It’s springtime and spring has certain responsibilities…like spring cleaning. And so we ventured out into the garden to blow the cobwebs from the lawnmower and attack the vegetation in a series of stop-start, grassy pulp stuck in the blades, anthill slicing, huffing-puffing, dog-shit avoiding moves. And thus the grass was cut. I leave The Missus the tough jobs, like weeding because 1) it is boring 2) I am genuinely no good at it 3) I am a lazy sod. But I cleared the shed of boxes and arranged stuff to be taken to the dump, so I get bonus points for that, right?
Meanwhile, I got a copy of the first episode of “The Office – An American Workplace”. Man, the authorities are going to bust my ass when they find out…and when they break in they’ll find all the legitimate DVDs that I’ve bought. But anyway, back to the sitcom: I liked it. Despite being a direct lift from the UK version, I really liked what the Americans have done with it. Not bad considering some of their other efforts of converting UK comedy have tanked. I look forward to seeing more.
Meanwhile, less than 24 hours to the new series of Doctor Who. Don’t worry, I was one of the kids that DIDN’T hide behind the sofa. The only time when Dr Who unsettled me was during the series “The Deadly Assassin” and the Tom Baker-regeneration of the good Doctor gets his foot stuck in a railway points and a train is going to squish him like a bug. It was a standard Dr Who cliff-hanger, but it really got to me, probably because the danger seem real, rather than some rubbery man-in-an-alien-suit-lunging-towards-you kind of cliff-hanger. Oh well, I am sure it will all be a lot of fun tomorrow.