looking forward to 90mins of homer

Just read the Simpsons article in the Guardian’s Weekend section. Don’t waste your time. Simpsons fans will learn nothing they didn’t know before.

Any new light the article sheds on the forthcoming film is contained in the following few lines: –

The secrecy surrounding The Simpsons Movie has been intense, but Variety, the industry newspaper, has already revealed that the plot is built around storylines involving religious fundamentalists and global warming. It can also be revealed that there is a scene, controversial inside Fox, in which Bart skateboards naked.

I have a few beers for tonight. Regular readers will be aware that I don’t drink very often, so I’m going to enjoy sipping them.

another resident for that great blogosphere in the sky

tygerland mourns the untimely demise of The Life of Zhisou.

Reality has taken him. Life has called; and the man has walked away from the mask.

Mr. Z’s pithy insight (and latent class-snobbery 😀 ) made for some of the best writing on the web. It’s sad to see a much-loved blogger hang up his keyboard; but we must remember, this blogging-thing is a passing affair for us all.

Bye, Mr. Z.

A light has gone out in the blogosphere. It was bright and it was brilliant.

yay

We have a new phone. We wanted a Skype compatible one, but mrs. tyger fell in love with this one. Bah!

london bomb scare

Reports are surfacing that a car-bomb has been defused this morning in The Haymarket, London.

No doubt timed to welcome Mr. Brown to post-Iraq Britain. The bomb, that is. Not the reports…

i demand…

…that Trident starts selling cinnamon-flavoured gum in the UK. Wigleys sell their “Big Red” cinnamon gum in Germany, so why doesn’t one of the companies sell it here?

I have the bloody stuff sent from Europe. If you have never tasted cinnamon gum, it’s brilliant.

bye bye thierry

Big Tone isn’t the only one leaving this week. 😦

Thank you for the memories, Thierry.

BTW, the frowny emoticon is for Thierry, not you Tone. Here’s yours: 😀

Via: GU

loads of stuff to do

Readers will have to wait for my reflections on Tony Blair, I’m snowed under today.

Justin pretty much sums it up, though.

our own literary arctic monkey

Blogging friend Caroline, and her debut novel In Search of Adam, are doing very, very well.

Further proof of the power of blogging, ISoA has been promoted on the blogosphere. I can’t wait for my holiday, when I get chance to read it.

So, if you want to be in the know now, and find out why it’s getting such awesome reviews (rather than waiting for some Dan Brownesque media saturation), buy the book. What are you waiting for?

10 things you probably didn’t know about me…

Can’t think of anything to write, and Zoe over @ My Boyfriend is a Twat left this tag open, so…

1 – I don’t like bananas. I wish I did, but I don’t

2 – I was married and divorced by the age of 27

3 – I absolutely adored Seinfeld, and ever since I have had a soft-spot for Saabs

4 – I grew up on a farm

5 – Everyone says I put too much pepper on things (update: and that Italktoofast)

6 – I read the football gossip pages everyday (shhh, it’s our little secret)

7 – Touching cotton-wool goes straight through me, I can’t bear it

8 – I like cookery programmes on TV

9 – I’m moody. I get bored easily. I need plenty of time on my own. A sulky loner, basically

10 – I like Batchelors Pasta ‘n’ Sauce. For someone who loves Italy, this is quite a sin

So, if you’re similarly stuck for something to write, go ahead, you’re tagged.

tone’s big day

Tim has the champagne on ice.

Sadly tygerland will not be represented – I have appointments with clients all day, but I will be downing a glass of something intoxicating in honour of Big-T’s overdue departure. Reports that the grateful citizens of Baghdad have sent a bouquet of flowers are unconfirmed.