2008

So that was 2008. Hope it was great for you. To see the year out here is my Best of 2008 musically:

1: "Lately" by the Helio Sequence
2: "The Bones of You" by Elbow
3: "Inni Mer syngur vitleysingur" by Sigur Ros
4: "Drangonflies" by Ember FX
5: "Word Up" by Boss Hoss
6: "Supernatural Superserious" by REM
7: "Orphans" by Beck
8: "White Boy" by James
9: "Pork & Beans" by Weazer
10: "Love the World You find" by the Flaming Lips
11: "You Can't Count on Me" by The Counting Crows
12: "Home" by Shawn Mullins
13: "Paralzyer" by Finger Eleven
14: "Folsom Daycare Blues" by Ralph's World
15: "Oh My Lover" by Adem
16: "DLZ" by TV On the Radio
17: "Disaster Button" by Snow Patrol
18: "Hammers & Strings (A Lullaby)" by Jack's Mannequin
19: "Heretic Pride" by The Mountain Goats
20: "Lipstick" by Wills & The Willing (feat Tom Mcrae)
21: "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
22: "Let's Dance to Joy Division" by the Wombats
23: "Allergies" by The Barenaked Ladies

Take care and see you in 2009.

Shoe threw that?

The news on this side of the pond has been all about Bush being attacked in Iraq by a shoe wielding maniac. The clip has been endlessly played on the news channels, it is all over the web and inches of newspaper columns will be filled with the telling and analysis of the story. But what struck me was the complete lack of Secret Service response to the incident.

I don’t know if you have seen the footage, but when the 1st shoe is thrown there is no agent throwing himself in the way. By the time the 2nd shoe is thrown you would expect Bush to be surrounded by his body guards so that nothing could hit him. Instead the Commander in Chief has to duck from the 2nd shoe (which apparently were a size 10 for the stat fans), and then, and only then do the Secret Service come bursting through the door behind the President. The current reports are claiming that security wrestled the attacked to the ground, but the TV footage I have seen seems to indicate that it was in fact another journalist.

I can’t help but feel that Clint Eastwood would never have allowed a shoe to be thrown at the President, and who know in a few year maybe he could make a movie about if all, In the line of shoes anyone?

Link to our girls photoshoot

Rather than boring you all with many pictures you can use the linkl to see all the photos from the Christmas shoot.

Just click on the title above to be taken to monicalunardi.com

Balls to Christmas

Here is another picture from the families photo shoot. Again this is one we are not going to use - but isn't it a great one? The reason this got discarded is that there was no Emma.

Fog Lights

Today was what Londoners would describe as a real “pea-souper”. The fog was so thick when I left my house this morning that you could see maybe 30 meters in front of yourself. What was truly amazing is that every 4th or 5th car did not have any lights on. It was as if these people have a death wish. The same thing happens when we get rain. There is a Californian law that states that if you have your wins-shield wipers on you need to have you headlamps on too, but so many people do not comply with this law. And then they wonder why there are more accidents when the weather is wet or foggy.