Off To See Romero

This is something I never thought I’d get to do! I managed to get tickets to Frightfest’s All Nighter, to be held at the ICA in London in early November.

It all kicks off at 9pm with a showing of Diary of the Dead, introduced by the only and only George Romero himself. One of my personal heroes!

After the showing, George will be doing a Q&A. And after that there are showings of:

• Planet Terror - half of the ill-fated Grindhouse project, and something I’m looking forward to seeing on the big screen.
• Savage Streets - which will probably be crap, so I might nod off during this one.
• Frontiers  - looking forward to this one.
• Inside - sounds intriguing, but I think this starts at about 5am, so God knows what state I’ll be in.

Should be a great night’s viewing! Assuming I can stay awake. I’ve booked the day off work, and will attempt to not get up until 1pm or so. That way I should just about make it.

I’m going to try to LiveBlog from the screenings too.

Ear Wick - Not That Bad?

WickerGirl very kindly left me a comment on my Ear Wick post from a while back.

Not only does she point out that I rank quite highly in a Google search for "Ear Wick" (which pleases me) but she also says here experience hasn’t been that bad.

So, if anyone comes across this site and is a bit worried about the potentially horrific insertion of one of these little beauties, fear not, WickerGirl says:

"There is a chance your wick may hurt but there is also a chance that if a good, gentle health person does the treatment, it might be heavenly!!!"

So there you go.

Alcohol As Medicinal Remedy - #1

This is #1 in a series of occasional articles.

For this recipe you will need:

• One nasty cough, ideally coupled with an unpleasant cold
• One bottle of cheap Brandy
• One large mug
• One bottle of Tesco organic honey
• One tea spoon
• One kettle
• Tap water

Boil the tap water in the kettle, and allow it cool for a few minutes. Add 2 teaspoons of honey into the mug , then add 2 teaspoons of brandy.

Then decide that, actually, 2 teaspoons doesn’t look like a lot, so chug some more brandy in for good measure. Top up with the hot water, until the mug is full.

Stir, and taste. After tasting, decide that, actually, there’s not enough honey in there, and it’s quite possible that, by adding more honey, there’d be potential for more brandy. Add an additional 1.5 teaspoons of honey, followed by an additional chug of brandy.

Check brandy bottle, marvel at how much brandy you’d actually thrown into the mug. Shrug, wander off into lounge to continue watching Top Gear and consume beverage.

Wonder about halfway down the mug if this was a good idea. Consume entire contents of mug, stagger off to bed, ideally falling over a number of strategically placed kids’ toys as you go.

T-Mobile Vario III

I managed to bag myself a free upgrade to T-Mobile’s Vario 3 the other day. A full review will follow fairly soon, but for now I’m trying out Pocket SharpMT to see how it runs.

More later.