Zeusblog

There was an article in the Guardian last Saturday, reviewing the Gillette TV ad where a mechanic looks at a razor. You can read it here. All very amusing – why we don’t need a blue strip to turn white to tell us when we need to change our razor, because a blunt and clogged blade will lacerate your skin to ribbons waaay before the strip changes colour – but then the writer went too far, suggesting that the reason there are so many beards about these days is because razor blades are too expensive.

So I’d just like to make it clear that the reason I’ve joined the beardies is not because I can’t afford the blades (although my wife does describe my beard as “looking a bit homeless” when it gets too long), but is because I am too lazy to shave. I just wanted to make that very clear.

Chalky

I was in Hampstead Garden Suburb this weekend, and couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this… (click the picture to see it bigger)

Batman! On the balcony!

I saw him on Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon and he didn’t move a muscle either time. Either he’s keeping guard over the Hampstead Heath Extension, or the Joker lives there, has captured Batman and is displaying his frozen form as some kind of evil trophy. I prefer the first option and now feel much safer when walking my dog or running there.