THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1977

L-R: me, Holly, mom, Tommy
I think I asked my mom to make the horsie kiss the dog. I love the look on my mother’s face, it’s so maudlin.
The dog was Holly, by the way. She ma[…]

The new face of Creationism.
CNN ran a story yesterday on the Intelligent Design Network’s proposed revisions to the science standards set by the Kansas School Board. It should come as a surprise to no one that this is happening in Kansas, […]

FT TOP 100 FILMS
So with one to go, to be posted tomorrow, here have a quick overview of the FreakyTrigger Top 100 films: 100-2:
100. Citizen Kane
99. Star Wars: A New Hope
98. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
97. Bringing Up Baby
96. Godfather II
95. Some Li[…]

1947 version. It really is no contest. Cute little Nathalie Wood versus that kid from Mathilda who looks like she is constantly sucking a thistle. No, we like our sugar coated sentimentality dished up firmly with a black and white spoon. Though perh[…]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1977

L-R: Tommy, Me
North Bellmore is less than thirty miles away, but I go into Manhattan exactly twice in the 1970’s: one in a class trip to the United Nations in 1979 and other is fo[…]

Phantom of the Opera

Corsets in, breasts out, masks on and mouths open wide; the phantom is back. I’ve heard complaints that to enjoy a film like Phantom, you have to like musicals. Well if you don’t like the idea of sweeping orchestra[…]

Babbage Minifig Not Included
LEGO logic gates! Via Slashdot.[…]

Office Christmas Meal
It was our ‘team Christmas meal’ last night, in deepest, Burberry Essex. A local Chinese restaurant was suggested. “It’s a decent Chinky.”
We revved up for dinner in a pub I can only describe as shi[…]

According to Marketing last week, Weetabix is now Britain’s biggest cereal. What do they mean now? One Weetabix biscuit has always been almost twice the size of its nearest rival Shredded Wheat. But apparently Corn Flakes used to be bigger. Wha[…]

Seeing the picture of Will Ferrell as an Elf mocked-up on so many boxes of Sainsbury’s Corn Flakes this year has been a cheery sight. An odd one though, own label products always used to be free from marketing hype and tie-ins. That was the pro[…]