Back in the hood

I am back in Hong Kong and as such normal blogging service can resume. With the added bonus of my Twitter feed being included in the top right of the screen now. So now you get even more of my irrelevant ramblings for your pleasure.

Also have just finished re-reading Magician by Raymond E. Feist which is one of my favorite books by the author who is my guilty pleasure (I own all his books). If you haven't read I would heartily recommend it whether or not you are a fan of the Sci-fi/Fantasy Genre or not. There aren't many books that cover such a wide variety of people over such a lengthy period of time, character development is extensive and detailed and the plot isn't half bad. Unfortunately I forgot to bring back my copy of the follow up Silverthorn so re-reading that will have to wait.

In the meantime I have bought Elephant's on Acid, not literally, its another book this time by Alex Boese. I have a very disturbing interest in all these weird experiments and was thinking of ways that I would have changed the experiments to make them better or more interesting. My favorite experiment so far has been the infamous dog head transplant that resulted in several two headed dogs. I was thinking how this could have been much improved by the addition of a modern day stem cell research into spinal column regrowth and then realised what I was suggesting and put the book down for a bit.

I have almost finished re-reading the Watchmen comics in anticipation of going to see the film sometime in the next couple of weeks. I am going to go see it at the IMAX cinema in Hong Kong because I feel that a film of this visual magnificence deserves the best. I have heard some very bad reviews of the film and some outstandingly good ones. One reviewer for The Times loved it, another for the Sunday edition hated it, so this should at least provide some interesting debate with whoever I go to see it.

As a side note I have not got round to watching The Departed yet but intend to do so sometime this week now that I have it downloaded on my laptop, so my next blog maybe all movie reviews.

Music:

As a change this week and because I felt like doing something to distract myself i recorded myself playing the Guitar and have decided to throw it out there for the world to mock. The song I am covering is YYZ by Rush, which is my favorite Rush instrumental and in my top 3 Rush songs. Enjoy... or don't!