The weekend

It's been a great weekend so far. Yesterday, we took James back to university and did some shopping in Guildford, driving back to London just in time to make the early showing of Slumdog Millionaire.

All that's been written about is true, and then some. It's been billed as a feelgood movie and it's definitely a movie that makes you walk out with a huge smile on your face. But it only gets there via a series of personal journeys that are anything but feelgood and it's this combination of hardship and tragedy coupled with love and dreams that makes Danny Boyle's film one of the best I've seen in a long time.

Emerging from the cinema into gale force winds and horizontal rain, Wenge and I took refuge in the John Baird where we had a drink and a Thai meal in their Black Orchid restaurant. Very nice.

In the meantime, Kris Boyd scored 2 as Rangers beat Falkirk 3-1 - how Rangers are even considering selling him is just beyond me... he's started 99 games for Rangers and scored 92 goals.

This morning, Wenge and I had a bracing but highly enjoyable walk on Hampstead Heath, and I've just seen that Aberdeen have beaten Celtic to reduce the gap at the top of the SPL to 2 points.

Now, it's up to the Eagles to cap it off with a win in Arizona tonight. Another excuse, I believe, for a gratuitous pic of an Eagles cheerleader.

I'm only joking, of course. I wouldn't be that shallow. However, I'm sure you'll all want to join me in congratulating Amy, who has been named a 2009 Pro Bowl Cheerleader.

Lazy Sunday afternoon

Apart from that rather large elephant in the corner of the room, I actually had a pretty good Sunday.

Wenge and I walked down to the Farmers' Market in the morning, and bought some algerian breads for lunch. In the afternoon spent some time brushing up my cv (including rather too much time playing with fonts to make it look better...) so now I'd better get it out there ahead of the rush.

A welcome interlude was learning that Celtic had lost 2-0 to Hibs, including an absolute howler from Boruc who let a shot from 45 yards slip past him. That, coupled with Rangers' 7-1 win on Saturday, makes the league wide open again.

I caught up with a couple of episodes of Heroes that I'd missed over the last few weeks. I've been generally disappointed in this series but these two episodes kicked it back to life - although I'm not sure who's who, when's now and when's not, or what the hell is going on. Apart from that it's crystal clear.

And it was just cold enough to give me an excuse to light a fire - which always makes the world a better place. Oh, and the Eagles gave the Giants their first home defeat 20-14. Lovely.