Breaking news. Writing a book is hard.
22.11.2025 13:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@vicardave.bsky.social
Into: film, tv, reading, sport, Arsenal, cricket, faith. Is: husband, father, dog-owner, priest, disciple.
Breaking news. Writing a book is hard.
22.11.2025 13:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Meaningless stat alert: Oz will have to make the largest innings total of the match to win.
22.11.2025 06:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Maybe I should go back to bed.
22.11.2025 05:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was away yesterday, do todayβs my first early get up for The Ashes. And putting up with infantile commentary (with the odd exception) before breakfast.
22.11.2025 05:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This afternoon I am mainly watching Frankenstein.
16.11.2025 12:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Death By Lightning is a terrific 4-episode historical political drama on Netflix about assassination of James Garfield (the 20th US President). It has a wonderful cast (Bradley Whitford doing political drama is all warm, nostalgic feelings), & it has a fine sense of humour alongside dramatic events.
11.11.2025 12:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Spurs - Man United. It ainβt great.
08.11.2025 13:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This afternoon I was mainly watching Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.
02.11.2025 15:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My big Arsenal worry is that Raya may forget how to make a save. Imagine next week v Sunderland, Xhaka unleashes a thunderbolt & Raya is momentarily stunned into inaction by the sight of a spherical object hurtling towards him. Result: catastrophe.
It could happen.
Whose sofa is this, exactly?
01.11.2025 17:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lemmings.
31.10.2025 16:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm not saying I'm easily influenced, but the book I'm
reading just mentioned Tunnockβs Tea Cakes, and now I canβt think about anything else.
Some writing this morning - at the behest of my editor - that is taking me well beyond my comfort zone. No idea if I've gone too far, or not far enough. But I guess that's why we have editors.
31.10.2025 09:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm into the process of editing the first draft of my novel in progress. I have a screed of notes on the first half from the editor I'm working with. The volume of notes is humbling, exciting, scary, and depressing all at the same time. But after a necessary break, it's good to get back into it.
28.10.2025 09:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And then to think about how we vote. Itβs show donβt tell filmmaking of a high level.
27.10.2025 15:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The ending some disgruntled viewers seem to want for A House Of Dynamite is not the point of the film. The point of the film is not the big payoff, but to get us to think about the fragility of both critical processes and the people we expect to implement them.
27.10.2025 15:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This afternoon I am mainly watching Black Bag.
27.10.2025 11:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Really good goal. Palace are a good, well-organised side so a piece of set-piece brilliance is needed to break them down.
26.10.2025 14:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0After the almost unbearable tension of A House Of Dynamite, Iβm relaxing with (checks notes), an Arsenal game.
26.10.2025 14:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0New film from Kathryn Bigelow is on Netflix. The only scary movie you need this spooky season. To achieve this, watch this film about the American response to what appears to be the launch of single nuclear missile at USA w conscious awareness of who's in White House letterboxd.com/vicardave/fi...
26.10.2025 13:18 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This afternoon I am mainly watching A House Of Dynamite
26.10.2025 10:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm having the best time watching Celebrity Traitors with Jenica. Bantering together about whatβs happening, sharing jokes and predictions, laughing together β¦ a lot. TV you can watch (via a VPN) with your child(ren) is precious.
25.10.2025 12:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This is the peaceful face of Jasper, who until yesterday had been too scared to put on a lead and get out the house in over two years with us. 45 minutes with a dog behaviourist, and heβs been out three times in 24 hours. What a brave boy (and a great behaviourist)!
14.10.2025 12:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This afternoon I am mainly watching Steve.
14.10.2025 11:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This afternoon I am mainly watching One Battle After Another.
09.10.2025 10:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was silent a while, then burst out laughing, admitting the only thing in my head was to recite the entirety of this perfect scene... Fortunately, my therapist knows the film. youtu.be/xCtPBFHKSNg?...
08.10.2025 13:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A thing that's been part of my story recently is accepting & enjoying my Scottishness, something I'd long denied & pushed down (complex,painful reasons for this that I can't go into at the moment). Today my therapist asked me βWhatβs positive about being Scottish for you?β.
08.10.2025 13:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Major cricket tournaments are bad for my film watching habits.
08.10.2025 10:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Looking at squads and the fixture list, I reckon if Arsenal are within 4 points of the lead at start of February, then we're favourites for league.
04.10.2025 18:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dominant, professional performance from Arsenal. Never looked in danger.
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