hours […]
Following the release of Fallout: New Vegas in 2010, we celebrated by hosting a Fallout themed party for James’ birthday. Our trip to Vegas last May prompted us to re-enact the festivities for James’ birthday this year. We decided, however, to broaden the scope of the party to include Fallout 3, inspired by the […]
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. ….the inspired people at Lego were busying themselves creating the Star Wars advent calendar that has now become a new tradition for me and my work colleagues in the lead up to the Christmas holidays.First released in 2011, the original set included some of the original […]
Since attending my first thanksgiving dinner (albeit a Canadian one!) when at law school back in 2004, I have loved the traditions that come with these two North American holidays. I have also had a good excuse to celebrate it most years, as the US holiday often falls on or around my birthday. This year, we […]
*(WARNING: spoiler alert)* The end of AMC‘s Breaking Bad proved VERY timely for Halloween twenty thirteen. The show chronicles the transformation of Walter White, from a Nobel award contributor, and high school chemistry teacher, into ALBUQUERQUE ’S meth king-pin supremo. Far from being the protagonist of the series, WALT proves to be the catalyst for […]
The METEOR CRATER near Winslow, Arizona, is the windiest place I have ever been to. So much so, that all tours skirting the impact crater’s rim on the day we visited had been cancelled, out of fear of tourists plummeting to their deaths, some 170 meters towards the crater floor! If I were being completely […]
I WAS DELIGHTED WHEN MY GOOD FRIEND, CLARE, TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A BABY. What wasn’t so helpful was her deciding that she wanted the sex of the baby to be a surprise, thus making the finding of a suitable gift all the more tricky! (how very inconsiderate of her;)) […]
The Invitation When one of my good friends mentioned that she was planning on having a 1920s theme for her thirtieth birthday party, I jumped at the chance of helping her with the party planning. Having visited one of the many “speakeasy” bars in New York, “Bath Tub Gin” in Chelsea last November, I already […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY, the most important of all US public holidays, has not been the same since 1975. The terror invoked by the iconic “DER DUM” of John Williams’ award winning score, has changed our relationship with the sea forever. Jaws’ absence from the movie makes it all the more powerful, the suggestion of his presence fuelling […]
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