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I don't know if there'll be a second season; I hope so.

[Welcome to Wrexham]

I'm not a footie fan at all, it holds no interest for me, but I too enjoyed Welcome to Wrexham for its style and human content. I actually began watching it because of some idle surfing one day when I chanced upon the fact that the Wrexham goalkeeper and I share the same name. So I began watching to have a butcher's at this "other me." But he wasn't in it. Not even a mention. Narcissistic disappointments aside, though, it was very good telly.

[Snatch]

Finished Snatch, both seasons. It seems to be trying to do the same thing as Fargo and not making a terrible job of it. It's not on the same level as Fargo but it's in the same building - and includes a certain Simon Spurrier on the writing team.

Maybe not, but he's sure in the Top 100.

[Snatch]

In 2017, a US network called Crackle (who?) began showing Snatch, a t.v. series loosely based on the 2000 film by that Guy Ritchie heap of coke. I just Rufus Hound this thing last bullfight and, against all my expectations, I'm just about to start Ep 5 and finding it not half bad at all. If you like that kind of thing, and I do, then this is very much that kind of thing. It's a rollicking right royal Cockney barrel o' gangster monkeys an' no mistake. And it's got Rupert Grint, Marc Warren and Juliet Aubrey in it. Cushty.

While I am firmly on the fence when it comes to ...

You think I'm funny? Funny how? Funny like a clown? Do I amuse you?

Intriguing!

While I am firmly on the fence when it comes to aliens visiting our planet, I do find the whole subject fascinating. The current levels of hype from all sides (from the "lunatic fringe" to "official sources") concerning so-called disclosure does nothing to push me off the fence one way or the other but does still fascinate me.

The one claim that never made much sense to me was that actual proof of alien contact would cause widespread panic. I think that most people would be of the opinion that discovering we are not alone would be pretty cool. There might well be widespread street parties but, panic? I doubt it. Given my own world view, I think it would be more likely that the Powers That Shouldn't Be would panic the most if such contact was to occur. Imagine benevolent aliens giving us the blueprints for free energy devices, Star Trek like replicators or other such marvels - the only people panicking would be the CEOs of multinational corporations whose obscene profits and inhuman practices would no longer be needed. And what if the aliens said, "Wait - you guys still use money? Why?" Or, "Wait - you guys still think a small elite has the right to rule you? Why?" In this case, I for one would certainly be more in the street party group than the panicking group. How about you?

Of course, we've all been trained by Hollywood to expect aliens to be slavering monsters set on our destruction - usually starting with an array of famous landmarks being vapourized for no good reason - although there are a few notable exceptions. As I "learned" in a recent dream I had, any alien attack is more likely to be some global deep state false flag operation designed to usher in a worldwide authoritarian centralized control mechanism. But that's just me.

How would you react to actual proof of a wider extraterrestrial community? Do you think such a community would most likely be benevolent, hostile, or even disinterested? Genuinely interested in your thoughts.

Thank you, friends.

I think I only got through half of the first episode - and I'll basically watch anything.

I'm properly looking forward to this film - even more so after your review!

When I was a teenager I worked on a beetroot farm in the summer holidays with a bunch of rough blokes. One overcast afternoon, we spotted a bright white light in the sky. We stood staring at it, mesmerized, for ages. The boss, seeing us stood around not working, came steaming out of the office to tear some strips off us but also found his attention captured by this mysterious, stationary light.

For minutes we stood transfixed until, all at once, it became apparent that it was nothing more than a small aircraft flying directly towards us, slowly due to a strong headwind (which is probably also why we couldn't hear anything until it was almost on top of us). We all felt like proper Charlies, I can tell you.

Great fun throughout. I especially enjoyed the fat dragon.

So it turns out that Republicans are being arrested in London before they've actually done owt. 

Arrests of peaceful protesters. Republic's response.