Senses working overtime #241

1 Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker

It's finally here. Here's a great piece centred on JJ Abrams and then the final trailer.



2 Poetry corner

1: Have a Good Time

This is a poem. Take it. Pack it up
the mountain. You will meet a man
who says it is an ice-axe. Give it to him. Tell him

he should take it out to sea until
he meets a man who calls it a harpoon.
Follow. Watch them. Let them fight about it. 

Robert Bringhurst (1975)

3 50 Best TV shows of the last ten years

Mr Robot

According to Rolling Stone Magazine

4 Kiss

Why humans kiss

5 Scooter and the Big Man
Their last performance together. Rest in peace, Clarence.

 

Overtime: I hate being late...
and I'm married to someone who is often running late. She doesn't read this blog, but if she did she might enjoy this piece :-)

Senses working overtime #34

1 J.J. Abrams
The depth of my respect is well known. The man is amazingly awesome in his wonderfulness. He even managed to add some class to Jimmy Fallon's show!



2 Spectre
This is a cool article on British spelling vs Americanisation of film titles.

3 Macbeth
Looking forward to this one! Visceral is a great word!



4 Christmas

Those are real people!

We're heading to London for Christmas this year and I'm REALLY looking forward to a winter Christmas. Here's a cool place to begin stoking up the Christmas cheer.

5 LA smog
We've arrived for three days to visit Samantha and Jesse before heading to England. The smog haze over LA is NOT a good look - is this just a permanent thing now? Pity.

Loverley clear day yesterday at Venice Beach - more like it!

Overtime

I love overseas airports. The sounds and sights at the arrivals' gate at LAX were wonderful!!

Senses working overtime #11

1 In celebration
Here's the Guardian's picture of the day - sunrise over the Lake District. Superb. Spellbinding. Those were just words and they don't do justice to the beauty of this photo. Love it!

2 Technology and storytelling
This long read by John Lasseter contains a lot of wisdom that can be applied to many fields - including teaching.

3 Star Wars wisdom
I LOVE the Star Wars films. I use them and their wisdom as examples in my daily life and in my teaching (ask my students!) and so I was a sucker for this article. I can't believe he didn't use the greatest line from Phantom Of Menace - your focus determines your reality, but the rest is pretty spot on!

4 Back To The Future
Speaking of great movies. I loved this OTT piece on Robert Zemeckis' great film. Just as a great article should - it made me want to watch the film again (my kids also loved it growing up so it's definitely a Dumbo movie at our house).

5 Gene Vincent 1956
Reading Mark Lewishohn's great great great (times a million) first volume of Beatle history (Tune In) has moved me go back to those songs that inspired John, Paul, George and Ringo. 

The subversive Gene Vincent clearly made an impression. He's one scary dude!!


Overtime
Jacky and I have just discovered Fringe. It's from J.J. Abrams. The genius. It's. AMAZING.

Senses working overtime #9

1 J.J. Abrams
I love anything J.J. touches - movies, TV shows, TED talks...whatever. So I was always gonna love this - an article published on medium.com with the wonderful title: He was The Beatles to me.

2 Star Wars fridge - Han Solo in carbonite
This is so cool - literally!! I want one:

3 This week's cheeky article:

This Guardian article explains in a really entertaining way, why tall women wear high heels.

4 People are awesome

Time for another dose of this series - only one word for it...A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

5 The Terminator

Arnold is still the man. This clip is destined to add another footnote to

the 'Arnold is awesome' file.

Overtime: It's all Greek to me - I have zero interest in economics but I found this article that explains the Greece bailout conundrum fascinating. Loved the layout and I'm now informed. You will be too.