I bought some Brain Fuel today and I have used it twice before. One of the biggest problems I have, post brain tumour, is when I get tired my body starts not functioning properly. My legs become unco-ordinated and I feel like I am going to fall to sleep My speech starts to slurr too. A cup of coffee helps to re-awaken my brain but I would rather be in bed than be stared at!
At my Aunty Mary's 60th birthday party at the Village Hotel Leeds north, in Leeds England last month. this started happening to me, the bar man had no coffee on hand so I had to be a party pooper and retire to bed at about 9pm that night.
Thank goodness my sister, Claire, was there and she assisted me to get back to normality by making me some coffee in the room.
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Hi all! How is your first November Friday for 2012?
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| St. Nicholas Hotel, Scarborough England. My cousin worked here years ago I took this pic this year while on a trip of remembrance with my Aunty Margaret |
It is a super sunny and hot day here in Bloubergstrand/ Melkbos today.
I do hope that the great french chef would approve of the burger menu I am cooking this evening!?!
Georges Auguste Escoffier (pronounced [ʒɔʁʒ ɔɡyst ɛskɔfje]; 28 October 1846 – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. He is a legendary figure among chefs and gourmets, and was one of the most important leaders in the development of modern French cuisine. Much of Escoffier's technique was based on that of Marie-Antoine Carême, one of the codifiers of French haute cuisine, but Escoffier's achievement was to simplify and modernize Carême's elaborate and ornate style. Referred to by the French press as roi des cuisiniers et cuisinier des rois ("king of chefs and chef of kings"[1]—though this had also been previously said of Carême), Escoffier was France's pre-eminent chef in the early part of the 20th century.
Middle Earth beckons in Air New Zealand safety video
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(Reuters) - Fight a hobbit for an aisle seat? Get life jacket instructions from a beautiful female elf? Only on a plane to Middle Earth - or in an Air New Zealand safety video.
The company's latest in a series of variations on the usual dull pre-flight safety instructions has lifted a page from J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "The Hobbit" in the run-up to the world premiere of the film later this month, a bid to attract visitors to the nation where much of the film was shot.
"An Unexpected Briefing," a play on the movie's title of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," features crew members explaining flight safety to passengers embarking on a pilgrimage to Middle Earth, Tolkien's land of treasure, dragons and magic rings.
Director Sir Peter Jackson, who received Academy Awards for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, makes a cameo appearance in the four-minute video, playing a passenger among the Orcs, pointy-eared elves and furry-footed hobbits that otherwise pack the seats.
Gollum, the creature corrupted by the infamous ring at the centre of the series, does his bit by scuttling along darkened aisles to point at the emergency exit lights, while an elf pointedly tells the powerful wizard Gandalf that he cannot smoke his pipe on the flight.
"To have Gollum step off the movie screen for the first time and into an Air New Zealand aircraft is incredibly special," said Mike Tod, Air New Zealand General Manager Marketing and Communications, in a statement about the video, which has received 2.4 million hits in the day since going up.
The video, produced with Jackson's Weta Workshop and Weta Digital, which created the visual effects for the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films, includes inside jokes and quotations from the series. It also contains two lines of code in the Elvish language.
New Zealand, whose dramatic and pristine landscapes serve as the backdrop for the epic fantasy series, has been buzzing with publicity for the film, the first of a trilogy, which premieres in the nation's capital of Wellington on November 28.
Die-hard Tolkien fans have flocked to the town of Matamata in the country's North Island, which earlier this year began tours to the set of Hobbiton, the town from which the story's hero, Bilbo Baggins, starts his journey.
Wellington, where Jackson and the Weta Workshop and studios are based, also has been cranking up the publicity machine before its rolls out the red carpet later this month.
The city, which has dubbed itself "The Middle of Middle Earth", has erected a giant countdown clock at the cinema where the premiere will be held, while visitors to Wellington have been welcomed since last week at the airport by a 13 metre (43 foot) high statue of Gollum. (Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu, editing by Elaine Lies)
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I saw this new Air New Zealand safety video an Sky News this morning, it is brilliant! One of the biggest problem airlines have is passengers do not watch the safety demo because they have seen so many of them before. I did a speech about this in German class when I was 16 and we had to have a "different" themed speech, You only have 18 seconds to put your oxygen mask on in an emergency or you will die of hypoxia (lack of oxygen to the brain). Food for thought?
The British Chef, Gordon Ramsey is on an add recommending Checkers meat. He says he really thinks they have super meat for a supermarket chain!
No Ciabata bread for my dish tonight at Pick 'n Pay Melkbos. What a liberty!?! Change to Checkers as their ad slogan says?
Well on that happy thought, I shall love ya and leave ya!
Signing off for today
Ciao
DAVE
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