The new "druids"

I walked past there on my to the cinema this evening and I thought they couldn't have made the place any colder but they did. It looked far too trendy (both the staff and the people inside, there were a few tables seated) and to be honest not the kind of place that would welcome a bunch of gamers...
diasporal_waves talked to them and apparently, they'll let us in next Tuesday. Let's see what happens, I'm not convinced.

Apparently, it's now a "bar & restaurant" (Tapas) but there was no menu outside so I have no idea what prices are like but I'd imagine they won't be cheap.

Bah, I wish there was a decent landlord who would turn the place back into the cosy and lovely pub it once was. With it's pale, sickly green exterior and the cold, clean interior it looks like any other trendy bar/bistro. *hawks and spits*

akonken, rirekon and skinny_cartman: Fire away! Make it a target again, like we did with Bar Citrus. :oÞ

Happy Birthday to

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Too many photos to choose from so I picked a summery one taken last year...

Thought about PotC

Despite all the trickery, big sets and all that in the PotC films, I don't think there's any swordfight that can match the one in Princess Bride. :o)

*comic style lightbulb coming on over my head*

I know what I'm going to do with my potato overload: a big bowl of potato salad for vyvyan's and razornet's BBQ on Saturday. :o)

The Notorious Bettie Page

is very good, too.
Gretchen Mol is quite impressive and portrayed the transition from the shy country girl to the successful Pinup model who knows what she's doing very well indeed.
I liked the style of the film, too and the way they used different colour grading (grainy, shaky black and white; stark, high contrast b&w and faded Super 8 style colour) for the different aspects of the film. Some of her famous shoots were lovingly recreated, too.

Something surje mentioned afterwards made me think. The audience laughed at the ridiculous accusations of pornography, "perverting of adolescents" and other such nonsense during the hearing scenes but is it much different now? Yes, nowadays you see a lot more on the top shelf of every newsagent's but the issues are still there.
Then I realised the perfect example: The film was rated 18 and I have no idea why. No, hang on, I got it: there were about three scenes with bare breasts and one short full frontal nudity shot. All of these were absolutely harmless and even the BDSM scenes were just plain funny and ridiculous.
So, massacring thousands of people, skewering them, beheading them, blowing them to bits, all right in front of the camera gets a 12A (best example: the LotR films) but as soon as there's a nipple or a pube, it's an 18. Various people need their morals adjusted, I think.

On a lighter note, I leave you with two photos of another Bettie Page lookalike, puddingcat: