Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12th October, 2018.

12th October, 2018.

Right … 

I’ve got to be quick, today: as I’ve got a dentist appointment, today.

But … 

I get a mention in this weeks Brentwood Gazette.

Basically?

Because my street, Rollason Way, is to be adopted by Essex County Council.

In other words?

Essex County Council will be responsible for enforcing any on-street parking controls.

Rather than original developers, Crest Nicholson.

I’m grateful: assuming this leads to less on-street congestion … and freer access for emergency vehicles.

That’s been a bugaboo of mine for a good few years.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12-10-2017: The Wickedest Man Alive

I’ve got to admit to being a news junkie: I’ll follow ANYONE, if they’ve got a half decent news feed.

Well … 

If they’re a BBC journalist on Twitter!

OK, my point … ?

Is that I’ve had half an eye on the situation with producer, Harvey Weinstein.

Who’s facing accusations of various shades sexual assault charge.

I’m not going to defend the man.

I’m not surprised about the accusations, though: let’s face it, stories about the Casting Couch have been around for a while.

And that’s before you start talking about Fatty Arbuckle.

Does that diminish the films he’s produced?

I don’t know.

But I can imagine someone will want to start a boycott.

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One other piece of news that floated across my feed?

Was that — seemingly — Kaspersky Labs popular anti-virus software has been exploited: by the Russian government.

Not that I use it: with the amount of malicious software around for the Mac, I tend to use common sense, rather than software to keep my machine free of nasties.

But?

I think that — if the Russian government is exploiting a popular piece of protective software — that implies, if not proves, that the US government are going something similar.

Granted, the likes of you and me aren’t going to have anything on our devices of interested to a government determined to spy on rivals?

But it certainly adds a new terror to privacy concerns.

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Chemical Wedding: Sex, Drugs and Hmmm …

You know, it’s not often I use some of the features to add extra … umm … features to Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar.

But tonight, I have …

I’ve added a quickie page about the occasional Movie nights I host.

It’s at the top of the page, along with the other pages.

Let me know what you think …

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But at any rate, I think I should mention the film that the complete Movie Night Gang* saw last night.

The 2008, Julian Doyle directed film, Chemical Wedding.

Which is definitely a bit …

Strange …

The film sees noted — or possibly notorious — occultist, Aleister Crowley revived after a virtual reality computer is reprogrammed by one of his followers.

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Hmm …

Now, I’ve got to confess, I don’t think Chemical Wedding really grabbed us.

Kevin D was distinctly unimpressed, Adrian was impressed by the historical accuracy — although I’m not sure by the film, per sé — Squeaky was definitely ticked off …

And Tootles was bored enough to clean my oven, for which I owe her a BIG vote of thanks!

So you can probably tell what I’m going to tell you, can’t you … ?

Chemical Wedding … ?

ForGET it … !

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* Me, Movie Night Adrian, Kevin D, his wife, Tootles Sarah, and Squeakie Sophie.