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Watched the end of season II last night, fantastic. Better than The Killing, more believable than BC’s Sherlock, more engrossing than The Wire, and bleak and moving.

Two great movies, and one great anime: Gravity, 12 Years a Slave and Death Note. I couldn’t get Becky to see Gravity (“it will make me dizzy”), and I wish she was old enough to see the McQueen film. But … Continue reading →

I loved this, found the scene where Sherlock is shot scary, moving, original and brilliantly put together. I thought I was going off it a bit, but that was a belter. Love the Moriarty “Miss Me” gif. And Becky loves … Continue reading →

Can’t believe I haven’t seen this before, found it amazingly creative, funny, smart and cool.

Only just makes it in because it didn’t go well, under 1:33 for the first half, over 1:44 for the second, and nearly walked in the last couple of miles. But I guess finishing, and in a VLM qualifying time … Continue reading →

Bushy park half marathon, sub-90 minutes. My last half-marathon was 94 minutes, so definitely much fitter, and not sure why. Was a bit worried the rain would make it hard to run, but the park copes better with the rain … Continue reading →

What an engrossing story. Mostly adventure, but also horror, grief, and love. Very clever how they went searching for a dragon, and found a Komodo Dragon! I liked the lines “I steered clear of her after that. She was too … Continue reading →

Well I didn’t think he could do better than his GCSE results (9 A*s and 1 A). I was wrong, he got the best grade possible in everything he did: A* Maths A* Physics A* Advanced Maths A* Latin A … Continue reading →

Running in the first half of 2013 has gone very well. My competitive nature (and desire to impress one of my colleagues) got me racing Bruno in the JPMorgan challenge. As he’s a good triathlete, I had to train seriously, … Continue reading →