Eddie Izzard, live at the Lyric theatre in London.
It's a nice theatre, in the West End. We had balcony tickets and were a bit worried that we would be too far away, but the theatre isn't massive so it was fine, we could still see his face and expressions.
He was awesomely funny. I laughed so much it hurt. I can't even begin to explain any of the funny stuff, but I'm still chuckling at stuff I remember.
Not only is he funny, he is also cool. Very cool.
If you can get to see him, GO! RUN! NOW! Or maybe buy the DVD when it comes out.
I have been trying to swap our old wireless DECT land line phone for a newer model. Easy I thought, just plug it in. Unfortunately that didn't work, the new phone had no dial tone, the old one did.
I gave up.
I came back and tried a few other things: changed the dialling mode, did resets, tried the master socket etc. Still no joy.
Eventually hidden in the depths of the manufacturers website I found a knowledge base and this tip:
Check that you have connected your phone using the supplied line cable and not the one from any previous phone (they are often differently wired).
So I changed the connecting cable from the one that came with the old phone, to the one that came with the new phone, and it worked. That'g logic for you, what possible reason could there be to wire up the cables differently apart from to confuse people?
It's interesting that throughout the US election the colour of Obama's skin has been the elephant in the room that no one was talking about. Now it seems to be the only thing that people are talking about, despite the fact that his victory implies that for most Americans it was not even a consideration.
Now after all the hype and over the top reactions, comes the hard bit, actually running the country.
In the UK we'd like to actually get to vote for our Prime Minister please.
