Sixty years years of hurt, Never stopped me dreaming...

I have questions...

My plan to replay Doom - The Dark Ages before the campaign DLC came out, to refresh my memory of the plot and gameplay, was sound but I really should have started before the DLC came out...

I'd been wondering when Wonderwall had become an unofficial England football anthem and how had I missed that? Turns out that's because it's quite recent and it happened to be playing after the opening match versus Croatia when the England team were applauding the fans. And thus are traditions […]

At The Borough with @smitty earlier than I'd like for a Sunday morning for Eng-er-land vs Norway. Please don't suck...

From this morning. Looks like Tiger has finally come to accept Ollie's presence. Ollie is definitely the bolder of the two but, while bold enough to come up to the deck door, not bold enough to stick around when we opened it! #cats

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Actually, not sure if it was It's A Heartache or Lost In France I heard first; it was rather a long time ago so, just to be sure... Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France I was lost in France In the fields the birds were singing I was lost in France And the day […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts One last one or I'll be here all night! Finishing up with the first Bonnie Tyler song I ever heard. Hear a recent-ish interview with her. She was definitely still sounding Welsh! Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache It's a heartache Nothing but a heartache […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Had to be done! Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Break Heart You can tell the world you never was my girl You can burn my clothes up when I'm gone Or you can tell your friends just what a fool I've been And laugh and joke about me on the phone You can tell my arms […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart Don't go breaking my heart - I couldn't if I tried Oh, honey, if I get restless - Baby, you're not that kind Don't go breaking my heart -You take the weight off of me Oh, honey, when you knocked on my door […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Vixen - Edge Of A Broken Heart I can't believe I could have been so blind But love is strange I thought about it for a long long time But the truth remains I don't need another lonely night To dry my tears The answer's plain as black and white And I can […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart I hear a lot of stories, I suppose they could be true All about love and what it can do for you High is the risk of striking out, the risk of getting hurt And still I have so much to learn Well I know 'cause I think about it […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Big Country - Broken Heart (13 Valleys) Thirteen valleys he has wandered for her love For he thinks he is the one that she dreams of But her bed was made elsewhere From the first day she got there Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out Now he wanders […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Faith Hill - If My Heart Had Wings I'd jump all these mountains and take to the skies Sail through the heavens with stars in my eyes If my heart had wings I would fly to you and lie Beside you as you dream If my heart had wings […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Steps - Love's Got A Hold Of My Heart I'm calling out Won't somebody out there hear my SOS (SOS) Throw me a life line please, and save me There's no doubt Baby, you took me prisoner I confess When you crossed my defences And captured my heart And now it's […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts From the film That Thing You Do: The Chantrellines - Hold My Hand, Hold My Heart I want you to know when you hold my hand You hold my heart I want you to see when our eyes meet My loving just starts I want you to say, you're thinking of me Those nights […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Lady A - Dancin' Away With My Heart I finally asked you to dance on the last slow song Beneath that moon, that was really a disco ball I can still feel my head on your shoulder And hoping that song would never be over I haven't seen you in ages Sometimes […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Roxette - Church Of Your Heart Can't we leave the world outside Just for a while? Just for a while? And spend some time, you and I, Under this bright glorious sky. It's been so long since I first saw you, But I still love that smile in your eyes. Yes […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Now this is an obscure one - a sing Carol Decker (not T'Pau!) did for the 1995 Halifax Rugby League Centenary World Cup. Never guess I was a bit of a fanboy, would you? 🙂 Carol Decker - One Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuyEZs6TRAk

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts ABC - All Of My Heart Well, I hope and I pray that maybe someday You'll walk in the room with my heart Add and subtract that as a matter of fact Now that you've gone, I still want you back Remembering, surrendering Remembering that part All of my heart […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Bryan Adams - Hearts On Fire Some other time Some other place We might not of been here Standin' face to face I just wanna tell ya Made up my mind You know I can't help the way I feel inside Oh this heart's on fire Right from the start it's been burnin' […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts T'Pau - Heart And Soul Leaving you ain't easy now Loving you's the harder part You never want me for myself I've needed you right from the very start Oh won't you even try to Give a little bit of heart and soul Give a little bit of love to grow Give a […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Magnum - Heartbroke and Busted Going to be all right when love comes around No hurricane wind blowing could slow you down Yeah, you'll be all right when love comes around It's going to come 'round, ooh, baby You say that you've never known The kind of […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Runrig - Hearthammer With the eyes of a child The wonder of it all I used to search the stars at night And I felt so safe and small Sweet sounds from a Mersey town And my nursery god And I wanted to ride with Yuri Gagarin As he circled all around my world […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Bruce Springsteen - Two Hearts Once I spent my time playing tough guy scenes, yeah But I was living in a world of childish dreams Someday these childish dreams must end To become a man, grow up to dream again 'Til you find once again That two hearts are […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Heart - Nothin' At All It was nothing at all Like anything I had felt before And it was nothing at all Like I thought no it's so much more No one else has ever made Me feel this way When I asked you how you did it You just say It was nothing at all Now I […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #closetoourhearts Oops, one Friday public holiday and I nearly forgot this. Got to open with this one. Also really like Bryan Adams' version too. Bonnie Tyler - Straight From The Heart You said it's easy but who's to say That we'd be able to keep it this way But it's […]

Call me a pedant but doesn't a ceasefire require the parties to, well, cease firing?

Just seen on BBC website. That has to be some S Tier ad buying!

Ventured briefly back onto Twitter just to screengrab this.

Will Trump now call Infantino to ask for a review and suspension of the US' elimination for a year?

Not often I say this, but: Hup Rode Duivels!

Eng-er-land!!!

I'm guessing the driver's American (or possibly the person who lives near the Tawa-Porirua road who seems to be flying a different and seldom-repeated flag each time we drive past). Wonder what a flag that size does to fuel consumption?

Goes to Google for vendors of Cape Verde football shirts...

Even by these guys' standards, this is a great one - Honest Trailers - Top Gun: Maverick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDVLr4_ckqI

Last one for tonight, back to one of my guilty pleasures, Steps. Steps - I Surrender Ooh, I surrender baby I need your love to save me Now I know that I was wrong I'm coming back 'cos love is strong Yeah I surrender baby So stop my heart from breaking It's crazy but now that we're through The […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay Similarly, I could probably spend all night posting songs about politics and power by The Men They Couldn't Hang but this one was the first of their songs I ever heard. It's fair to say I was a lot more right wing in outlook back then but the lyrics certainly made […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay Really tough one, trying to chose a Meatloaf/Jom Steinman power ballad! Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) And I would do anything for love I'd run right into hell and back I would do anything for love I'll never lie to you and that's a […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay I was already very taken with Frank Turner's lyrics but when I heard the reference to the 1905 and 1917 Russian revolutions, I literally went "Whoa!" Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song So come on old friends to the streets Let's be 1905 but not 1917 Let's be heroes […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay Billy Bragg -There Is Power In A Union There's power in a factory, power in the land Power in the hand of the worker But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand There is power in a union https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwbzxemJZIc

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay This takes me back to the days I first got my BSB satellite dish, bingeing on all the bad films on the Movie Channel, including Van Damme's Kickboxer which of course had this on the soundtrack. Stan Bush - Never Surrender Never surrender Never say die You got […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay Roxette - Almost Unreal Babe, come in from the cold and put that coat to rest Step inside, take a deep breath, and do what you do best Yes, kick off them shoes and leave those city streets I do believe love came our way, and fate did arrange for us to meet I […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay Iron Maiden - Powerslave Into the Abyss I'll fall, the eye of Horus Into the eyes of the night, watching me go Green is the cat's eye that glows In this Temple Enter the risen Osiris, risen again Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave I don't wanna die, I'm a god […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay Bruce Springsteen - No Retreat, No Surrender Well, we made a promise we swore we'd always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXwJMXo2mXc

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay One of their greatest power ballads. Heart - What About Love? You've been hidin', never lettin' it show Always tryin' to keep it under control You got it down and you're well on your way to the top But there's somethin' that you forgot What about love? Don't […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay Dropkick Murphys - We Got The Power Yeah, we got the power, let's do it tonight! (The power, tonight) We got a cause and we know that it's right. (A cause to fight) Yeah, we got the numbers, let's do it tonight! (The numbers, alright!) Yeah, we got the power, got […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay Rainbow - I Surrender I surrender to your heart babe Do anything that you want me to do Please be tender I'm in your hands girl This is a feeling I never knew You know I tried to make it on my own That's not the way it was meant to be Spend my time waiting by the […]

At Ōtari-Wilton's Bush with @smitty for a walk on Stories Behind Some of Aotearoa’s Most Interesting Plants. With the weather the way it is, they'd better be damned interesting plants!

Looking at the rain outside, think the organisers would just need to add a bike stage to turn tomorrow's Wellington Marathon into an Ironman triathlon!