Someone obviously put a lot of effort into their costume this year...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Blink
Well the "Weeping Angels" are back on Doctor Who and last time that brought this picture a huge number of views. It'll be interesting to see if that's repeated this time...
Monday, March 08, 2010
Recent Events
So this is the easiest way to catch up with everyone.
On the 1st of February Lorii woke up feeling dizzy. The dizziness made Lorii feel nauseous so she had trouble keeping her pain meds down. Thinking she had caught the Noro Virus that was in the news, Lorii decided to tough it out. However by Friday Lorii was in such bad shape I called an ambulance. The A&E doc thought the dizziness was down to her brain and was uber concerned. Lorii was sent up to the CDU ward where the docs could decide what to do with her. The docs dismissed the brain injury idea and concluded her ears were up the duff. They discharged her on the Monday after a weekend on a drip to rehydrate her with some antiemetics and an appointment at a clinic in two weeks.
By the next Friday (The 12th) Lorii was as bad if not worse than the last time. I again called an ambulance. These guys could see her distress was very real and gave her some morphine before they took her in. We saw the same A&E doc who through a fit over the phone that her previous diagnosis had been over ruled. She was again admitted, but this time the stay was much longer.
Test were done and Lorii was told her carotid arteries were badly blocked and full of dangerous clots. New drugs were administered and Lorii was told to stop smoking, "…or something terrible would happen!" Then a specialist said her arteries were not so bad to need a operation and a MRI was done. The MRI showed demyelising had occurred to her brain. The docs start to prepare us for a diagnosis of MS. Then a neurologist quashes this but orders a lumbar puncture to confirm it one way or another. Lorii is then discharged before the results are in.
So here we are at home. We're now waiting on our GP to come back with the results. Lorii is still dizzy, and can barely walk. If it's not MS then she's suffered a number of mini strokes. Oh and the recession finally bit and I've been laid off. But given the last month I just don't care.
On the 1st of February Lorii woke up feeling dizzy. The dizziness made Lorii feel nauseous so she had trouble keeping her pain meds down. Thinking she had caught the Noro Virus that was in the news, Lorii decided to tough it out. However by Friday Lorii was in such bad shape I called an ambulance. The A&E doc thought the dizziness was down to her brain and was uber concerned. Lorii was sent up to the CDU ward where the docs could decide what to do with her. The docs dismissed the brain injury idea and concluded her ears were up the duff. They discharged her on the Monday after a weekend on a drip to rehydrate her with some antiemetics and an appointment at a clinic in two weeks.
By the next Friday (The 12th) Lorii was as bad if not worse than the last time. I again called an ambulance. These guys could see her distress was very real and gave her some morphine before they took her in. We saw the same A&E doc who through a fit over the phone that her previous diagnosis had been over ruled. She was again admitted, but this time the stay was much longer.
Test were done and Lorii was told her carotid arteries were badly blocked and full of dangerous clots. New drugs were administered and Lorii was told to stop smoking, "…or something terrible would happen!" Then a specialist said her arteries were not so bad to need a operation and a MRI was done. The MRI showed demyelising had occurred to her brain. The docs start to prepare us for a diagnosis of MS. Then a neurologist quashes this but orders a lumbar puncture to confirm it one way or another. Lorii is then discharged before the results are in.
So here we are at home. We're now waiting on our GP to come back with the results. Lorii is still dizzy, and can barely walk. If it's not MS then she's suffered a number of mini strokes. Oh and the recession finally bit and I've been laid off. But given the last month I just don't care.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Album Cover
What a small world! One day I take a picture of a statue in a cemetery. Piddle about in Photoshop a bit. Post it on Flickr to show the world. Now its album art for a band in the USA. Just watch my head swell!
You can check out the band here; Mike Nielson
You can check out the band here; Mike Nielson
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Back To The Balloon Fiesta!
This is Mike Jones picture I mentioned below. If you are a Flickr member please visit this picture and fave it. };))
Flickr
There is a professional photographer on Flickr called Mike Jones. He travels around America in a campervan taking pictures of stunning beauty for a postcard company. A bit of a dream job really. Aside from the utterly stunning (stonking even) pictures in his photostream the banter from his fans and himself always make it worth a visit. Last night he posted a request for fav's (It's a Flickr thing) on a beautiful picture of a balloon launch he took some time ago. It was a joke thing to beat a friend of his who had 800 fav's on one of his pictures and was teasing Mike with it. When I helpfully added my fav He had collected 16030 already! As Mike had promised all who gave him a fav a picture of a dollar I added a comment that I'd give home extra time to send me my dollar, given the large number of fav's collected. Imagine then my surprise to awake today to find a fav from Mike Jones on one of my pictures with a comment too plus a picture of a dollar. Poor Mike must have struggled to find a picture to fave as the start of my photostream is full of pictures of Katie dressed in latex and corsets modeling collars! But he tacked it on this one which was sitting on the bottom of the page. Thank you Mr Jones; a true man of his word.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Holiday
I'm on holiday from work at the moment. Only trouble us there us so much to do I'm not having a very relaxing time. On Friday the whole family went down to the front to see some fireworks. Lorii used her wheelchair and while her dad, George, gave us a lift down to Gynn Square, Jake and I pushed her all the way home up the hill. We then went out for a steak meal. Everyone stuffed themselves and I even discovered what beer tastes like again!
Yesterday I took Katie and Lorii down to Ikea. We spent the whole day there! Spent far too much but we got a lot for our money. Though that said Ikea does seem to have become very expensive all of a sudden.
Yesterday I took Katie and Lorii down to Ikea. We spent the whole day there! Spent far too much but we got a lot for our money. Though that said Ikea does seem to have become very expensive all of a sudden.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Quandry
So I got an email this morning, on Flickr, warning me that it against the (flickr) rules to post pictures for commercial purposes. So I've just dutifully removed all the links I put in the comments back to Wyred Slave. The truth is that the pictures of Katie I have recently posted were taken for a planned update of the website. But I was dead chuffed at how well they had turned out, and wanted to... Well I supose the honest thing to say here is show off! I mean, hell, Katie looks so God damned good. She has a talent for sitting in front of a camera and looking beautiful! Ironically the whole performace leaves her cold, so there is little chance if a career in modeling. Still, at least Katie got to find that out early on. So the pictures posted on Flickr are just the tip of the iceberg. I've loads more, and once the update goes live, you'll be able to see them all there.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Sleep deprived but happy....
Well the neighbours over the road decided to take the caravan on their drive apart this morning; using small boys armed with tomahawks and hammers! Now I'm all for the wanton destruction of these vile things, but feel either the Brainiac or Top Gear aproach is better; i.e. explosives or high speed impact with something huge and hard. Hammers and tomahawks (really!) just take too long and, importantly, make a lot of noise. Only the fact that they were armed to the teeth stopped me from delivering a large piece of my mind in a forceful way. Four hour sleep to be awoken by caravan is not funny.
On a happier note Katie got her A level results this morning too. An A for Graphic Design, an A for Art, a B for English and an E for Maths. This is fantastic! Good enough for a scholarship from the University these grades have secured her place at. So right now I am really, really happy.
On a happier note Katie got her A level results this morning too. An A for Graphic Design, an A for Art, a B for English and an E for Maths. This is fantastic! Good enough for a scholarship from the University these grades have secured her place at. So right now I am really, really happy.
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Arrows Smoke
Well I know I bitch about this town (Blackpool) a fair bit. But I have to admit there are a few nice things about living in this town. One is that I get to take pictures like these from my attic window. :)
Friday, July 31, 2009
Collared Slave
Well we're planning an update of the website for Wyred Slave some time soonish. So with that in mind, and as Katie volunteered, we've been doing a few test shots. Katie is modelling a prototype removable o-ring that quite a few customers have been asking for.
The main thing that has struck me about this and all the other pictures is just how great Katie looks. I know I'm biased but she looks really, really beautiful.
The main thing that has struck me about this and all the other pictures is just how great Katie looks. I know I'm biased but she looks really, really beautiful.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Look into my eyes...
Well whilst cats may do it naturally I have just qualified as a hypnotieraist! I can now actually put letters after my name! Obviously having learnt this new skill I an busy practicing on all willing members of friends and family. Which may explain why everyone is sudenly so docile and keen to please! };o))
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Hypnotherapy
Well I finally find time to make another entry into a very underused blog. Lots has happened, but the biggest news is that next week I attend a course to become qualified in hypnotherapy. Obviously the main aim is to help Lorii with her pain, though the course boasts that I will be able to set up as a business at the end; so the uses could be myriad. If all goes well and I find the time I'll keep you posted....
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
University
Well Katie has been provisionally accepted to her University of choice. Provisionally on the basis she gets the A level results they require. Though as the college are predicting she will get much better than the Uni are asking it looks like my baby girl is off to Uni next year. Tempus Fugit! Seems like yesterday she was asking me to adjust the saddle on her new bike!
Friday, January 09, 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
One Armed Paper Hanger
That's me! First sorry for such a wait between posts. To be honest I'm not sure if things are going to improve. Life has become super busy, and I just don't have spare time to write about it. Mostly it is for the good; Wyred Slave has really taken off, so I spend many waking hours making collars for folks now. Also Lorii's ebay shop has taken off ,so she is equally if not more busy than me. The result is there is barely time to do house work or feed ourselves!
So happy Christmas everyone! Happy New Year too. I hope 2009 is a better year than the last and I'll write again when I can.
So happy Christmas everyone! Happy New Year too. I hope 2009 is a better year than the last and I'll write again when I can.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Inside Me!
Apparently I have a Mixed Type 5cm Hiatus Hernia! I have been suffering dysphagia and heartburn so my GP sent me for an Endoscopy to diagnose why.
This picture is one of two that accompany the report from the Gastroenterologist to my GP. They are form inside me, but apart from that, and that I did not enjoy them being taken, I know nothing about them. Does anyone feel like telling me what we're looking at?
This picture is one of two that accompany the report from the Gastroenterologist to my GP. They are form inside me, but apart from that, and that I did not enjoy them being taken, I know nothing about them. Does anyone feel like telling me what we're looking at?
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Silk Spectre II Comic-Con poster
Okay this is not fair! I can see what they're trying to do, but it's working! The 6th of March is too far away. I'm going to be a gibbering wreck by the time the movie hit the screens if they keep teasing me like this. (Link through the picture to see more based on the other characters.)
Sunday, July 27, 2008
An explanation...
Ok, perhaps I should explain the childish gibbering below. That I enjoyed the source book must be self evident. But the trailer suggest that the plot has been adhered to. Every scene in that trailer seems to be lifted from the pages of the original comic. Well with the exception of the Silk Spectre, who is now clad in yellow and black latex, but I can hardly kick off over that! (Interestingly (If you are a nerd like me.) the reason for the costume change is because Laurie's costume, in the comic, was supposed to be extremely provocative. In today's sexual climate, with films like Underworld and X Men having gone before, it was felt the Silk Spectre needed to step up a gear, sexually speaking that is, to get this point across to modern audiences.) So it looks like we may be in for a rare treat; a movie that stays faithful to the original book. This seems to be becoming a more common thing these days; Lord of the Rings tried hard, Harry Potter films follow the books. Though there are still script writers that think they know better than successful authors. I Am Legend springs to mind as I type this.
Alan Moore is reported to have a downer on the idea of his work being interpreted into a movie. After V for Vendetta I can hardly blame him. I was a teenager when I first read Watchmen. I was blown away by the complexity of the plot, the jumping from past to present; the very idea of setting it in an alternate timeline. One where Watergate did not happen and America wins the Vietnam War. I can still remember my friends debating the true identity of Rorschach, guessing incorrectly that 'he' could possibly be a she! I still enjoy re-reading it today, even though I know every plot twist by heart, and a part of me wants to share this with others. I've lent my copy of Watchmen to all those I can convince to read a 'comic,' including my own children. But some can't/won't stoop to read comics. Until now I've pitied them, and their loss. Hopefully this film will show them the error of their ways, or at least allow them to glimpse the genius of Mr Moore's work. If he has had his name removed from the movie and his royalties sent to Dave Gibbons (The artist) then that is a shame. People should know where this movie came from, it may get them to modify preconceived ideas about graphic novels.
Alan Moore is reported to have a downer on the idea of his work being interpreted into a movie. After V for Vendetta I can hardly blame him. I was a teenager when I first read Watchmen. I was blown away by the complexity of the plot, the jumping from past to present; the very idea of setting it in an alternate timeline. One where Watergate did not happen and America wins the Vietnam War. I can still remember my friends debating the true identity of Rorschach, guessing incorrectly that 'he' could possibly be a she! I still enjoy re-reading it today, even though I know every plot twist by heart, and a part of me wants to share this with others. I've lent my copy of Watchmen to all those I can convince to read a 'comic,' including my own children. But some can't/won't stoop to read comics. Until now I've pitied them, and their loss. Hopefully this film will show them the error of their ways, or at least allow them to glimpse the genius of Mr Moore's work. If he has had his name removed from the movie and his royalties sent to Dave Gibbons (The artist) then that is a shame. People should know where this movie came from, it may get them to modify preconceived ideas about graphic novels.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Oh My God!!!!!
Okay I'm not usually prone to over-excitement but; Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! OH MY GOD!!!!!!
Okay I'm calm now. Ish.
http://www.watchmenmovie.co.uk/intl/uk/
My favourite book is going to be a movie! (And you thought I was getting worked up over something important!)
Anyway that is far too many exclamation marks for one entry. Guess where I'll be on the 6th march!
Okay I'm calm now. Ish.
http://www.watchmenmovie.co.uk/intl/uk/
My favourite book is going to be a movie! (And you thought I was getting worked up over something important!)
Anyway that is far too many exclamation marks for one entry. Guess where I'll be on the 6th march!
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