Adrian Paul was given the role of Duncan McLeod who in the story was born in the same village 75 years after Connor was banished and like his cousin once he knew who he was, he too began to wonder the world. The series documents his life in the present as well as his previous life similar to the...
Highlander was directed by Russell Mulcahy who previously directed various music videos including the first music video to appear on MTV “ Video killed the radio star” by Buggles
Sean Connery was only available to film for five days and completed all his scenes in that time period. His...
In tribute to the late Olivia Newton John interesting facts about Grease
Randal Kleiser would go on to direct films such as “Flight of the navigator” and “White fang” as well as “Honey I blew up the kid”
Johns older sister Ellen appeared as a waitress in one scene and future 80s action star...
In tribute to the late Olivia Newton John interesting facts about Grease the musical.
Grease was a stage Musical before it was a film and is set in the 1970s at a high school reunion where the characters reminisce about their time at high school in the 50s, the film is set in the 50s.
the...
In tribute to the late Olivia Newton John interesting facts about Grease the musical.
Grease was a stage Musical before it was a film and is set in the 1970s at a high school reunion where the characters reminisce about their time at high school in the 50s, the film is set in the 50s.
the...
The number 12
Twelve is the highest number pronounced with a single syllable. 12 features in the Bible with the 12 sons of Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 apostles of Jesus. 12 is the highest number on the Beaufort scale as well as the highest number on a standard clock. 12 months and...
Big institutions all say they don’t discriminate and treat people with mental health issues fairly in accordance with their needs but in reality do they?
I give you the example of the Driving vehicle licensing agency (DVLA) I was asked by my psychiatrist to report my medication to the dvla and...
misheard song lyrics.
The term for where a person mishears song lyrics is Mondegreen, first used by Sylvia Wright in 1954 after she misheard "laid him on the green" for "Lady mondgreen"
Famous examples include "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" ('scuse me while I kiss the sky) from Purple...
stretching along 15 blocks of Hollywood boulevard and 3 blocks of Vine street the Hollywood walk of fame was conceived in 1953 as a permanent monument to performers but the first star was not laud until 1960 for Stanley Kramer.
Anyone can nominate a performer but the performer must agree to...
Until 1753 the UK celebrated New Year's Day on March 25Th. Following the French Revolution A week in France was 10 days long, 10 hours to a day and 100 seconds to a minute, this lasted until 1805. Russia celebrates on the 1st and the 14th of January to include the Julian and the Gregorian...
The board game monopoly
The game is based on an earlier game called "the landlord game" invented by Lizzie Maggie in 1903 and self published in 1906 the game we know was published in 1935 by the Parker brothers before being bought by Hasbro in 1991
The landlords game had two sets of rules one...
Sept 10th was suicide prevention day. I was reading the paper yesterday and in it was a letter from a man to a complete stranger thanking him for saying "Good morning" and giving him a smile. Nothing remarkable you might think but he then went on to say it was this gesture of kindness that...
Rutger Hauer
With the announcement of his death we celebrate his life as an iconic actor
Born on 23rd January 1944 as Rutger Oelsen Hauer in The Netherlands to parents who were both actors he served in the Dutch navy before becoming an actor.
Speaks fluent German
Is color blind
Did...
I recently attended a seminar on Neuro-diversity. It got me thinking, as much As I often wish I was a different person without anxiety and depression, I have to accept the fact I am who I am and everything that goes with that. If I was this mythical person without my conditions, I wouldn't be...
There is a tale of a man in a men's room who saw a spider struggling to get out of a urinal, taking pity he got a paper towel for the spider to get on then laid it on the floor. The next day he came into the men's room to find the spider squashed and dead on the floor. The meaning of this tale...
The book 1984 by George Orwell
June 8th was the 70 th anniversary of the publication of 1984
1984 led to the word Orwellian meaning a state where normal societal freedoms are restricted.
Whilst Orwell did not invent CCTV in the story Telescreens are used to spy on all the party members...
About queues and queueing
There is a queueing theory used in telecommunications and computer programming.
The term reneging means customers who leave a queue having waited too long
Balking means customers who won't join a queue they think is too long and jockeying is used to describe...
The chemical formula for caffeine is c8, h10,n4, o2
Caffeine is one of the most addictive substances known to man alongside nicotine and alcohol and is largely unregulated in most countries although it was illegal to drink coffee in public, punishable by death in the city of Istanbul in 1633...
The road to recovery from mental illness is never straight or easy. It twists and turns in unexpected ways and sometimes along the way we stumble and fall. A series of unforunate events have led to me having to go sick again with my anxiety overwhelming me. Trying to change things for the...
People might think they are being helpful but actually they can do more harm
"Don't worry" is probably the worst thing to say to someone like me, if I could not worry I'd have done it by now.
"Get a grip" "pull yourself together" "you'll get over it" "it's just a bad patch/phase/day you...