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The other day in Birmingham I bumped into the Hustle film crew.
Kelly Adams was there, but she was in the building well before I could get a photo. This is the third series of Hustle filmed in Birmingham and will be on BBC TV in the first part of 2012.
I find sometimes that I find myself saying a phrase way too much. A this time I am saying “at the end of the day” way too much. It appears that I am trying to finish off conversations by saying “at the end of the day” in order to make a conclusion.
Now and again, no problems, but at the end of the day I appear to be saying it more and more. So much so that I am now very conscious that I am saying it too much.
In the past I use to use “as it were” way too much, in the main to finish off an explanation, I do seem to use that phrase less now.
So at the end of the day what do you say way too much?
Great video from the OU on Schrodinger’s Cat.
Via A J Cann
Really cool advert.
No idea what it is advertising though….
Pleased to see that Apple’s Film of the Week is The Road, so you can rent it for 99p.
The Road is a thrilling and deeply moving tale of survival as a father and his young son journey across a barren, post apocalyptic America. Respectfully adapted from Cormac McCarthy’s hallowed novel, THE ROAD boldly imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of – a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love.
I’ve not seen the film before and am anticipating watching it. After a few duds for the 99p film of the week this is a much better film choice from Apple.
I watched this film by British Transport when I was a young lad and I struggled to sleep that night as it freaked me out.
Warning, this 1970s information film does contain graphic and disturbing scenes and was shown to persuade children not to play games on the railway network.
If I remember rightly I saw it on Nationwide, however what I do remember is the film disturbed me out so much that I couldn’t sleep that night. I should also point out that I also never played on the railway either!
Prequel to the final episode of this season of Doctor Who.
Will there be answers or just more questions?
The Wedding of River Song – Doctor Who, The Complete Series 6
I do quite like the new British Airways advert, particularly the way that Concorde flies off at the end.
It does make you realise how old Concorde is and how nothing today comes even close to the futuristic look of that aircraft. Of course aircraft don’t need to look futuristic to be futuristic, the new Boeing Dreamliner is a case in point; it looks like a traditional airliner, but the way it is made and constructed is totally different to how airliners have been made. Likewise a lot of technology and work has gone into engine design over the last thirty years, but you wouldn’t notice it by looking at the planes themselves.
A video on the planes themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUQJiFARd80
BA have also released a short video of the “making of” the advert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chjN5SerNeQ
As you can imagine there was a fair bit of CGI, however they also did use real planes and real people.
via Shirley Crawford on that Facebook
