Aka Wednesday 8th May 2019
As a little treat I got the latest issue of Lego Star Wars,
for the mini-figure of IG-88:
…and then, after I’d put together IG-88 and completed the G2
Crossword, as an extra treat, I went into London Town to get this weeks New
Comic Book Day gems:
…and to do a little bit of shopping (for things that the local
shops don’t have) and I got this CD of the New Barbarians live, the New
Barbarians were the touring band for Ronnie Wood and was made up of Ronnie and Keith Richards, Stanley Clarke, Zigaboo Modeliste, Ian McLagan and Bobby Keys. 'Buried Alive’ is roughly two hours of great rock ‘n’ roll, and some Blues and Country
(it’s a little bit sloppy, but that adds to the rock ‘n’ rollness!), and I got book
about Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre (only read the intro and
first chapter, but it’s a great read so far):
…and another copy of John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’, but this
time it’s in a special VHS style box and comes with a DVD and Blu-Ray copy of the
film, a trading card, poster and sicker and it just looks great, just beautiful:
…I also got this free copy of a ‘Terminator Salvation’ tie-in
book, I thought that the film wasn’t that bad, so maybe the book will be ok?:
…and here are some pictures I took along the Thames Delta on
my way to the train station and London:
…and I did the G2 Crossword which went almost as well as yesterday’s as I only had to cheat on
a twelfth of the clues, two out of 24, the answers came plenty easy – who
wouldn’t get ‘Jedi’ from ‘Star Wars warrior (4)’ or ‘cardiologist’ from ‘heart
specialist’ – although I did mistaken ‘Twelfth Night’ for ‘Titus Andronicus’!!!
And I should have gotten ‘doldrums’ from ‘state of inactivity or stagnation’,
maybe the twinge in my back, which is making me sit up straight, is sending
more blood to my brain to help the little grey cells???
…I also did the Metro and Evening Standard crosswords, even
tried the cryptics, but couldn’t get any of the Metro’s clues!, at least not
confident enough to write them down, but got a few of the Standard’s, although
mostly/only where the answer is hidden in the clue:
