I just do not seem to understand everybody’s obsession with Susan Boyle. Yes, she can sing ok. Yes, she’s got a strong and clear voice. I mean, hello, nowadays, who hasn’t? Seriously, if you sing in a church choir for over 30 years with no silly distractions like family or career - you’d be there. [...]
January 26, 2009 – 11:14 pm
Was it Nietzsche who said that marriage is a hindrance and a calamity on the path to the optimum?
Lucky boy - he believed he was on the path to optimum - let alone he believed in the optimum itself. I wish I could be that optimistic.
I do believe in marriage however. I believe that big [...]
The first musical I ever saw was Chicago, and it wasn’t even a live show, it was the movie. I loved it so much, I had it on DVD and listened to it like 800 times. (Yes, I treated it like a background compilation CD). When 5 years later I saw the “real” Chicago on [...]
All my life I had wanted to go to America. All my life I had listed it in the top 10 - to visit, to see, to touch, to feel. It didn’t even matter to me which part of America, as long as it was on the coast. When I was growing up, America [...]
I am a big fan of Chef Gordon, I am ashamed to admit. I know the Brits dislike him for “bringing Britain down” and everybody else dislikes him for being an arrogant sweary ass, but I think he has got lots of drive and charisma and initiative. So every Thursday, at 9.30pm I dutifully watch [...]
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