Making Conversation

Work: “Hi! How are you? Hope you’re feeling better. Just to let you know, we’re implementing some new anti-fraud measurements. So, HR needs to know where you were working between October 2006 and February 2007?”
Me: “Er, I was working for you guys..”

A few completely unrelated and random links:
+ Is this cake scary or awesome? I […]

Called You Last Night from Glasgow..

This is one of the funniest film reviews I have ever seen. I heart Mark Kermode. Stay tuned for his attempt at being Swedish.

That’s Not My Name

Yesterday I had to convince nurses that my name wasn’t Flora Westmark of [absurdly named Glasgow suburb]. It wasn’t until I pointed out that Flora’s patient file stated she was born in 1949 whilst I clearly was not that they went in search of my file. Oh, you wacky NHS with your strange disorganisation - […]

Happy Birthday, Neil.

I missed it by one day (oh dear!) but Happy 50th Birthday, Mr Neil Finn, soundtracker to the Ms Bookish life for a very, very long time.
Three youtube links:
+ Crowded House: Don’t Dream It’s Over
+ Crowded House: Nails in my Feet
+ Crowded House: Silent House (live ‘07)

Euro ‘08.

My personal favourite at this year’s Eurovision is Bosnia-Herzegovina. David describes it as “Arcade Fire doing Rocky Horror”. It won’t win but it’ll worm its way onto my iPod.

Five other countries of note:
+ Turkey has sent a local version of Manic Street Preaches with a hefty dash of Muse. Niice. A snowball’s chance in hell, […]

Synergy

Wheylona and I go back a decade (gosh). We first met when she worked in Sweden and was heading with friends to Denmark for a concert. I remember us walking through the streets of Copenhagen singing History Never repeats (youtube link) about twenty minutes after meeting for the first time. Ten years on, the American […]

Scott Walker - Jackie

Scott Walker sings Jacques Brel
Absolutely irresistible on a cold Friday night.