Over brekkie (shared
with my dog) I watched the first episode of the re-vamped "The
Tomorrow People". The original TV series was something
that I loved as a child in the 1970s. It was brought back to our
screens about twenty years ago and was rather awful; and it's been
done again by an American company as a far more adult-based show. I
actually quite liked it; there are a *lot* of nods to the original
series, and I'm reliably informed that some of the original cast are
going to make cameo appearances.
However... (and there is
always a "however" in my world) in many ways it may well
end up as just another story about superheroes trying to fit into a
"normal" world; a story which was original in 1975,
but now has been done to death by shows such as "X-Men",
"The 4400", "Lois and Clark", "No
Ordinary Family" and countless other shows.
Once I'd scraped the ice
from my car I set off to work. Today the talk on the radio was all
about a possible referendum for the UK's continued membership of the
European Union. One of the senior Euro-crats was calling
for the British media to start gving a fair coverage to all
things euro-related.
I think the lady might
have a point. the BBC is hardly impartial; after all I cannot
remember the last time they said anything positive about Islam, to
give but one example of the media's bias.
After the current affairs
program was "Desert Island Discs". And unlike the
show's standard way of operating, tehy had someone interesting on the
show; the well-know survivalist Ray Mears. Listening to him was
rather interesting.
I filled the car with
petrol, and finally I've accrued enough Morrisons petrol points to
get a money-off voucher. it was only worth a fiver, but that is a
fiver of my money that I won't have to squander on squirting my
armpits.
And as I had a few
minutes before work I went round to the cheapo-bargains shop. For
some time I've been looking for a USB phone charger that I can plug
into my car's cigarette lighter. Today the cheapo-bargains shop had
some. Result !
And then to work, and
very little of note happened from then onward....
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