Last night a group of us met at the Lion and Lobster to listen to some really great music. Every Sunday and Thursday the Brighton Jazz All-Stars perform. One of the singers is an older lady who has a great Billie Holiday-esque voice – she is amazing! We got really lucky and ended up grabbing [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Sunday Jazz at the Lion and Lobster
Posted in Random on February 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Giant Bunnies!
Posted in Random on February 25, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I read an interesting article today in a Brighton newspaper. Apparently, since the new Wallace and Gromit movie came out – the Curse of the Were-Rabbit, families have rapidly started buying large rabbits as pets. There are certain large breeds that can weigh up to 35 pounds!
The sad part is that people aren’t really thinking [...]
Bath
Posted in Travel on February 21, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Last night I got back from a great mini-break. This year, instead of exchanging presents, Thad and I decided to go on a short trip to celebrate Valentine’s and our anniversary. We spent three days and two nights exploring the town, which was wonderful, and we were lucky to have fairly nice weather – only [...]
The Constant Gardener
Posted in Movies/Books on February 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I saw this movie for the first time and loved it. I actually had not heard the reactions of very many people who had seen it, and so I went into it with no expectations. After seeing the film, I’d really love to read the book by John le Carre. Rachel Weisz did [...]
The State of the Union
Posted in Random on February 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
One of the more humorous reaction’s to Bush’s State of the Union Speech yesterday:
Representative Charles Rangel (D) New York: “It was a fantasic speech – not at all connected with reality. It seemed like the president had got hold of a speech by Bill Clinton.”
Oh, how I miss the days [...]
