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I was so thrilled when I published The Gameshow last year. It came out even better than I’d hoped and thankfully, reviews have been positive. They all mean so much. I don’t normally reblog but with longtime blogger Beetley Pete wrote about it I just had to share it.
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In my last post I shared some of the incredible photography from the World Sports Photography Awards. They were so many other fantastic entrants I just had to add some more. Do you have a favourite?
Photo 1:Grand Prix Silver winner: The Underworld by Beatrice Ryder da Costa
Photo 2:Basketball: Breakaway for the Lead by Bob Donnan
Photo 3:Boxing: Uppercut by Alexis Goudeau
Photo 4:Cycling: Vistas desde el abandono by Aritz Arambarri Goenaga
Photo 5:Urban & Extreme: Klickflippin’ India by Martin Bissig
Photo 6:Venues & Views: Championship View by Andrew Hancock
Photo 7:Athletics: Tokyo Rocket by Kenjiro Matsuo
Photo 8:Basketball: by Emilio Comos
As a big lover of sports and photography, I just had to add my favourites from the recent World Sports Photography Awards (WSPA). It’s a prestigious competition that has been running since 2020, covering 20 categories.They’re all so eye-catching. Do you have a favourite?
Photo 1: Grand Prix Gold winner: Carlos’ Shadow Hits A Ball by Edgar Su
Photo 2: Grand Prix Bronze winner: India v England layers by Richard Heathcote
Photo 3: Racquet Sports: Kim Nayeong – WTT Foz do Iguacu by Abelardo Mendes Jr
Photo 4: Motor Sports: Emerging Ford by Mwangi Kirubi
Photo 5: Equestrian: Equine Reflection by Morgan Treacy
Photo 6: Rugby union: New Zealand Haka by Andrew Dowling
Photo 7: American football: One Player. 110,000 Screaming Fans. by Christian Gresko
Photo 8: Winter Sports: FIS Freestyle World Championships, Women’s Aerials in St Moritz by Claudia Greco
“If I had my way, I would remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.”
Some amusing words by one of the world’s most famous children’s writers Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990). Less sunshine does means more time for reading though!
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
The world’s most famous ever physicist Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955), who discovered relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. I hope you all have had a great start to 2026.
Claire Dunphy: What are you wearing?
Haley Dunphy: What? What’s wrong with it?
Claire Dunphy: Honey, you are fighting for your future… in front of a disciplinary committee, not entertaining the Secret Service
Haley Dunphy: In “Legally Blonde”, Elle won her case because she was true to herself and dressed cute.
Phil Dunphy: Haley, this is real life, not an excellent movie.
Julie Bowen, Sarah Hyland and Ty Burrell in the hugely popular sitcom Modern Family (2009 – 2020). The dynamic between Claire, Phil and their rebellious party-loving daughter was one of many fantstically written and acted out relationships from the 22-time Emmy winner.
Gonzo: My name is Charles Dickens.
Rizzo the Rat: And my name is Rizzo the Rat… wait a second! You’re not Charles Dickens!
Gonzo: I am too!
Rizzo the Rat: No! A blue furry Charles Dickens who hangs out with a rat?
Gonzo: Absolutely!
Rizzo the Rat: Charles Dickens was a 19th Century novelist! A genius!
Gonzo: Oh, you are too kind!
Rizzo the Rat: Why should I believe you?
Gonzo: Well, because I know the story of A Christmas Carol like the back of my hand!
Rizzo the Rat: Prove it!
Gonzo: All right! Um, there’s a little mole on my thumb, and um, a scar on my wrist from when I fell off my bike…
Rizzo the Rat: No, no, no, don’t tell us your *hand*, tell us the *story*!
Who doesn’t love The Muppets’ Christmas Carol? The 1992 film starring Michael Caine as Scrooge may well be the most loved adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic.
Kim: Hold me.
Edward: I can’t.
Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp in the fantasy romance Edward Scissorhands (1990). Famously directed by Tim Burton, it tells of an artificial man’s struggles to embrace the humanities in life.
I wonder how many people don’t get the one they want, but end up with the one they’re supposed to be with.
From the much loved book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1987) by Fannie Flagg. It’s dual narrative covers the past and the present, covering themes such as friendship, lesbianism, ageing and the deplorable racism at the time.
Hal: Honey, the whole cooking thing was my idea. I’ll handle this. Reese, we pulled you out of class because we know you cheated. Now, you would have won easily. Why did you do it?
Reese: I don’t know. It was fun.
Lois: Those people worked very hard on their dishes, and you destroyed them. How would you feel if you were that poor woman whose quiche you salted?
Reese: Fat?
Hal: Reese… do you know what empathy is?
Reese: No.
Hal: Empathy is putting yourself into other people’s shoes so you can feel the way they do. If you hurt someone, empathy makes you hurt as well.
Reese: Then, why would you want empathy?
Bryan Cranston, Justin Berfield and Jane Kaczmarek in the hugely popular single camera comedy Malcolm in the Middle (2000 – 2008). Running for 7 seasons, it tells of a genius middle child and the dynamic between his four brothers and his long-suffering parents.
Alex Raphael