Andy's Glasses

a blog through the eyes…

2015

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February 1, 2015

american sniper…

Went to see American Sniper last night. Because its on. And Oscar nominated. And got lots of stars from lots of critics. And because some friends said; ‘let’s go see American Sniper’. Mel didn’t know much about it, I’d read reviews. She doesn’t like war films, I’m ambivalent. Not my favourite genre (that’s reserved for – Read More-

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January 29, 2015

Dirty Harry…

now all sing along: “Spurs are on their way to Wembley; Tottingham gonna do it again… etc. etc” The only problem is; we have to play Chelsea in the final of the Capital One Carling Budweisser Watneys Pale Ale League Cup. But is that a problem? Yes, but its not an insurmountable one, as shown – Read More-

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January 28, 2015

bokken…

This is a bokken. Its a wooden sword. Like you had when you were 7 to go play with your brother and with which to beat the shit out of your little sister just because you could. Except my one comes from Japan, not Hamleys. Made by virgins, from wood that has been hardened by… – Read More-

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January 27, 2015

good knight…

The Australians have awarded Prince Philip, the Queen’s main bitch, a knighthood. Quite right too. He’s old, he doesn’t do too much harm, other than insulting foreigners, and is as loyal to his wife as any 93 year-old held together with drugs, stents, artificial joints and sellotape. But Australia is not a particularly pro-royal place. – Read More-

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January 26, 2015

all greek to me…

The people have spoken. In Greek. And what they said was: WE DON’T WANT NO MORE OF YER SODDIN’ AUSTERITY; WE WON’T BE HELD TO RANSOM BY ‘EUROPE’ AND FORCED INTO POVERTY, NOT NO MORE. WE WANT THE GOOD LIFE BACK AND WE WANNIT NOW. So they elected the Syriza party in who have sworn – Read More-

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January 25, 2015

til death us do part…

Poor King Abdullah. Died. Ahhhhhh. Wouldn’t wanna pay his inheritance tax bill. The tax alone would be £759,665,391,885,24,081 and 47p. But they don’t pay inheritance tax in Saudi Arabia. In fact kings and sheiks and shit don’t pay any taxes at all. Don’t need to. When you live in a nation that pumps about 40% – Read More-

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January 24, 2015

big three…

Amazing, the big three teams in the league all went out of the FA Cup today. Amazing. Incredible. Chelsea, the self-proclaimed ‘invincibles’ managed to lose at home to Bradford City? Who??? Bradford City. All those scuzzy northerner fans who made the long trek from Yorkshire, fully expecting to lose, and not really bothered as they’ve – Read More-

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January 23, 2015

aussie rules…

Andy Murray, the ‘British’ tennis champion, for just a little longer, as we wait for another try to divest ourselves of Scotland, has bemoaned the fact that when Rafa Nadal plays in pain and on medication he’s a hero and when Andy does the same he’s ridiculed as a ‘drama queen’ (Virginia Wade), a tosser – Read More-

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January 21, 2015

titillation…

The end of an insTITution. Though its all for the breast, really. As The Sun newspaper ends its 44 year run of showing a semi-naked woman (actually ‘girl’ really) on page 3 every day. Instead they’re going to replace it with girls in bikinis. And having just returned from my time on the Copacabana beach, – Read More-

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January 19, 2015

pampas…

So we went from Iguasu in the furthest east of Argentina, to Salta, just a llama’s throw from the northern border with Bolivia, then far west to Mendoza, half an Inca from Chile, and then Patagonia, from where if you travel too much further south you’re in Antarctica. Ish. Then back east to Buenos Aires. – Read More-

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