"THE PRESENT IS TRIVIA THAT I SCRIBBLE ON THESE FUCKING NOTES" Wondering just how America's 'War on Terrorism' will pan out in the next 10 years or so? Wonder no further: "Our enemies in this war have failed time and time again to destroy America, despite their best efforts. But some days, I feel that we have finished the job for them." Reading a blog from the future is a little like those flickery video images that appear in dreams during John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness - good idea but let's hope it doesn't catch on. There is enough drivel in the present without having to read the discharge of the 22nd century as well. So we saw two places today both overlooking the Thames - nice but not quite what we are looking for. They both had great views and massive windows, one of them had a pretty neat spiral staircase but both would have needed some major work before we were happy with them. So the hunt continues... Watched Memento again tonight with Duncan. Still a good movie despite a slight overfamiliarity with the plot. Still can't understand what happened to Guy Pearce - he did this and LA Confidential only to grab a hold of The Count of Monte Christo and The Time Machine - did he get old pal Jason Donovan to be his new agent? I did spot another tie in between Memento and Fight Club besides the oft quoted telephone number - there's a nice subliminal shot of Leonard sitting in Sammy's place in the mental hospital - you need the DVD and a quick trigger finger for the remote to catch him though. Speaking of trigger fingers - thanks again to Vince for all the extra trivia on the weapons in not only Unforgiven but just about every other Eastwood western ever made. Here's a nice example of the kind of email that you guys send me: "...a Starr double action cap and ball revolver. That is the gun he holds in the famous rear view poster, and the one he takes target practice with before riding off to recruit Ned Logan. The Starr was manufactured by Ebeneezer Starr in the 1860s, and was made in both double action and single action models. Actually the double action was not like a modern revolver. The main trigger cocked the hammer, and then as it was pulled further back, it tripped the second trigger located in the rear of the trigger guard that released the hammer to fire the round. We can see this clearly in the target practice scene. This gun reminds me somewhat of a similar British piece called the Tranter..." Now if only someone can show me as much enthusiasm for the guns in Logan's Run... Mike is blogging to: The Misfits - which have kept my sunbathing neighbours company for most of the day...