Public Enemies

Posted on Jul 18, 2009 in Movies I went to see Public Enemies last weekend. It feels sort of weird how little Public Enemies seems to have been publicized here in the UK despite being touted as one of this summer’s biggest blockbusters in the US. When I went it had even been moved to the smallest viewing screen. Maybe people just aren’t interested in old school gangster movies any more, which Public Enemies without...
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La Cage Aux Folles & The International

Posted on Jul 17, 2009 in Blog, Music Two weeks ago I found out about the web site lastminute.com which offers all kinds of discounted tickets for just about everything. Me and Margrét decided to use the discounted ticket offering to our advantage and booked tickets that included dinner at The International restaurant and them theatre ticket to see La Cage Aux Folles for only £20 per person. The International is a modern mixed...
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Financial Humor – July 2009

Posted on Jul 16, 2009 in Blog, Finance ‘Nigel, I have got to say that I think you have been rather less than even-handed in the way that you handled our small disagreement last week about how employees should conduct themselves in (and out of) the workplace. And being placed on suspension by that sycophantic loser in HR was just too much; if he was just a bit taller, I would have punched him! Before I go to the expense of...
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Article of the week (28/2009): Goldman Trading-Code Investment Put at Risk by Theft

Posted on Jul 14, 2009 in Finance This week is a mix of news articles, blog posts and a magazine articles as the biggest shock this week has been the admission from an Assistant US Attorney about the theft of Goldman’s proprietary trading codes, that anyone with the codes could manipulate markets. As a follow up it seems that Goldman makes up to $100 million with the trades. The reading is a bit of a read through but worth...
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Barry Ween, Boy Genius

Posted on Jul 5, 2009 in Books What 10 year old doesn’t daydream about being able to invent wonderful things and build them on his/her own. Unfortunately for many of us we were limited to achieving these goals via Lego bricks or other simplistic means. This is not the case for young Barry Ween, created by Judd Winick and published in the Barry Ween comic books from Oni Press. Barry is a ten year old with an IQ of 350....
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