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Spectre: what happened to the Bond genre?
Nov 9th, 2015 | By Roger Ellman | Category: Featured Articles, NewsI was suspicious when I heard the title. Perhaps when you name the villain in the title, you lose the will to, die another day….well, the energy of the story. You have already popped a hole in the balloon. There was not much left after that. Music (sub-par, generic suspense-thump plus chase-clashing and, almost entirely […]
Between not getting very good internet connections and some very hot and surprisingly cold weather – no big news is in this note – just a photo for a change
Jul 28th, 2015 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsGreece: Best thing is for the EU to help, and find a way to work with Greece
Jul 6th, 2015 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsFirst read my article explaining why the vote in the referendum held on Sunday July5, 2015 should have been yes, here The EU should not be incautious and whether it should be their responsibility or not, must help Greece “back into” being within Europe, all systems including banking. It is clear to those who can […]
Greece will be better off voting Yes on July 5 because…
Jul 3rd, 2015 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsToday, after years of bad government, Greece needs the influence of less corrupt, financially more successful European countries to help it out of the quagmire. If there is any risk of Greece becoming self-contained with the sole influence being self-serving (never People-serving) parliamentary candidates it has now and had for at least the last 20 […]
A little bit of Porto? No, a little bit of the Pousada of Amares, Portugal
May 18th, 2015 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsListed in Roger’s “Hotels I Like” – The Pousada Santa Maria de Bouro (Bouro, Amares)
Infinity Hotels Group announces “NanoHotelExperience” April 1, 2015
Mar 31st, 2015 | By Roger Ellman | Category: Fun stuff, Hotels I Like, NewsWith a flourish that only the First Day Of April can bring, Infinity Hotels head of Social Meddling, based in the Infinity WorldWide Headquarters in Detroit (chosen for the extraordinary low real estate costs and office rents), Mac (the Nano) McMac – head of Misleadingly large yet apparently small projects, tells us that the first […]
NHS – Doctors can test and the progress will be galactic
Mar 1st, 2015 | By Roger Ellman | Category: NewsDuring winter months in the UK, there are frequently a large number of people away from their work because of a “bug” or a “virus”. This goes through peaks and troughs, but what is strange is that if you ask “which virus” or “what bug” they have, most sufferers do not know. The doctor told […]