Some of my favourite movies

I am feeling rough today. I was last night, too — partly this relates to the results of my getting flung onto a windowsill on a bus by a particularly crap driver. I still tend to forget that things like that will provoke a response of other symptoms, you would think that after 13 years I would have got that message by now. Ah, well.

Once again, progmeister has something which has passed a little time while I try to feel a bit more human — I’m with Burns, Up in the morning’s no for me — so here are ( fifteen of my favourite movies. )

Private Eye

The new Private Eye is out, and on page three they have their own “Eyeballs” from the last issue. Nice.

The book meme thing

Given the general nature of the questions, I was surprised the result was largely spot-on (the bit about “always living in the past” is not quite right), and also that it came up with a book that I have recently sought out and plan to read soon. Interesting that it claims I am far more focussed on Europe than anywhere; that’s not unreasonable, as I live here, but that must derive from the question where a said I may focus was more on “the world” than on the USA. Is “the world” a synonym for “Europe” in the USA, then?

You’re The Guns of August!

by Barbara Tuchman

Though you’re interested in war, what you really want to know is what causes war. You’re out to expose imperialism, militarism, and nationalism for what they really are. Nevertheless, you’re always living in the past and have a hard time dealing with what’s going on today. You’re also far more focused on Europe than anywhere else in the world. A fitting motto for you might be “Guns do kill, but so can diplomats.”


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