The Daily Dott - Tuesday

On Saturday I watched Casino Royale as James Bond and his “perfectly formed arse” (it is rather pert isn’t it) ran, jumped and humped a few nice women along the way in what was a pretty good yet jittery Bond film.

It was the credit-crunch bond, was Jimbo actually driving a Ford Mondeo?

Yes, he eventually got his Austin Martin and then gloriously crashed it on a long winding road. This was Bond like we’ve never seen him before.

“Yes James, Yes James!!” I shouted at the television.

That’s it. Fuck the Martini and yes, who really “gives a damn” if it’s shaken or stirred.

Did James Bond actually just say he “doesn’t give a damn” if his precious drink is shaken or stirred.

Indeed he did and it’s about bloody time too! What a nonsensical nonsense drink for a man of no nonsense.

‘No nonsense’ isn’t that the tagline for John Smiths? Yes and one has to ask, why doesn’t James Bond drink a pint of bitter? Raymond Chandler said that Bond is, “what every man would like to be” so why doesn’t he order a man’s drink! Well, you could argue that after losing that game of poker the man was already bitter enough.

But of course he got his revenge on the man with the bleeding eye that wouldn’t be any more interesting as a Bond villain if he had seven eyes and talked out of his arse. Has there been a memorable Bond villain since.........hmm.

The film ended with Bond towering over a villain with a ridiculously huge gun that I don’t really know how he managed to hold in the air with one arm whilst saying “Bond, James Bond.”

The fact that the film ended in this way shows the formula is being remixed a little and I also got the feeling they are aware of a certain Jason Bourne creeping up on their arses, I wonder if a tag team of Bourne and Bond would make for a good film? Perhaps the two wouldn’t, ahem, bond.

As for Daniel Craig, I thought he done the job, I can remember some woman saying that he looked like an average builder and not a James Bond but all I can say to that is he definitely doesn’t have a builders bum!

It’s the Daily...has anyone ever read a James Bond book?

-The Intricacies
-Don’t Look Forward
-Podcasts


-The Intricacies

The Intricacies is a good name for a band, don’t you think? Although I could just imagine a record company exec saying the name is too complicated. Well that’s another one added to my list, maybe I should make a website with a band name generator.

Too late!

http://www.bandnamemaker.com/generator/?cw=Intricacies&submit.x=81&submit.y=21

Whispering Intricacies! Now that’s a name! Shhhh, don’t tell anyone :P


-Don’t Look Forward

There is an evil angel up there in the clouds, a disgruntled little bastard who has been banished from whatever lies beyond the pearly gates, but he doesn’t mind, because he just loves to sit on a dark cloud and cast spells on people who are gaily looking forward to things.

As the Joker would say, LIKE ME!

Yes, for two weeks or maybe longer I had been looking forward to going to basketball training with Blantyre, a blizzard of five on five Basketball was waiting for me. Or so I thought.

Instead I get hit with an avalanche, not of players, but of reality as only four people showed and only one of them was a Blantyre man. How can 3 HOURS of Basketball go so unloved, so unnoticed...

That wee bastard is sneering.

I kind of blame myself for looking forward to it, as mad as that may seem. When I look forward to things they never turn out the way I imagined and how can I falter myself for having an imagination.

In the words of Lucifer, I’ll be dammed.


-Podcasts

I have recently just discovered the delightful world of podcasts even though my Ipod is over a year old. God, it took me ages to craft that opening sentence, grammar makes me fickle.

Anyway, yes, Podcasts are pretty cool, I like listening to the radio on occasion but I love the fact you have a wee show that you can listen to ‘on the move’ so to speak. What I don’t like about it is that earphones give me a fucking headache.

Two shows I listen to at the moment are Stephen Fry’s podgram and ESPN’s NBA Daily!


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