Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

The title is a quote from Quentin Crisp.
Life Update:

I am SO amazingly proud of Alana. She was worried it may take her ages to get work, now she can pick and choose what school she wants to go to. Thats what work should be, they recognise talent and reward it. Not only is she the greatest teacher ever, she also _might just might follow me on my damn-fool errand to go and make my fortune in America.

Why is it that months can go buy with NOTIHNG on at the movies. Then in the space of 4 months we can have a huge onslaught of Must See Movies. Don't believe me? Lets run down the list:

• 300 (5th April)
  
• Shooter (19th April)
  
• Spider Man 3 (3rd May)
  
• Pirates of the Carribean: At Worlds End (24th May)
  
• Transformers (2nd July)
  
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (4th July)
  
• Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (12th July)
  

Caught in the 'Net:
This looks impressive. The downside is eventually some moron will jump, the familty will sue and it will be shut down. Hopefully you have to sign a waiver before you go on, just something to keep the eventual barrage of stupid law suits away. This will be a stop on my coast-to-coast tour.

How could any parent think this is a good idea. I'm pretty sure walking in on your parents is enough for mental scarring. For them to perform in front of you, to 'teach' you, thats enough to crack a brain in two. Now I don't know how savvy nine year olds are now days but no-one wants to see their parents get freaky, and according to this they got FREAKY, even if it is in the name of education. I really don't get it, I don't buy what they're selling. They wanted to hurt the kid, or worse and made up this story so as to avoid serious prison time. At least now everyone will know what freaks they are and keep an eye on the kid, to make sure that the inevitable sexual abuse is held off. Thats where this was heading and you know it, these parents have serious problems and the child is more than likely going to be abused in some other way.

Digg, my god does this site eat away time. It allows people to submit articles (links to them), other people then vote on them, if they get lots of votes they get moved up to the main page. Its a constantly changing source of wierd, wacky & more often than not interesting news. I have a reader on my Google Hompage and it is good for a distraction.

Google Update:
Yeah, it gets its own section now. Google has released themes for its personalised homepage. Now it might not seem like much, but if, like me, you always have an open window on Google (Its how I code) its a nice addition, seeing it go from bright green during the day, mauve in the afternoon & dark at night (I have my time set as TriBeCa in NYC, so it doesn't really match whats outside for me).

For GMail users (If you dont you REALLY should) here is a list of tips, trick, scripts & add-ons that will help you out.

I don't make mistakes, I have learning opportunities.

Ok, so my mystery 'other' job fell through. Annoying, yes. But just like The Batman I ALWAYS have a second plan. In this case it involves me eventually moving to the Big Apple, so it can't be such a terrible fall back plan.
On to more interesting news.

Weekend Update:
Completely stealing the name from SNL. Anyway, Friday was kinda lazy. Picked Lana up and hung out at her house. Watched the Robin Williams DVD, it was great. Saturday, well Saturday was St Pattys day. Started at midday at Miranda, highlights include being scolded for calling someone emo, using my phone as a football (Gridiron) and then losing it in a bush, paying someone $50 because they found it in said bush, stealing (& then giving away) a fake flower from some random in a pub.
Sunday was a much slower day, still did some stuff but at a easier pace. Went in to the city with Lana, not to walk the bridge, but to pick up some comics. Then came home and mucked about. Lana hung out for a while, then I drove her home. Spent some time playing around with a website ill be making. Was tired, and therefore angry so i avoided contact as much as possible.

Caught in the 'Net:
This story is just weird. A 'vampire' running for President, wants to impale W if he gets in. Shouldn't a vampire want to suck his blood, maybe avoid the whole stake thing. Hey Im just going with what I know. Apparently I don't speak to enough attention seeking moronic vampires.

I know, I know ANOTHER story about Google. But word is they are making a phone. Im not sure what to think. I assume it will be closely tied to all other Google services, Doc & Spreadsheets, blogger, picasa, gmail etc BUT they seem to be designing it as 'just' a phone, not a camera/GPS/MP3 Player so it will be interesting to see if the PDA features it will have will pull an audience from the accessory loving phone market (I count myself in that market so I'm not trying to sound preachy).

The next Bond, James Bond film is said to pick up RIGHT where Casino Royale left off. I suggest Casino Royle-er OR Casino Royale: High Stakes as the title.

Reviews:
Boston Legal (Season 1) -
Do not watch this show if you want to see a character to cheer for. I suppose the suspense comes from the court room battles, however the majority of the cast are, not good role models (Unless, like me, you think supreme ego is an admirable quality). Those who are 'good' people, are marginalised and shown to be inferior to the main protagonists.
Boston Legal follows the adventures of the law firm "Crane, Poole & Schmidt". The main character is Alan Shore, played perfectly subtle by James Spader. With his is Denny Crane (William Shatner) who is shown to be both vulnerable, dislike-able, smart & stupid throughout the season. They work well together, both being sure of themselves it is interesting to watch how each asserts themselves around the office, Alan being soft spoken and vindictive, Denny being larger than life and abrasive. Their friendship, despite repeated difference of opinion is what keeps me coming back to the show.
Its hard to pidgeon hole this show as just a law show, because it seems at times that what happens in the court is incidental to what happens at the office. Part Law & Order, Part Arrested Development and all its own Boston Legal is definately worth seeing.