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All In - an all-out insult to our memories and our intelligence.

Three Degrees of President Obama

When I was sitting in the dentist's chair the other day, we were reminiscing about the 60s, which was all a mystery to his young nurse. We got to name-drops, and the nurse said something about it was like people talking about 6 degrees of the President.

I told her I could get a lot closer than that: an ex-pupil whose husband Martin (whom I met, so he's the first link, not her) was at Oxford with Bill Clinton. All the nurse could say was, "Did Clinton go to Oxford?" So we explained the Rhodes Scholarship to her.

Later, it occurred to me that, as Clinton and his wife know Obama, that puts me just 3 degrees away:

3 - Me!
2 - Martin
1 - Clinton
0 - Obama

Didn't know I was so well connected!

It Won't Be Long

I first posted this video two years ago come Tuesday, when we were bemoaning the constant delay of the start of Season 8.

No moans now, just anticipation and elation.

Too Much

My neighbour is wonderful. We've lived next door to one another for well over 30 years. When her husband was alive, he was always doing work for me - building fences, pointing walls, plumbing in sinks - but he developed diabetes, which led to an infected sore, which led to an amputation from which he never fully recovered. This was a few years ago now, and finally she has decided to sell her house and move closer to her younger daughter. She doesn't have the best of health herself, and the house sale, which has been dragging on for months, had been very stressful for her. Finally she has a moving date - next Friday. But her elder daughter's husband was taken ill last week and admitted to hospital with septicaemia. As well as several operations, he was put into a drug-induced coma and put on life support in intensive care. He didn't make it. At age 53, with a six-year-old son, he died on Thursday night. I cannot imagine how they will all cope. It's just too cruel.

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Lady's Man - again, they were talking about the wrong person.

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Playing Dead - the one which bizarrely aired first.

Who Knew?

I'm sure we all recognise Linus Roache, the last ADA in Law and Order before it was killed off. But I think my British readers might be surprised to learn who his dad is:

Yes, folks, it's William Roache, Coronation Street's Ken Barlow since the show first aired in 1960.

Linus appeared as the original Peter Barlow in the show back in 1975. Last year he reappeared as a completely different character after Peter's role had been re-established using a different actor. In December last year the character was killed off in a live episode involving a disaster striking the street.

Linus' mother is the actress Anna Cropper, who is one of those people of whom you say, oh yes, I recognise her. What's she been in?

So there you have it, interesting but useless fact of the day. And if some of you already knew this -I wish you'd told me before!

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Alpha Dog. So glad to see the real alpha male nail this bastard.

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This time it's Identity Crisis.

Still got the hair, but the beard's turned to my favourite - stubble!