Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4th February, 2018

4th February, 2018.

You know, that’s something that caught my attention.

News.

News.

About Robert Wagner, the widower of the late Natalie Wood.

Just in case you didn’t know?

Wood was the Angelina Jolie of her day.   A beautiful, successful and very in demand actress, and the first person a director would want to phone, if he needed a competent actress … who’d also generate interest in the film.

Famously, and after completing her last film, Brainstorm, Wood died: after a not much talked about incident on Wagner’s yacht.

No-one’s talked about it, checked what happened, investigated it … 

Until recently.

When US police have named Wagner as a ‘person of interest’ in their investigation.

Personally?   And having seen Brainstorm, knowing the set was closed down whilst the studio financing it tried to claim the insurance money?   Having known about Wood’s death for a long time, knowing it was only ever lightly investigated?

Personally, I’de like to know what happened*.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 3rd February, 2018

3rd February, 2018.

Good … morning … 

He says … 

Yawning, gently … !

Right at the moment … ?

Right at the moment, I seriously wanting to go back to bed.

But, frankly … ?

Needs must.   I’ve got rent to pay: which means going out to earn the damn stuff.

The sad (ish) bit of it … ?

Is simply that I’m working on Monday night.

Which means I’ll miss the upcoming episode of the new series of The X-Files.

Still … 

There’s always the catch-up service.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser —2nd February, 2018

2nd February, 2018.

No, really, what … ?

What?

I have to confess, I was happily watching TV, last night.

Mr Robot, if you must know.

Which is looking good, still, I should say.

And?   And, as anyone reading the post will realise, the remote control for my TV stopped working.

Despite my changing the batteries.

This morning, on the other hand?

It’s now working … 

Yeah, exactly.

What … ?

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That photo, so you know … ?

That photo was taken in my local branch of Sainbury’s.

It’s — would you believe it — a rack of good old fashioned twelve inch LPs.

I don’t know whether I should laugh cry or feel offended.

Mostly?

I feel vaguely offended.

As we’ve been listening to songs on our bloody phones for the past decade, at least!

The mild irony?

Is that Brothers in Arms, by Dire Straits — the album with the blue cover, with the picture of a guitar* on it — was the first album to sell a million copies … on CD.

Go figure, Mr Money!

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Mr Robot — Series 3: Episodes 3 and 4 — eps3.2_legacy.so and eps3.3_m3tadata.par2*

1st February, 2018.

Yes, exactly … 

Games CAN be disconcertingly distracting.

EXTREMELY disconcertingly distracting.

Especially the two games featured in that introductory video: Armagetron Advanced and Pac the Man X.

That’s not what’s got me concerned, right now, though.

Nope.

The remote control on my TV set’s gone home!

Yes, I have changed batteries.

Yes, I’ve got work arounds.

But?

Bugger!

That’s distracting … 

And frustrating.

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Frustrating … because I think I know what’s happened.

I know I spilt some tea, earlier.   And think I’ve spilt it onto the remote.

Which is possibly what’s knackered the thing.

I’ll get by, for now.

Like I saw, workarounds: and I can always see if another, fresher, set of batteries will work†.

But … ?

Well, I have to admit: frustration isn’t something I cope well with.

Looking back at my history?

That possibly explains a few things.

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At ANY rate … ?

At any rate, distractions and frustrations aside, tonight was a night off.

A night off where I was determined to catch up with an old friend … 

Series three of an old friend.

Series 3 of … 

Mr Robot

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1st February, 2018

1st February, 2018.

Yep: 7·35, that’s when I did that video.

And, frankly?

I’m thankful I’ve managed to get some tea down my neck.

You wouldn’t think a pint’s worth of hot caffeine would help, would you?

But there you go … 

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Right at the moment, though?

Right at the moment, I’ve got the Today on: interviewing a senior judge about the collapse of several recent rape trials, and a human trafficking case.

The cases hinge on whether police in each case correctly disclosed evidence to defence lawyers.   Evidence showing that the prosecution cases were — at the very least — extremely unsafe: if not outright non-existent.

Speaking personally?

I … 

Well, I’m not sure what’s going on.

But personally feel it’s important to have this cleared up.

Rape cases are some of the most difficult to prosecute.

Anything that puts victims off — which I feel this may — makes that harder to do.

There’s something else, as well.

I’ve met a few people who’ve done time, over the years.

Quite a few?

Claimed to be victims of a police or judicial stitch up: been manipulated into serving a sentence after being falsely accused of something they didn’t do.

Frankly?

The needs of the victims have to be served.

And what is — effectively — false accusations need to be stopped.

Just not only has to be done, and SEEN to be done.

For all sides.

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