Boxing Day

...and we`re told, the last day of snow - well, until New Year`s Day is the current forecast. We`re supposed to just be getting freezing rain for a while now. Driving back from Surrey, the conditions were worse than on Christmas Eve, but there seemed to be fewer loony drivers on the road.

So now we have the after-Chrimbo period of leftovers. Like so many people, I love Christmas dinner leftovers, yum, yum, yummers. I could do with eating a little less for a while too, December seems to have been an entire month of scarfing up calories. But it was good.

Since it is also traditional to watch movies over the Christmas period, we did just that this avo. Not an old black and white, but a cracker nonetheless. I will, however, qualify that.
The film we watched was `Factory Girl`about the relationship between Edie Sedgewick and Andy Warhol. Both Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce gave outstanding performances and I really enjoy watching films and plays where the acting is so good you are seeing the art of it instead of having to overlook it and follow a story. Story - there isn`t much, but this is a thoughtful, well-made film, that showed subtlety of character and it engaged us both.

And over Christmas so far, two greats died. Eartha Kitt, seriously, has there ever been anyone with such a sexy voice as Eartha? I'm sure we can look forward to a few plays of 'Santa Baby' in the next few days.
Then Harold Pinter, brilliant playwright, director and actor. A dramatist who gave us those very plays that provoke thought and reflection, so another loss to British theatre.

The most twinkly news story today however, was that the CIA have discovered a successful strategy for getting information from Afghan Warlords - they have been supplying them with viagra. I'm all for creative tactics - well done lads and lasses, it's just....do you think you should have maybe kept your secret weapons secret?