We’re glad we know – it eliminates 50% of the names we would otherwise have to consider. I’m convinced that pregnancies last nine months because that’s how long it takes to come up with good names! I personally think it’s a shame we have to give babies names before we know what they [...]
Monthly Archive for August, 2009
Seperated at birth?
Posted in Humor on Aug 24th, 2009
Steven Gerrard…a younger version of Russel Crowe?
OK, I know it’s early, but after Tottenham’s 5-1 dismantling of Hull City, Spurs sit atop of the Premier League table after two games. Pity the game wasn’t on TV anywhere – not even radio, at least I wasn’t able to find anything. The current top four doesn’t include Man U! That’s happy thought number [...]
Much to FM’s chagrin, I am a Tottenham supporter. FM is a (ugh) Liverpool supporter, so it was with no small delight that I can report that Tottenham beat Liverpool 2-1 in opening week for the Premier League. So after the first week Tottenham is tied for first! We’ll see how long they stay there…
Proms & Denham
Posted in London, MBH, Music, Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2009
Every year, the BBC sponsors an eight-week classic concert festival – the BBC Proms. Most of the events are held at Royal Albert Hall. The MBH and I have talked about enjoying the arts and culture here in London, since the opportunity to do so in Tokyo is considerably more limited. So when we [...]
Connections
Posted in TV on Aug 10th, 2009
Some of you might remember this fantastic TV series by historian James Burke. I remember seeing the original series on PBS with my mom back in the early 90s, along with parts of the second series. I don’t think I even knew of the existence of the third series! For those of you that don’t [...]
Football season is upon us.
Posted in Sports on Aug 7th, 2009
No, not that football season – I’m talking about UK football – As I noted a couple of months ago, my wife and I have decided Tottenham Hotspur (much to the horror of one of my friends, a staunch Liverpool supporter. Although, in his words, ‘at least you didn’t go for Chelski, or Arse’n’all. And [...]