Was he the one who was in...?

Interesting when a BIG STAR dies isn’t it?

When colonel_maxim yelled down the stairs of the Athenaeum Club last night that Heath Ledger had medicated himself to death, I was appropriately sad. Not yet 30 and dead; a waste. I then thought, “He’s the bloke who plays the Joker in the new Batman film”. Then I thought, “Other than that, I have no idea why he’s a star. What’s he been in?”

It turns out that I have actually seen a film of his: he is the one who was not Matt Damon in the bits of Brothers Grimm I didn’t sleep through – though I wasn’t sure if he was from the same clone vats as Josh Hartnett; it’s hard to keep up with the Hollywood look-alikes.

Furtle has a copy of A Knight’s Tale, which I can’t remember ever watching, though I probably shall at some point. I see he was in The Patriot, which I refuse to watch as I do anything involving Mel Gibson’s anti British propaganda movie campaign career¹.

So there we are. An entire career been and gone and the only bit that interests me hasn’t been released yet.

¹Chicken Run and, if I am in the mood, possibly the first couple of Lethal Weapon movies, excepted

Was he the one who was in...?

Interesting when a BIG STAR dies isn’t it?

When colonel_maxim yelled down the stairs of the Athenaeum Club last night that Heath Ledger had medicated himself to death, I was appropriately sad. Not yet 30 and dead; a waste. I then thought, “He’s the bloke who plays the Joker in the new Batman film”. Then I thought, “Other than that, I have no idea why he’s a star. What’s he been in?”

It turns out that I have actually seen a film of his: he is the one who was not Matt Damon in the bits of Brothers Grimm I didn’t sleep through – though I wasn’t sure if he was from the same clone vats as Josh Hartnett; it’s hard to keep up with the Hollywood look-alikes.

Furtle has a copy of A Knight’s Tale, which I can’t remember ever watching, though I probably shall at some point. I see he was in The Patriot, which I refuse to watch as I do anything involving Mel Gibson’s anti British propaganda movie campaign career¹.

So there we are. An entire career been and gone and the only bit that interests me hasn’t been released yet.

¹Chicken Run and, if I am in the mood, possibly the first couple of Lethal Weapon movies, excepted

Life on Mars...

Amongst other sources, The Times has reproduced a blow-up from a NASA photograph taken in 2004 on Mars.

The photograph shows what NASA are calling a rock and a "trick of the light" and what conspiracy-lovers and the generally over excitable are calling definitive proof of life on Mars.

( Photographic evidence behind the cut (work friendly) )

Of course, there's no need for debate. We have proof positive of life on Mars. Just ask Marvin:

Life on Mars...

Amongst other sources, The Times has reproduced a blow-up from a NASA photograph taken in 2004 on Mars.

The photograph shows what NASA are calling a rock and a "trick of the light" and what conspiracy-lovers and the generally over excitable are calling definitive proof of life on Mars.

( Photographic evidence behind the cut (work friendly) )

Of course, there's no need for debate. We have proof positive of life on Mars. Just ask Marvin:

Jobs

I have just submitted an application for a job on promotion, which I have high hopes for. If it was any closer fit to my skills and experience it would be called Bryan.

This from a man who managed to lose out on an in-post promotion a couple of years ago to someone else in the branch: wish me luck.

Onwards and upwards!

Jobs

I have just submitted an application for a job on promotion, which I have high hopes for. If it was any closer fit to my skills and experience it would be called Bryan.

This from a man who managed to lose out on an in-post promotion a couple of years ago to someone else in the branch: wish me luck.

Onwards and upwards!