Month: March 2011

March 29, 2011
Back in January, I wrote that I had been thinking of getting a Kindle, but had been put off by the relative prices of ebooks to paperbacks. A couple of things have happened since then to give me a new view on things. During my…

March 24, 2011
March 20, 2011
The washing machine is on its first load, and I’m hitting the sack.
March 19, 2011
March 18, 2011

What better way to spend a couple of hours on a rainy day than go see a film?

A different cinema today, and a different choice of films.

The Adjustment Bureau stars Matt Damon and is (loosely) based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Dick’s short fiction has been mined for quite a few movie adaptations, and while this by no means the best of these, it is entertaining enough.

Spoilers may follow

March 18, 2011
March 18, 2011
Got back to Fisherman’s Wharf, after the cinema. Having had a large picnic for lunch, I planned to have something light in the hotel restaurant, but I was late for that – I could have been served, but it would be rushed. So, having dumped…

March 18, 2011
After the zoo trip, I still had an early evening, so I took myself to the cinema. There was nothing I really wanted to see, so decided on Battle: Los Angeles. I was very pleasantly surprised. Avoiding spoilers, there was a little dumb-as-shit science shown…

March 18, 2011
March 18, 2011
March 17, 2011
March 17, 2011