The Reduced Shakespeare Company

Do The Complete Work of God: Abridged and it is very funny. Three actors spend 90 minutes explaining most of the famous stories in a fast paced and unsubtle way. It is very amusing and well worth doing to see but I must warn you that if you sit on the end of a row then you might end up on stage as my friends Sarah and Ollie did taking part in a rendition of Old Man Noah had an arc having to take the part of gorillas although slightly unconvincingly. I wouldn't arrive late either if I was you.

Norwich City 3 lost to Stingers 1: 12 -5

They played better and took their chances. Both teams had about the same number of chances but Stingers were more successful at taking them. Played okay but did not score when I probably should have.

Comedy French accent

Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, published the story that France's foreign minister said,
"I honestly don't believe that it will give any immunity to Iran. First, because you will eat them before."

When he said eat he actually said hit. Trying saying hit with a French accent and you exactly where the mistake came from. It remind me of a joke from the EU parliament where the Spanish stormed out after someone said that it was not working because there was a Spaniard (Spanner) in the works.

Norwich City 3 beat Norwich Ice 2 - 6:4

Goals scored 2
Penalties 1/1
Season penalty percentage 33%
Played pretty well but missed too many shots. Was effective in the feed position. First goal was pretty pleasing as it was at the end of a nice move where I created three chances in swift succession and although the first two were close the final went in. The penalty was the last play of the game and irrelevant but boosts the number of goals and makes up for the two that I missed last week. Mostly shut down my opponent which was good and I was able to setup one of the other goals.

Mitch Benn

In an attempt to have a social life I have taken it upon myself to become the social secretary for the department. Mark Thomas was the first event and last night we went to see Mitch Benn. He can be heard on the Now Show on Radio 4 and is Ask Elvis on Radio 2. He is very funny doing a mixture of political songs and those that that mimic other performers or styles of music. The one song that had me in hysterics was one about when an Aunt came over for tea and he gave her pot, acid and ecstasy. Each verse was performed in the style of the decade associated with the song. So the pot verse was Bob Marley style, the acid verse was in a psychedelic style and the ecstasy verse was in a dance/trance style. The only disappoint was that it is weird to watch music sitting down. If he is performing near you I recommend that yuu go and see him.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfJNKHpyrek

Sarah Palin jokes

She went to New York because she heard it was a bear market.

Stock prices are down, major companies are being purchased by the government. It is a bear market and, I have to say, Sarah Palin is just the lady to shoot it for us."

She said she's a life-long member of the National Rifle Association. Which may explain why she's in favor of shotgun weddings

She does know about international relations because she is right up there in Alaska, right next door to Russia." "When you think about it, Alaska is also near the North Pole, so she must also be friends with Santa."

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is in town. John McCain took her over to the U.N. to introduce her to all the world leaders. It looked like Take Your Daughter to Work Day

Sad incident at Toys 'R' Us today -- a Sarah Palin doll shot My Little Pony.

Mark Thomas

Last night went to the Arts Centre to see Mark Thomas. He was very funny and I love his anti-capitalist stance on things and the sideways look at things that he take. An example of this is the laws surrounding protesting outside Parliament. Organising lots of one person protests all on the same day, organising as many 10 mins protest as possible in one day, applying to protest to reduce police paperwork and writing the application to protest on a cake in icing and allowing the police to figure out how to photocopy it. I like the way he looks for the absurd in the legal system and exploits the silliness for humour. He also has a campaigning streak mainly for workers rights and standing up to big business, highlighting how they abuse the positions they hold especially in the third world. The only downside is his anti-religious hectoring where I can't see what he hopes to achieve. There are certain sectors of Christianity such as creationists that deserve to be mocked and when that invades politics it puts itself in line to be criticised and humoured but to mock people for having faith should be beneath him.