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Found in our local record shop. Yep, they are exactly what they look like! You also get a CD, a pair of handcuffs and some lube.

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Don't you guys mess with my Robin!
I'm seeing fun and games in American politics today over, of all things, Robin Hood(!). Some silly lawmakers have co-opted the name to put on a tax! The Robin Hood Tax. Yeah, no matter what that tax is for, no matter how good a reason they think they have, that shit is actually just plain wrong.

Now firstly, this article: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/12/15/lonewolf-diaries-robin-hood-capitalist-hero/ No. Just no. LOL. But then this is the guy who reckoned that Torchwood was right wing. Seriously.

Secondly, ROTFLMAO generally at ANY debate about where Robin Hood might potentially stand in the narrow political spectrum of 20th/21st century (especially American) politics!

Thirdly, (mostly) American folks on blogs keep saying that Robin Hood didn't exist. Well, he certainly didn't in the Disney or Costner form, that's a given. It's also true that what have today is more myth than man but saying flat out that he didn't exist? It's no where near that simple.

They also keep saying that Men in Tights is the best RH film ever made. Fuck that, Robin and Marian (directed by Richard Lester and starring Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris, Denholm Elliot and Ronnie Barker) is actually the best RH film ever made. I also have a soft spot for the Errol Flynn *swoons fetchingly whilst wearing a ridiculous hat with trailing gauzy bits*

Fourthly, once in my life I was very privileged to know a fantastic old gent by the name of Jim Lees. We never got to meet in person but I got to know him through the letters we used to write each other. Even though I was very young and he was very old we shared a serious passion for this subject. I still have my favourite of the letters from him. It's covered in gorgeous line drawings of woodland animals and outlaws hiding amongst trees. :D

Here's an article about him:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/why-jim-lees-is-a-very-merrie-man-after-40-years-work-hes-cracked-it-chris-arnot-meets-a-robin-hood-expert-who-is-sure-he-knows-the-real-name-behind-the-legend-1368425.html

Jim sadly died in 2001. My signed copy of The Quest for Robin Hood is one of my most prized possessions. All these thoughts of Robin Hood have sent me smiling over fond memories of him. So maybe I should thank those idiot lawmakers after all for their dumbly named tax idea.

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Love Hearts
PLEASE DON'T REPOST OR LINK TO THESE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. THANKS!

Had an utterly lovely time last weekend walking miles in London (bloody tube strikes!) with good friends and getting to bop away happily to James playing a seriously bluesy concert on Sunday.

I couldn't find my battery charger, so I didn't have a camera at this event but here are my photos from the sessions.

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Goodness Gracious!

Found in our local record shop. Yep, they are exactly what they look like! You also get a CD, a pair of handcuffs and some lube.

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Snow Photos

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OMG, laughing too hard!

"The Tories are waving a £1m taxpayer-funded crowdsourcing prize under the noses of developers to produce a website that can "harness the wisdom" of voters to "resolve difficult policy challenges"."

Tories swallow Web 2.0, spit out £1m crowdsource prize

LOLing forever! Harnessing the "collective wisdom of the British people" via a website to make policy decisions! LOL!!!!!! We are SO screwed! LOL!!!!!