Pink Panther

I'd forgotten how good this film is. Very funny, very classy. The predictive text feature on my phone decided that the film should be called Pink Panties. Lucky I spotted that!

Uncle Basil comments on the memorial gardens

Uncle Basil has contributed to the debate on the state of the memorial gardens between the market and City Hall.  It's a great shame that such a central location in the city looks like a bomb site and gives the city a post war rather than post millennium feel.  I remember sitting in the gardens with hundreds of others watching the firework display over the Castle that celebrated 800 years of Norwich as a city and now I am ashamed of what used to be a pleasant place to sit and enjoy a few minutes rest.  I know there were problems with misuse but I'm sure that a design can be found that will encourage appropriate use.  We encourage visitors to look at the Norwich 12, the 12 buildings that highlight the development of Norwich over the last 1000 years but in doing so they have to walk past the shambles that is the memorial gardens so perhaps we should start a new Norwich 12.  A dozen examples of civic indecision and embarrassment.    

Perfect Sunday night

Glass of wine, chocolates, Inter against Milan on the box.
Does it get any better?

Woodpeckers

Plenty of territorial drumming today and some sightings because of the bare trees.

Bella and The Norwich 12: The Guildhall

She wasn't very co-operative today and I think it's a lot to do with the recent bad weather denying her the daily walk around the City.  The layoff must have frustrated her and I don't think I've seen Bella more excited about a walk than today so when LJ came out of Starbucks with my DTL Bella didn't know which way to run for the best.   By the time we got to the location for this pic we had been walking for nearly an hour and she was still struggling to get down and charge off towards The Forum.  The second attempt was even worse so I'll have to get a better one later.  She's sleeping soundly now and probably dreaming of chasing rabbits! 

Over helpful HP

I'm trying to save electricity and the planet by avoiding standby mode for our electrical devices as much as possible. This is working fine and I feel good about the small step I am taking towards a greener future but almost all the good feelings are wasted by the messages from HP Solution Center (sic) giving me helpful advice on solving my "printer offline" problem.  I KNOW IT'S OFFLINE.  I TURNED IT OFF.  I'M SAVING THE PLANET AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS ANNOY ME WITH FACILE MESSAGES.

I really am turning into a grumpy old man.