Fred Is Dead

Alas, poor Winifred , aka Fred, gets oozed out by Illyria who invades her body after Fred breathes in something from the sarcophagus , in the final season of Angel, and as the goddess from hell becomes aware that her followers have long gone begins to hate her shell and this world. Once again, they kill off another of the good folk. Jeez , reminds me of what happened to major protagonists in the BBC TV series, Spooks.

Fred's death was another episode that did me in. Poor Wesley, he loved her so much, and all the rest of the team. Final season so far is a qualified thumbs up!

Cheeses

So another fine sunny morning , if still a bit cold , but Spring cannot be far away. Anyway, I am currently in the Office doing a short three day course on customer service. To me a bit of a doddle as having been in retail many years ago. It finshes on Friday and it is just four houre=s each day.

I picked up some lo vely Red Leicester cheese with flecks of cracked black peppercorn in it from the 99p Store. It is delicious. I am a bit of a cheese nut. I love my strong cheeses, my French cheeses and Italian ones. My favouirite is a spicy chill chesse, but this one today is top notch.

Truss Off

Despite our political differences my brother seems to be more radical in his old age. Well, perhaps not radical, but certainly fed up with the shower that pose as a government installed at the moment.

This is a reply to the following on comment on FB concerning this -

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-minister-liz-truss-blows-5261242



"You are happy then with the likes of Ian Duncan Smith? The effect of Iain Duncan Smith’s ‘welfare reforms’ should, by now, be plain for all to see: Increased poverty – including child poverty, the torture of starvation for people who have been sanctioned off of benefit and cannot afford food, hopelessness, despair, suicide. He has forced people off benefit by perverting the system in the worst way possible. He has ordered his staff to find any slight excuse to inflict benefit sanctions on society’s most vulnerable. Unlike benefit delays, where in theory claimants can receive backdated payments to cover the period when they were without income, sanctions have left already vulnerable recipients struggling with a massive hole in their finances which they have often filled with expensive credit, trapping them in a cycle of debt.
I have been around long enough to experience the good and bad in all parties and governments and yes, I do get angry when I see the excesses of government ministers like Liz Truss.
There is also good and bad in the way recent governments have handled public finances. By 2007 Labour had reduced public sector borrowing below the level it inherited from the Conservatives. And more of that borrowing was being used to finance investment rather than the day-to-day running costs of the public sector. Labour had also reduced public sector debt below the level it had inherited. The later increase in public sector borrowing was a direct result of a worldwide financial crisis, not Labour’s policies.
So, is this a boom time fro Britain as you believe? Maybe, but we are certainly not “all in it together”."

I could not have said it better.

You Got No Idea...

As bro says "What a coincidence". I say "You have no idea you Tory twit".



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31716210

So right!

Philosophy Students

Some fun stuff as light relief -



Quite true, even when you are no longer a student.

It's Not Just Cricket

A couple of CD's which i have listening to today , both very funny and fascinating.




Best gaffe is this -  "The batman's Holding the bowlers Willy"

Two Sad Songs

Two groovy tunes , slightly gothic and doomy , a classic from the late sixties and the other under the guise of Hollywood sadcore.

Kelly Smith - End Of The World more recent under the guise of Holloywood sadcore.

Lana Del Ray - Video Games

Played both last DJ  gig folks. Inspired by Buffy and Angel.

Angel - Fred's death/Illyria awakens

Okay get those tissues out -

In her apartment, Fred asks Wesley if he would have loved her; he tells her that he's always loved her, even before he knew her. She asks him to tell her parents that she wasn't scared. As she weakens, she says, "Please, Wesley, why can't I stay?" and then dies in Wesley's arms. As he begins to weep, her eyes turn blue. Fred's body twitches and sends Wesley across the room, where he watches her SKIN and hair turn blue. She stands up - now taken over by Illyria - and says, "This will do."

It got me too!

You're Welcome

The other sad moment in Angel, Cordelia's  final farewell despite still being in a coma after the birth of the demon Jasmine.

Sob sob sob ...