Well I've just done a team presentation at first conference in my new job. Played the part of a woman. Straddled the boss in his seat. Kissed him on the forehead. Won first prize for this team challenge. Not sure if this is a Good thing or not...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/05/11/sushi-warning-patient-found-live-worms-writhing-gut/ Increase in incidence of worm infections in the Western world associated with eating raw fish. I have to say the first time I heard about sushi I wondered about nematode infections since they are very common in fish. However I put it to the back of my mind because I would never touch the stuff and, after all, I am the only one that matters.
I remember on Graham Norton's TV show, actor Chris O'Dowd [he who accidentally chewed a fly on the show] telling a story of being an animal charity phone caller and getting lousy results because it was always about endangered bats and not cuddly things, and the people on the other end would just say 'I hate bats, let them die'. Well, Great White sharks fall into that category for me. The fewer there are of them, the happier I'll be. Being an environmentally concerned person, I know that they perform their own particular task, as top natural predator, in keeping the oceans life in balance, but there is a large part of me which also says, 'Ah, **** 'em'. So I'm a bit of cheerleader when it comes to Killer Whales who have moved in and learned how to bump off Great Whites simply because they love the taste of GW liver. KWs are so intelligent that they kill GWs, not out of necessity but, by preference. Highly intelligent, though if I'm ever in the water, and a KW comes along and mistakes me for a seal, I doubt if me shouting 'I'm a cheerleader for you guys', will hold much sway. Anyway, I like bats too.
If you're going to watch it as a comedy film, I should say that the chuckle comedy is restricted to one character, who is playing a supporting role, and any other stray comedic value is very dark. I'm liking the film more just thinking back on it. Don't want to raise your expectations though. Keep them low.
Major incident declared after NHS hit by a huge cyber attack. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39899646
TBH it was.....okay. Wasn't blown away. Tough being a dance/electronic act - need to offer more live than two dudes behind a synth bank.
Ok, another film, Voice From The Stone, starring Emilia Clarke [some of you will know her from Games of Thrones and I don't] as nurse, cum governess, cum teacher. She has a way with troubled or sickly children which endears her to the infants, but because that is her job in life, once she succeeds she moves on, like a serious and slightly tragic Mary Poppins. Unlike Ms Poppins, she is not practically perfect in every way, and the life she leads results in an emptiness that will not go away. She is hired by a widower [Marton Csokas] whose wife [Caterina Murino] died 7 months and 16 days previously from a very virulent fever. He is very troubled because his son [Edward Dring] has become mute since that day, and he is left alone to bring him up, save for a nonna, a couple of staff and a groundsman. The film is set in Tuscany, within the estate of a once great manor, where better days has long since passed. The much missed wife and mother embodied the spirit of the place, that has now well and truly gone. Or has it.? VFTS is categorised as a drama, romance, and mystery. There's also more than a touch of the eerily supernatural about it, but it is no Gothic horror film despite the castellated walls, being subtle in the way it builds tension and emotion. I found it very easy to watch, but I understand it very much not everyone's taste. Some critics have said it fails on many fronts, being ponderous and cold. I found that it virtually whizzed by, not having the inclination for my usual quick look at the clock by the time it was over. As for coldness, this is entirely necessary as, the reawakening of the troubled characters involves them freeing their repressed emotions. And there is plenty of that. I must admit I came to the film with pretty low expectations, and started watching it merely because I love views of the Tuscan countryside [OK, and Caterina Murino] and because I watched the trailer, which got my interest going. In the end I was slightly surprised by why quite a few critics didn't like it [it does have admirers in equal measure] because it surprised and delighted me. With the caveats mentioned above, recommended. Try the trailer:
A strange film, but really good First reaction "this just feels really uncomfortable" then "hang on what's going on here?" Then it turns into a thriller. Like two different films grafted together Also recommend
