3 out 6 for the Oscars. Not very good really but it didn’t occur to me that they would give the best actor award to the best actor – which Sean Penn certainly is.
This rarely happens.
And no one would pick Penelope Cruz and I should have known better with the Slumdog Millionaire juggernaut.
When there are outpourings of hysteria like there have been about that movie one should know better than to bet against it.
Somehow I rather doubt that it is going to improve the lives of the many millions of Indians living in poverty – but a few people will get very rich indeed. (Hint - it won't be the Indian actors)
Massimo is back on stream and serving coffee. I broke a rule and had some cake just to make sure it was stale – it was. I think he must buy it stale as he had only been open two days and it can’t go stale that quickly.
But I may have made my last visit as, while there is a non smoking area, it is adjacent to where Mr. M and his assistant stand – and they both smoke. A bit pointless really.
Ben is very unhappy because Cate went to Zambia without him – this is the first trip ever where she hasn’t taken Ben – and of course (as you can see) he is devastated.
Cate had a fake tan before she left for Zambia and looked quite – well – native. She was about the same colour as Ben, but without the red nose.
At night all I could see in the dark were her teeth. She scrubbed quite a bit off before she left so that she now no longer looks like Whoopi Goldberg – but is very dark for someone in Wien in winter and stood out quite markedly against the snow - especially the orange iridescent bits.
She rang from this morning from next to the Zambezi river to tell me that she had taken lots of photos of elephants and Hippopotami but that the camera was no longer working. Did I know what was wrong with it?
Not really - have you tried the other battery?
This is apparently my fault as I should have let her take the big camera. I can get into trouble even when I am many thousands of miles away.
Muffin went to the vet today for a checkup (she is well, thanks for asking) but we have had some blood tests just to make sure. Muffin is 17 this year ( I haven’t bothered to explain to her that the average life span for cats is 15 years as she already has a somewhat flaky disposition).
The cost of the checkup was €170!
It would be much cheaper in Vienna to club your pets to death when they have a problem and get new ones but I guess there are rules against this – and anyway – we are quite fond of Muffin even though she quite often becomes unhinged in the middle of the night.
It has been snowing for days and we love it. We went to Ellas in Judenplatz on Friday night and walked back through Stadtpark, crunching though the snow. The snow was falling and under the lamps in the park this and snow on the ground created a magic scene – and of course the ducks looked gorgeous covered in white speckles of snow.
They are building scaffolding around Spar. It is Karnaval so I think they may be going to hang some Auslanders who put coloured glass in the white glass bin. (Well – there are rules).
This should draw quite a crowd – I will go down later and check it out.
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- How can I not go on.
- Broken twig porch moth
- A Greyrock Deuce
- Playlist - 28th February 2009
- Toys, toys, toys
- Mule Torture
- Muffin is in terrific shape
- Grey Whales: Fry's Photos
- Cate was not eaten by an African Rock Python
- Eucalyptus Leaf Beetles
- Yellow sulphur caterpillars
- Green porch moth
- Earthworms with a side of Pseudoscorpion
- Recent monarch favorites
- Fly with prey
- Some rainy day leftovers
- Salida Marathon
- The no blog day
- Aquatic snail's moving mouthparts
- Ben was left behind my his mum!
- Birthday blitzing
- Camping, Day 7: 30 Degrees
- Obama Visit to Change Harper's Tune?
- Ubuntu Time Capsule Update
- Kakapos Still Breeding
- Playlist - 21st February 2009
- TV Crew Headed for Mexico
- Last Chance To See... The Facebook Group
- Whats GoinG on?
- Why I hate you. Why I love you.
- Add and Play Netflix Movies from the New York Time...
- I dragged myself home like a wounded animal
- Links to Vermicomposting
- Week Ending Feb. 22
- Free Book Giveaway - Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons
- Never take a Chimp on a honeymoon
- Reach Out
- Egg Bonanza
- Loibner Gruner Veltliner kills laptops
- Netflix Recreates Greatest Kisses in Cinema History
- Do ducks who miss out get counselling?
- A Mission
- Camping, Day 6: K-Mart
- Week Ending Feb.15
- Playlist - 14th February 2009 - Funkology
- Nightmares
- In between the storms
- Pink Pigeon Awaits Mate
- Last Chance To See - The Radio Series *UPDATED*
- Fatherfigure
- Hmmm.....nice wine rack
- 7th Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture - Benedict Allen
- 10 Million Netflix Members
- Escaping
- Don't you dare take my photograph!
- Extinct Ibex Cloned
- What's the matter with The Mummy?
- Kakapo Parrots: The 91 Names
- Nature trail for kids
- Kakapo Parrots: Numbers boosted to 91 with surpri...
- Craig skis and fixes teeth
- Week Ending Feb. 8
- Struan Sutherland: Smartphone aids snakebits cures
- Playlist - 7th February 2009
- Bobcat Ridge, a Good Save
- Weekend Questions
- Obama Gets Tough on Republicans
- Google Earth: Tour of Juan Fernandez Islands
- Butaan Lizard Poo Blunder
- Free Book Giveaway - Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons
- Anyone for a Bonspiel?
- Camping, Day 5: Rain
- Kind of makes you believe again.....
- Video: Juan Fernandez Fur Seals
- So You Think You're a Tough Guy/Gal?
- I will teach Muffin how to play Ski Jump
- Something good is happening!
- Ralph is Alive!
- Koalas get thirsty too
- New Children's book...
- The Dollar Cost of a Minimalist Sport
- It's off to the sewers for me
- Ramblings, burblings if you will.
- Centipede
- Bug-filled Superbowl commercial
- "Spectacular" Gorilla Growth in the Congo
- Dub Review - February 2009
- Week Ending Feb.1
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