Twice now I've seen the same woman walk out of my local Sainsbury's with two bottles of wine without paying, she just walked in and helped herself. Today the 'security guard' was RIGHT behind her and watched her walk out. Infuriating.

My very short modelling career! Back in the late 1990s when I posed for an illustrator friend.

I acted in an amateur production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia back in 2004. I can't remember who I played unfortunately (my script is hiding in a box somewhere) but I do remember that my friend Asha played Thomasina.

This is awful, and yet I somehow still enjoyed it. Whoever made this knows their Star Trek. youtu.be/XYoKtmYJ5YY?...

Escape From New York, one of my favourite pieces of film music. youtu.be/Q3_QOVaBA98?...

Anyone who tries to persuade me that Die Hard is a Christmas film is wasting their time and energy. If people want to enjoy Die Hard as a Christmas film then they can knock themselves out, but I won’t be converted. The debate on the matter makes me inordinately angry.

American politics is absolutely insane right now. It honestly feels like some kind of non-stop bonkers circus of ridiculousness.

I feel like there's a movie in this story. There's something very appealing about the notion of rebel nuns. And yes, I have seen Nuns on the Run! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Donald Trump seems to get stupider by the day. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I had to buy new Hycosan eye drops today because my eyes have been sore. I noticed as I was getting rid of the old drops that it's been a year since I last bought some, I guess something about this time of year triggers my dry eye syndrome.

Nearly Black Friday again.

No matter what you think of the film itself describing it as 'might as well be AI generated' seems incredibly insulting to the actual people who worked on it. #Zootropolis2 #Zootopia2 www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

I'm struggling to parse the image of the girl standing with her hands on her hips in the background of this still from Clueless. My brain thinks that I'm looking at a teenage Fenella the Kettle Witch from Chorlton and the Wheelies.

Lots of atmosphere on Leith Links this afternoon as the haar was coming in. #Leith #Photography #Pixel9Pro

I saw a super cute baby seal being rescued at Seafield beach on my run today. Apparently she'd been abandoned by her mother and was underweight. I wasn't quick enough to get my phone out to snap a photo unfortunately.

A good video of James Cameron discussing his films. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vjd...

Did Paul Verhoeven direct this ad?! You could edit it into RoboCop and it wouldn't look out of place. Super weird.

Oh. That doesn't sound good.

My copy of Mileships by @ianmcque.bsky.social was just delivered in Leith. It looks great!

I don't follow, and have no real interest in, football but I'm glad that Scotland are through to the World Cup because it'll make a lot of my friends happy. Also that seemed like a rather good winning goal, from my very knowledgeable perspective!

New to the store! www.etsy.com/listing/4407...

Sod it, I've cracked open the good sherry.

I'm enjoying the show but not the official podcast that accompanies it, it's so boring.

Welcome to Britain, no nice things for you. This seems rather mean spirited. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Some of my Talking Heads pieces, available at my Etsy store: toddalcottgraphics.etsy.com

(How to be a) Millionaire is one of my favourite ABC songs, it was great to hear it performed live at the Usher Hall last night. youtu.be/re9Uon4fNNw?...

Cracking show from ABC, with Anne Dudley and The Lexicon Sinfonia, at Edinburgh's Usher Hall this evening. Lovely to hear some old favourites performed live. Martin Fry can still belt them out. Like jumping in a time machine and flying back to the 80s!

I didn't know that US Border Patrol Agents wore little Dora the Explorer style backpacks. They don't look very roomy though, probably just enough room for a wee snack and a juice box for play time.

The best version of Ring of Fire is by Swamptrash. youtu.be/3CdmteS1bm0?...

A TikTok awards event qualifies as 'news' apparently. 🙄

Epstein could still turn out to be Trump's Achilles bone spur.

Mia Wallace & Gromit As requested by Paul Savage

Red pallet. #photography #Leith #Pixel9Pro

Red pallet. #photography #Leith #Pixel9Pro

Reading about the Radical Road on the BBC news website reminded me that I ran it in February 2017 when I was trying out my new Saucony Peregrine trail shoes. It was hard going! #running #Edinburgh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've just had to explain to a colleague why 2:30 is the best time for a dental appointment. Send help! 🦷🪥

Reading about the Radical Road on the BBC news website reminded me that I ran it in February 2017 when I was trying out my new Saucony Peregrine trail shoes. It was hard going! #running #Edinburgh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I just started watching Parks and Recreation a few years ago when it was pulled from Netflix in the UK. I'm pleased to discover today that it's available to stream for free via the U streaming service. #ParksAndRecreation #StreamOnU

Ha! Suck it up.

I saw Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands this afternoon and I wasn't ready for how good it is! The trailers show maybe about 5% of what the film is about. See it for yourself as soon as you can on the biggest screen possible. I'm calling it: best Predator film yet! #PredatorBadlands

Some snaps from my morning run. 5 km through Leith and Newhaven. #running #Leith

I've watched the first two episodes of Pluribus, so far so good. It's a fascinating premise and I'm interested to see where the story goes. #Pluribus

I had to check for myself to see if this was a real photo of Donald Trump, it is. 📷Yoan Valat/AP.

I was treated to some lovely autumn light at Seafield and Leith Links on my post run walk this afternoon. #Leith #Pixel9Pro

Every day a school day. Today I found out that the 1985 Richard Pryor film Brewster's Millions is based on a 1902 novel by George Barr McCutcheon. This came to my attention when I wondered why Brewster's Millions hadn't been adapted for TV yet. Brewster's Billions now maybe?

Sorry, been listening to the new Dylan album a lot

Interesting upcoming film! Or is it a documentary? 🤔 www.imdb.com/title/tt3461...

I never thought I'd type the words 'I'm the current Local Legend for Steven's stinky Seafield loop' but here we are. It's a circuit round the nearby water treatment works that Steven obviously thought was worthy of a funny name. It can be a bit whiffy sometimes. #running #Strava

It's 38 years, almost to the day, since I saw Ben Elton performing live at The Capitol Theatre in Aberdeen. I paid £4.50 for my ticket! #BenElton

An unseasonably warm 14°C on today's lunch break 5 km run in Leith. #running