Pondering

I am pondering whether to go back today to Kent or tomorrow. I do have a number of items to post off from a couple of sales at Discogs, and one at Ebay. I don't think one day will make much difference. Depends on the weather. Mornings have always started fine and sunny but clouded over by the time i go out anywhere. This means that so far for the past few days, well since i came down to Sussex, i have not been able to tan up au natural.

Either way, i will need a huge bag to take my recent book finds back to Kent.

Walking Around Seaford

I am traveling back to Kent tomorrow as GC is doing some visits in Eastbourne and she will drop me off there to catch the bus back to Kent.
Meanwhile, as it os the best sunniest day for awhile i will take advantage of it and perhaps read in the garden.

I popped into Seaford town centre to find a hessian bag for the books i found. I found one at Seaford library for two quid. Just perfect for books. It is called The Big Bag Of Books.

i forgot to bring the camera, so i might just walk down there again later.

I might be doing a DJ night this coming Saturday at the Northern Lights. I will need to Eamon today to confirm whether or not it is still on. Fingers crossed. I so, some visits will have to be re-arranged but we will come to that bridge, if that is the case.

Fanfic : The Doctor Goes On Holiday Part Four

Title: The Doctor Goes On Holiday Part Four
Author: Davesmusictank
Fandom: Doctor Who / Buffy
Genre: SF Fantasy Crossover
Characters/Pairing: Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald, Giles,Buffy,Willow
Rating: PG

Word count 670


I apologize for the delay in getting this part done but lack of time has been the major problem.

( The Doctor Goes On Holiday Part Four )

Summary : The Doctor and companions find themselves on a Dalek battle cruiser and need an escape plan.


Disclaimer(s): I do not own the Doctor or his lovely companion, nor the wonderful Buffyverse . That honor goes to the BBC and the fantastic S. Moffat, and the genius of Joss Whedon for the Buffyverse. The only thing that belongs to me is this fiction - and I am making no profit.

Previous episode here -

http://davesmusictank.livejournal.com/1625930.html

Beautiful Minds

Just finished watching the film A Beautiful Mind on Sky Movies based on the mathematician John Nash whom tragically died with his wife in cat accident in the taxi they were riding in from Newark Airport. The taxi driver lost control of his vehicle at the New Jersey Turnpike and eventually hit a guard rail. Both John and his wife were ejected from the car on impact.



The film itself is a wonderful piece of drama , heatrendering so at times.

His work in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations have provided insight into the factors that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life.

His theories are used in economics, computing, evolutionary biology, artificial intelligence, accounting, computer science (minimax algorithm which is based on Nash Equilibrium), games of skill, politics and military theory. Serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University during the latter part of his life, he shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi. In 2015, he was awarded the Abel Prize for his work on nonlinear partial differential equations.

In 1959, Nash began showing clear signs of mental illness, and spent several years at psychiatric hospitals being treated for paranoid schizophrenia. After 1970, his condition slowly improved, allowing him to return to academic work by the mid-1980s. His illness and recovery was the basis for the biographical book by Sylvia Nasar and the subsequent film.

The previous night we watched the biopic on the artist Margaret Keane, "Big Eyes" who married Walter Keane , in which her artwork the cad
markets them as his own work. In the 1950s and 1960s the portraits become phenomenally successful, and earn the couple a fortune. But Margaret is upset that she is lying and that Walter is taking her credit. She catches Walter in more lies. He becomes drunk and abusive, and she divorces him. On a radio interview, Margaret reveals that she and not Walter had been drawing the portraits. Walter accuses her of lying, she sues him for slander, and the judge asks each of them to demonstrate that they can draw a large-eye portrait.

Two fine films.