Come Baby Come!

12 weeks and it has a big nose and a tendency to not co-operate with medical staff.
Thats the first thing we saw from a 12 week scan today. Sarah had decided to hold her pee in her bladder for about an hour and she had nearly fainted before we were called in. 
After scan we were told there was was nothing to worry about (aka nothing spiney) and that we're due back in October to determine the baby's genatlia.
So yeah....now it's confirmed it's time to buy toys, clothes and reduce spending on blurays, burger king and all general happiness! 

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Die Hard with a Passport?

Somewhere at 20th Century Fox, a young intern is busy scrambling through the wardrobe department for a white vest top to fit an ageing Bruce Willis.

That's right, we may be seeing John McClane saving the world once more. According to sources, studio honchos are looking to take the franchise to Europe with Russia a likely location. Bruce is rumoured to be on board and a script is about to be developed.

Die Hard 4.0 divided most fans back in 2007 when the series was revived however I found it terribly entertaining throughout (yes even the harrier jet scene!). McClane was described by Timothy Olyphant's character as "an analogue hero in a digital world" which couldn't be more true. Where John settles matters with bullets and fists, other heroes such as Bond, Batman and Bourne are defeating evil with the help of fast cars, grappling hooks and rolled up newspapers!

Whether or not the franchise can truly survive in the 21st Century will
be up to the cinema going public. What do you think? Would you rather see Bruce fighting baddies or bedsores?

Adam Yates

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OK Commuter!

OK commuter!

It's 6.30pm and I've just left the retail hellmouth for yet another day and I've successfully reached the train station 6 minutes later to get 'the good train'.

The good train simply consists of fewer dregs of society but the downside to that is the scholars. The ones that have a large stack of papers with a university logo at the top. Either the work they have HAS to be completed during their journey or they just wish to be noticed.
The other passengers spend their time reading books more exciting than my own, playing on oversized iPhones or listening to dad rock.

5 things you should know about...

Five things you should know about…..
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

The Remake
For those souls that weren’t already aware this is based on the international bestselling novel by Steig Larsson. The book was already turned into a successful Swedish film adaptation along with the second and third instalments of the trilogy. Some may say they need not be adapted again and that people should ignore their prejudices against subtitled foreign language films and grow the frak up, an opinion Hollywood has chosen to ignore.

The Plot
The first film focuses on disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist who is contacted by a rich industrialist, Henrik Vanger, to investigate his niece’s disappearance years prior. Meanwhile Blomkvist is being tailed by uber-hacker Lisbeth Salander under orders from her security firm employers. However after some grisly encounters with her legal guardian and an encounter with Mikael, Lisbeth joins the investigation into the Vanger family where everyone is a potential suspect.

You Drive Me Crazy

Just 2 hours ago I was about to take my driving test.
Nearly 2 years ago I had failed due to a very silly junction error. But the prospect of passing was more important this time round. My theory validity runs out at midnight so if I fail, I have to redo everything from scratch. I had been promised a Dominos meal for victory and nothing for failure.

Just drive.

The dreaded day is this Friday and i'm strangely not too nervous about it. Last time I took the test was 18 months ago and resulted in me monging up a junction that resulted in a straight fail.
The maneuvers are as good as there'll ever be and my handling of roundabouts is improving faster than a pie thrown at a Australian media tycoon.
I just don't want a pleb of an examiner who is fed up of life and the only joy that they get is failing bright and handsome 20-somethings who just wish to be able to transport their loved ones to and from retail parks.
I mean I see 80 year olds crawling out of Waitrose in a Ford Fiesta and heading towards Mecca (the bingo hall not Pilgrim central).
I promise I will not overtake Eddie Stobart trucks screaming Power!
I won't listen to Westwood!!! or compilations of Glee.
 
After 8 lessons I'm ready to give it my best and if I pass then I will reward myself with KFC, Harry Potter Part 2 and that also means the new traile for Dark Knight Rises.
If I fail, then the trailer will stay hidden until i'm worthy.
 
I just hope for no emergency stop and for the maneuver I'll take either reversing into a bay or parallel parking.
But Southport can be a ferocious mistress!
 
Adam
 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - The Sarah Verdict

Film ends

Adam - "so what did you think?"
Sarah - "there was a lot of trees"
Adam - ".....right"