I like to save them all up and every few weeks, I watch about 5 hours worth of trailers for new movies. With wine.

I’d like to write a song called bears repeating, but it wouldn’t be about some major emotional landmark moment. It would be about actual bears repeating what they’ve been saying. Now that would confuse people. 

Dude: So you’re Irish? My mum’s Irish.

RPs: Oh really? Whereabouts?

Dude: Oh she’s from County Down, from … Llanelli pronounced in perfect Welsh accent Cchhlan-ethli.

RPs: Sorry?

Dude: (with certainty) Llanelli (Cchhlan-ethli).

RPs: Isn’t that in Wales?

…

 Dude: (embarrassed) Oh yeah, I was thinking of the rugby team.

I had never thought of flying as something I’d love to do.

I’m afraid of big huge planes and I learned a while back i’m better at flying on my own than with anyone. The slightest drop on a flight fills my stomach with knots.

That was until I climb into a tiny 4 seater plane, that was so light 3 lads just strolled out with it on a leash.

We decide to nip over to the Isle of Wight (as you do). So into the plane and I am graciously offered the front seat because I haven’t done this before.

The view is incredible from a height of about 7000 feet. You can see people by their pools and I can make out my new house.

But nothing could have prepared me for the pilot asking: “Do you want a go?”

There was about a third of a second of thinking before I yelled of course I do.

I was now flying a plane.

The pilot is so confident of my abilities (at least one of us was) he leans out to take pictures as I hold on to the power of life and death over all of us. Because that’s what it is.

I can see how people get hooked.

Thought for the day number 2. On Flickr

The best ten minutes you’ll spend with a whiteboard.