tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62152763045743766192023-11-15T15:52:30.051+00:00The World According To DanRandom photos, TV, politics and anything else that comes into viewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1070125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-64763966411752779302010-04-14T14:52:00.002+01:002010-04-14T14:56:34.920+01:00I'm away for the summer!Well, actually that's a lie.<br /><br />However my internet presence is moving from the blog for a little while, maybe longer.<br /><br />The best place to find me is now <a href="http://twitter.com/danbrusca">http://twitter.com/danbrusca</a> but you will still be able to view posts just like those on this blog if you go to <a href="http://danbrusca.tumblr.com">http://danbrusca.tumblr.com</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-79576667698357394982010-04-14T08:18:00.002+01:002010-04-14T08:29:40.427+01:00Today's movie recommendationsFreeview<br />2200 The Bourne Identity (ITV2)<br />2300 The Bourne Identity (ITV2+1)<br />0020 Miami Vice (ITV2)<br />0120 Miami Vice (ITV2+1)<br /><br />Sky Movies<br />0700 I Am Legend (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />0750 Jurassic Park (Sky Modern Greats)<br />0955 Juno (Sky Comedy)<br />1000 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (Sky Modern Greats)<br />1015 Revolutionary Road (Sky Drama/Romance)<br />1030 No Country For Old Men (Sky Indie)<br />1145 Juno (Sky Comedy)<br />1250 The Firm (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />1550 Iron Man (Sky Showcase)<br />1700 I Am Legend (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />1750 Jurassic Park (Sky Modern Greats)<br />1820 Being John Malkovich (Sky Indie)<br />2000 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (Sky Modern Greats)<br />2145 Revolutionary Road (Sky Drama/Romance)<br />2315 The Firm (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />2325 The Baader Meinhof Complex (Sky Indie)<br />2340 Iron Man (Sky Showcase)<br />0220 Dead Man Walking (Sky Modern Greats)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-47123322800666094012010-04-14T08:15:00.001+01:002010-04-14T08:17:06.852+01:00Watched yesterdayCountdown: 13th April<br />Claudia Tyson - 83<br />Dan Brusca - 71<br />Peter Zyss - 69<br />Points from CAMEL, CROONER, NOVENAS, LOITERED, WAISTED, PERGOLA, GRAZED and ABUSING.<br /><br />CSI Miami: Dispo Day - 4/5<br /><br />FlashForward: Queen Sacrifice - 4/5<br /><br />Mad Men: The Grown-Ups - 3/5<br /><br />The Good Wife: Painkiller - 3/5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-25324551318564034602010-04-14T08:11:00.003+01:002010-04-14T08:12:51.472+01:00Breaston sunset<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100414_breaston.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100414_breaston_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo is a view from my bedroom window in Breaston, Derbyshire, in January 2005.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1600x1200 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-56521418698387716542010-04-13T08:49:00.002+01:002010-04-13T08:56:49.078+01:00Today's movie recommendationsFreeview<br />2100 Collateral (Film4)<br />2315 You, The Living (Film4)<br /><br />Sky<br />1930 X2 (Syfy)<br />2030 X2 (Syfy+1)<br />2200 Collateral (Film4+1)<br />0015 You, The Living (Film4+1)<br /><br />Sky Movies<br />0900 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />1240 The Dark Knight (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />1705 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />1735 There Will Be Blood (Sky Indie)<br />2100 The Dark Knight (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />2340 Born On The Fourth Of July (Sky Modern Greats)<br />0005 Rambo (Sky Showcase)<br />0215 The Cottage (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)<br />0335 The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (Sky Indie)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-22504764547458016732010-04-13T08:46:00.002+01:002010-04-13T08:48:58.003+01:00Watched yesterdayCountdown: 12th April<br />Dan Brusca - 83<br />Peter Zyss - 76<br />Ned Walker - 65<br />Points from INTRUDE, MOULDER, STRAPS, NERVIER, NATTERED, PIANO, PAVES, BADDIES, GOINGS and TIDAL.<br /><br />House: Private Lives - 4/5<br /><br />Doctor Who: The Beast Below - 4/5<br /><br />Law & Order Special Victims Unit: Wanderlust - 2/5<br /><br />Fringe: Peter - 2/5<br /><br />In Treatment: Sophie, Week 8 - 4/5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-43677901561687420012010-04-13T08:44:00.002+01:002010-04-13T08:46:26.202+01:00London Eye<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100413_london_eye.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100413_london_eye_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo is of a rainy day at the top of the London Eye in December 2006.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1600x1200 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-53682321481647180912010-04-12T08:27:00.002+01:002010-04-12T08:39:54.370+01:00Today's movie recommendationsTerrestrial<br />2300 Straw Dogs (Five)<br /><br />Freeview<br />2100 Enemy At The Gates (Film4)<br />2200 Payback (Five USA)<br />2300 Children Of Men (ITV4)<br /><br />Sky<br />2200 Enemy At The Gates (Film4+1)<br />2300 Payback (Five USA+1)<br />0000 Children Of Men (ITV4+1)<br /><br />Sky Movies<br />1005 Air Force One (Sky Showcase)<br />1205 Alien 3 (Sky Modern Greats)<br />1300 RocknRolla (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />1315 Cloverfield (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)<br />1335 Once (Sky Indie)<br />1420 The Rock (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />1620 The Last Of The Mohicans (Sky Modern Greats)<br />1640 Batman Forever (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />1845 Executive Decision (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />2100 The Rock (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />2100 Cloverfield (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)<br />2100 RocknRolla (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />2200 Alien 3 (Sky Modern Greats)<br />0000 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (Sky Drama/Romance)<br />0005 Con Air (Sky Modern Greats)<br />0350 The Hunt For Red October (Sky Showcase)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-18543982511126367752010-04-12T08:22:00.003+01:002010-04-12T08:24:37.087+01:00Watched yesterdayFilm 2338<br />Kick-Ass - 4/5<br />A most entertaining, original and fresh-feeling film, though not <i>quite</i> as amazing as critical opinion suggests.<br /><br />Lost: The Package - 3/5<br /><br />Law & Order: Indifference - 2/5<br /><br />The Sarah Silverman Program: Humanitarian Of The Year - 3/5<br /><br />24: Day 8, 5am-6am - 3/5<br /><br />You've Been Framed! - 4/5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-7891022226716340432010-04-12T08:15:00.001+01:002010-04-12T08:17:21.901+01:00Snow dog<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100412_snow_dog.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100412_snow_dog_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo is of my dog, Zac, in the snow near Breaston in Derbyshire, February 2007.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1200x1600 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-87298091149664248052010-04-11T07:59:00.002+01:002010-04-11T08:11:22.543+01:00Today's movie recommendationsTerrestrial<br />1820 The Mask Of Zorro (Five)<br />2100 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Five) <br />0130 Ju-On: The Grudge (Channel 4)<br /><br />Freeview<br />1530 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (ITV2)<br />1630 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (ITV2+1)<br />2100 The Devil Wears Prada (Film4)<br />0230 Ju-On: The Grudge (Channel 4+1)<br /><br />Sky<br />2100 The Matrix (Watch)<br />2200 The Matrix (Watch+1)<br />2200 Blown Away (Sci Fi)<br />2200 The Devil Wears Prada (Film4+1)<br />2300 Blown Away (Sci Fi+1)<br /><br />Sky Movies<br />1005 Jaws (Sky Modern Greats)<br />1200 Pretty Woman (Sky Drama/Romance)<br />1415 Gone Baby Gone (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />1550 Being John Malkovich (Sky Indie)<br />1750 Jaws (Sky Modern Greats)<br />1830 Das Boot (Sky Indie)<br />2100 Watchmen (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)<br />2100 Hannibal (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />2200 Wall Street (Sky Modern Greats)<br />0100 Cape Fear (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />0135 The Usual Suspects (Sky Indie)<br />0215 Dead Man Walking (Sky Modern Greats)<br />0225 In Bruges (Sky Comedy)<br />0250 The Silence Of The Lambs (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)<br />0310 Hannibal (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br /><br />I'd also like to make a special mention for Irma Vep on Sky Arts 2 at 10pm. The film's a 3/5 but Maggie Cheung is stunning!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-53378487688289513242010-04-11T07:51:00.002+01:002010-04-11T07:56:47.949+01:00Watched yesterdayPeep Show: Local Zero - 4/5<br /><br />Look Around You: Module 2: Water - 4/5<br /><br />Criminal Minds: The Boogeyman - 3/5<br /><br />Heat - 5/5<br />One of my favourite films and one I have seen many, many times though not for several years. Looking at it now, it's just as good as ever. So many iconic scenes and how's this for a cast? - Rober De Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman, Hank Azaria, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, Tone Loc and Xander Berkeley!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-78985760973858514392010-04-11T07:47:00.002+01:002010-04-11T07:50:16.355+01:00Santa Monica<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100411_santa_monica_beach.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100411_santa_monica_beach_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo is of the beach at Santa Monica, as seen from the pier, on 21st October 2010.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1600x1200 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-13530647061389390062010-04-10T09:40:00.001+01:002010-04-10T09:40:27.276+01:00Today's movie recommendationsTerrestrial<br />1720 The Aviator (BBC Two)<br />0105 Solaris (Channel 4)<br /><br />Freeview<br />1230 The Poseidon Adventure (More4)<br />2100 Control (Film4)<br />0205 Solaris (Channel 4+1)<br /><br />Sky<br />1330 The Poseidon Adventure (More4+1)<br />2100 Apocalypse Now (TCM)<br />2150 The Matrix (Watch)<br />2200 Control (Film4+1)<br />2250 The Matrix (Watch+1)<br /><br />Sky Movies<br />1000 Jurassic Park (Sky Modern Greats)<br />1015 Iron Man (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />1045 Valkyrie (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />1150 AI: Artificial Intelligence (Sky Sci-Fi-Horror)<br />1230 No Country For Old Men (Sky Indie)<br />1250 Changeling (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />1415 The Dark Knight (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />1430 Twilight (Sky Showcase)<br />1440 Juno (Sky Indie)<br />1640 Unbreakable (Sky Sci-Fi/Horror)<br />1650 Air Force One (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />1750 Jurassic Park (Sky Modern Greats)<br />2000 Cast Away (Sky Drama/Romance)<br />2000 Twilight (Sky Showcase)<br />2100 Iron Man (Sky Action/Adventure)<br />2100 Valkyrie (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />2200 The Baader Meinhof Complex (Sky Indie)<br />2305 Changeling (Sky Crime/Thriller)<br />0030 No Country For Old Men (Sky Indie)<br />0155 Lenny (Sky Modern Greats)<br />0315 Killer: A Journal Of Murder (Sky Crime/Thriller)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-56317076538114300802010-04-10T09:12:00.002+01:002010-04-10T09:15:42.614+01:00Watched yesterdayCountdown: 8th April<br />Peter Zyss - 65<br />Brian Kuhl - 60<br />Dan Brusca - 37<br />A woeful performance, only scoring in five of the fifteen rounds, my word-points coming from SEXUAL, COMPOSED, PANTIES and MOVIES.<br /><br />Countdown: 9th April<br />Peter Zyss - 55<br />Dan Brusca - 49<br />Andrew Pullan - 38<br />Points from MILLED, COMIC, CLIMBER, FASTEN, STOOGE, NATTERS, WINTER and DEPOSE.<br /><br />Friday Night Lights: Who's Your Daddy? - 4/5<br /><br />In Treatment: Alex, Week 8 - 4/5<br /><br />Hung: A Dick And A Dream or Fight The Honey - 4/5<br /><br />Sons Of Anarchy: The Sleep Of Babies - 4/5<br /><br />Outtake TV - 4/5<br /><br />The Good Wife: Infamy - 4/5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-18626603909697809462010-04-10T09:09:00.003+01:002010-04-10T09:10:21.216+01:00In Regent's Park<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100410_regents_park.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100410_regents_park_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo was taken in Regent's Park, London, in June 2007.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1200c1600 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-56324646986028620382010-04-10T08:52:00.002+01:002010-04-10T08:56:21.576+01:00Why the Tories' tax break for married couples is wrongThe Conservatives have revealed a proposal to give a tax break of £150 per annum to the lowest-earning third of married couples. I can understand why a government might want to make a statement about the importance of marriage (and civil partnerships), but this proposal is a daft way of doing it.<br /><br />First off, at £150 it's not exactly much of a statement, is it? It's like recognising the importance of your wedding anniversary by buying your wife a bunch of flowers from a garage.<br /><br />But let's look deeper. When people talk about recognising the importance of marriage, isn't what they really mean the importance of creating stable environments in which to raise children?<br /><br />If that's true, then why not target help more directly by increasing child benefit and extending it to expectant mothers, giving further help in paying for childcare and so on? After all, there's no reason at all to give a tax break to childless couples or couples whose children have grown up and left home. As Alex Barker in the FT <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ycfh5gl">points out</a>, a third of the beneficiaries of this proposal are pensioners.<br /><br />As a non-married taxpayer, I could support that because I see the value to society of raising children. I fail to see why I should help subsidise couples simply because they're married and for no other reason.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-5269817143338302872010-04-09T12:49:00.000+01:002010-04-09T12:50:59.853+01:00E-2 Hawkeye<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100409_e-2_hawkeye.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100409_e-2_hawkeye_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo is of an E-2 Hawkeye aboard the USS Midway, San Diego, 8th October 2009.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1600x1200 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-74989830185443951502010-04-08T09:20:00.001+01:002010-04-08T09:21:58.850+01:00Watched yesterdayCountdown: 7th April<br />Peter Zyss - 87<br />Daniel Stevanato - 79<br />Dan Brusca - 74<br />Points from WEAPON, DEVIANTS, PORCINE, REJOICE, UNSTATED, CLAMPED, GATORS and MOUND.<br /><br />In Treatment: Laura, Week 8 - 4/5<br /><br />Shameless: The Gypsy & The Hobo - 4/5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-9758377252095054812010-04-08T09:15:00.003+01:002010-04-08T09:24:50.681+01:00Submarine gubbins<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100408_b-39_submarine.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100408_b-39_submarine_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo is of various gubbins aboard the former Soviet submarine B-39, San Diego, 8th October 2009.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1600x1200 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-7916805268778646332010-04-07T07:45:00.002+01:002010-04-07T07:48:38.121+01:00Watched yesterdayCountdown: 6th April<br />Dan Brusca - 91<br />Peter Zyss - 68<br />Hamish Ewan - 55<br />Points from SPORTIER, ENTRAILS, DOLING, SALUTERS, COMPOSED, BUTTONED, SARDINE, QUOTE and AMORAL.<br /><br />FlashForward: Better Angels - 4/5<br />The episode I watched yesterday was actually 'Blowback'.<br /><br />Duncan Bannatyne's Seaside Rescue - 2/5<br /><br />Fringe: Jacksonville - 4/5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-41870473494119508552010-04-07T07:41:00.002+01:002010-04-07T07:43:16.623+01:00Please remove your hat<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100407_uss_midway_medical.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100407_uss_midway_medical_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo is the entrance to the medical section of the USS Midway, San Diego, 8th October 2009.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1200x1600 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-72796983819433588932010-04-06T08:49:00.002+01:002010-04-06T08:53:06.072+01:00Watched yesterdayCountdown: 5th April<br />Dan Brusca - 88<br />Peter Zyss - 77<br />Steve Tamplin - 77<br />Points from CORDIAL, PATIENT, TROLLIES, DAUBED, GRAZES, TINGLED, THINKER and the conundrum, ANARCHIST.<br /><br />Oz: The Truth And Nothing But... - 4/5<br /><br />You've Been Framed! - 4/5<br /><br />Film 2337<br />Choke - 3/5<br /><br />FlashForward: Better Angels - 2/5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-3286448328298713802010-04-06T08:44:00.002+01:002010-04-06T08:47:28.023+01:00At the Luxor<a href="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100406_luxor_las_vegas.jpg"><img src="http://danbrusca.co.uk/blogimages/100406_luxor_las_vegas_2.jpg"></a><br /><br />Today's random photo is the view from one of my windows at the Luxor, Las Vegas on 13th October 2009. This view overlooks McCarran Airport.<br /><br />Click the photo for a 1600x1200 version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215276304574376619.post-79527537202193197012010-04-05T08:27:00.001+01:002010-04-05T08:29:11.197+01:00Watched yesterdayFrasier: Halloween - 4/5<br />Liking Ros' boots and miniskirt, oh yes...<br /><br />Lost: Ab Aeterno - 4/5<br /><br />House: 5 To 9 - 5/5<br /><br />Shameless - 3/5<br /><br />Sons of Anarchy: Capybara - 4/5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0