Pete’s Friends and Family

Gibsons, Spearses holiday together

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:44:49 +0100

Finally, a celeb decides to extend a hand of friendship to beleaguered celeb Britney Spears: http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0516/spearsb.html Mel Gibson may slag off Judaism and Jews when drunk but it is high time someone showed some kindness to ...

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Life on Mars trailer—the American version

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:25:27 +0100

Here’s the full publicity picture from US Life on Mars, including the American Gene Hunt himself (Colm Meaney), Sam Tyler (Jason O’Mara) and Annie Cartwright (Rachelle Lefevre). What is American for ‘You great, soft, sissy, girly, nancy, French...

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Get inspired

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:53:16 +0100

At Wyldreams’ suggestion (or inspiration) I have set up a group for idealists on Vox. The premise: if porn, gossip and related crap can so easily get propagated online, why not inspirational messages and idealist thoughts about how our world can ...

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They should have worn the family tartan

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:45:20 +0100

There is an urban myth that when Scottish Television’s Taggart was aired in the US, it needed subtitles because American audiences could not understand the accent. I’m not so sure, because I understand this is the norm these days on late night TV ...

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Look up! Look out!

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:10 +0100

Sometimes when you look up, you see some interesting things. First, on the Terrace in Wellington, when I noticed a lovely blue sky in autumn. Then, when in Auckland: I was heading down to Simon and Marie Young’s office so I didn’t stop to find ...

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It’s like I’ve landed on a different planet (yes, Sam, it’s Los Angeles)

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:40:29 +0100

My name is Sam Tyler. I had an accident and woke up as an American. Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time? Here’s the first official image from the US Life on Mars, photographed by Vivian Zink for ABC. It’s not overly American in the casting depart...

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Auto Focus

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:25:10 +0100

Here is the Ford Focus that I was lent, but these are not the film shots, just low-res phone-camera ones. It looks a lot nicer than the previous model and is better screwed together. From the front, it has the Ford family look that started with t...

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Monarch in May

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:17:59 +0100

And here’s another one, letting me come up really close as well. Beautiful—and I still wonder if it’s a sign.

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Airport ’08 (without the disaster stuff)

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:05:26 +0100

I was booked on a 7.30 p.m. flight last night, which is why I landed at 11 p.m. Fog closed Auckland Airport earlier yesterday so I was stuck waiting for a few hours. But at least I got something out of the fog: thanks to it, we managed to get s...

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Violence breeds violence

nobody@vox.com(minks) — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:49:48 +0100

The dance of the custard took it out of us both yesterday. I want a custard, mummy. I want that spoon, no not that spoon, I want to eat it there, no there, no I want to open it. No not that way, No mummy I want a custard. Custard mummy, no not th...

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