Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 3rd August, 2021

3rd August, 2021.

Yes: it’s official.

The Work And Health Programme phone meeting I had, yesterday, went well enough.

With a couple of potential jobs found.

Whether I’ll hear anything from them is a whole other matter, though.

We’ll see.

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Now … if you’ve Watched the video intro to today’s post … ?

You’ll realise I managed to catch a movie.

Sunday night saw me sitting down with Léon: The Professional: some ten years after I last saw it.

Gary Oldman is at his dribbling best.

Personally, though … ?

I’ve always found that central relationship between Léon and Matilda — Reno and Portman — the interesting one!

I’ve got one question.

To pass the time in Leon’s flat, Matilda  — Natalie Portman’s character — suggests a game where she and Leon pretend to be a celebrity: the other has to guess the star.

Matilda bursts into a rousing rendition of Like A Virgin … 

Wearing someone else’s underwear.

Where on Earth did Leon get those … ?

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

3rd August, 2018.

Yes: it’s official.

I had a day off, yesterday.

And managed to find something new to watch.

Yep … 

I’ve started watching Westworld.

To be frank, this first series to have a bit more to it than American Horror Story.

But then … ?

That’s like comparing a £1·50 burger to a £10·99 steak.

They’re both edible, both enjoyable.

But very different!

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On a different front?

You may well be about my age.

With all the associated medical conditions, sullen resentments, bad habits, good habits, mess and filthy underwear.

Or, at least, regrets.

On of mine?

Simply the fact I only ever completed Atic Atac, the ZX Spectrum game, once.

Although it provided hours of fun in the process.

Recently?   There’s been attempts to revive the Spectrum: or at least, release a modern version, with remakes of the popular games.

Unfortunately?

The troubled Vega+, the best known of these?

Has now had to have the Sinclair, and Spectrum, branding removed: after Sky, the rights holder, insisted they do so.

As the Vega+ has only just started sending out (seemingly incomplete) versions of the console.

After some two years of arguing.

There’s quite a lot of disappointed retro-gaming fans, out there.

Frankly?

I’m one of them.

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