It was International Men's Day on the 19th of November. When I first learned about this, I thought it was a stupid idea to have one, but over the years, my view on this has changed.
I think that such a day is important to promote health changing behaviour, and also to challenge toxic masculinity, including what is and is not consent.
We saw the need for change in the media in September when the failure of Dan Wootton to say Maaate to Laurence Fox resulted in both making the news for the wrong reasons. Since the original comments, Dan Wootton has been sacked by the MailOnline, and Laurence Fox has (finally) apologised for his comments.
There are so many things that we can do to help society become better, but that includes addressing the issues that men face, not just to their own health, but how they affect others. Examples of this include teaching men how to act in relationships to reduce rates of domestic violence, ensuring that women do not have to fear being killed by men (or boys) due to an actual or perceived slight. And of course, reducing the numbers carrying knives.
Visually and emotionally, this is a great film. However as a science fiction nerd, it is crap. Do not read this post if you wish to watch the film.
I watched it with three normal people, and by this I mean that they do not love sci-fi as much as I do. My wife, who was one of them, liked it.
The sci-fan in me dislikes how the base did not defend itself properly. How when the village above it was discovered, that alarms were not set off. When it came to taking out the base, a missile would have done. Alternative/Artificial intelligence will be able to manage computers better than we can and we will not be able to hack them, it would be the other way round. Why do people shoot weapons in the future which are less effective than the ones we have now
Why robots would take up human religion is beyond me as well. But the three normal people loved that touch. In summary, if you love science fiction, do not watch it.
This was not the best of the Marvel films, but I still liked it. I watched it with my son.
It has a predictable plot but in general, it was done with comedic style. I do think that there are better films, but this was worth watching, unlike films like Blade 2 & 3.
What a night! First of all, I got to watch Arsenal with Tony, or rather the second half of the game. We were 1-0 up and after he jinxed thing’s by saying we were to win, Burnley equalised. However we then scored two goals but had a man sent off for a dangerous tackle.
My wife was not too keen on going last night, especially as we had a great night the weekend before watching Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble. I think it is hard to say which night was better as both were great nights. We laughed and laughed and laughed. I would like to say that Colchester is not as much of a small town as it appears to both, but the crowd at both nights was not very cosmopolitan (a bit more last night) and we did have fun poked at the city on both nights. If you have a chance to see either, take it.
My wife used up our Expedia points so that she could take us to an amazing night at The Shard. It was a late anniversary present, and also my Christmas and birthday present.
We drove there and we were met with a great view when we entered. The picture does no do it justice. The view was actually better today (the picture is from yesterday) as the sun was shining this morning. I am sad to admit, that in addition to looking at the Thames and the various buildings, I also spent time watching the trains. My wife dragged me away from watching the real life train set and we went upstairs to the cocktail bar. We watched the reflection of the sunset in the buildings as we savoured our cocktails.
After getting ready in our room, it was dinner and watching night fall across London. Dinner involved interesting flavours at the start and later a fabulous fish dish and astounding stake. Sadly my wife was not to finish hers, so I got to eat that!
Breakfast the following morning was great, the sun shining made the view even better. Our drive back home to reality did involve some traffic as well as watching the police rush into deal with the right wing protest against people marching for an armistice on Armistice Day. We did not get back for the minute’s silence, something which I hoped would have more relevance to my son who has just got back from Ypres, in Belgium, being taken through the remnants of the trenches and seeing the war graves as part of a school trip.
A lot of debate has been taking place about if a march on November the 11th is appropriate or not. The title of this post is the best answer so far. I do not agree with everything that has been said by the Barnaby Raine in his interview with Rees-Mogg, but his line about this is undisputable.
I do want to know what the proposed solution that those who want a ceasefire is when it comes to Hamas and the way they have attacked and have continued to attack Israel.
