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I have a diverse set of interests and passions, including Euro football, reading, the art of promotion and self-promotion and using your voice for positive and constructive messages! Best to describe this stream would be eclectic, but so am I, so I hope you find something we have in common :)
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Amazing trailer for Euro 2012 recapping the last 28 years for England … in stop motion animation! Don’t know if the BBC commissioned the artist, since their logo is used in the video, but either way brilliant work~

There is no greater formulator of a woman’s taste than New York City. Money, opulence and show are everywhere; that elusive, undefinable quality of good taste is not. From the fashions on the streets and from the decor in homes tucked away in ordinary holes of the city’s beehive, it is obvious that good taste is not a question of riches. It is a question of proper selection - and proper combinations of selections - whether one shops at Bergdorf Goodman and Henri Bendel or at the dime store.
Letitia Balrige, Of Diamonds and Diplomats (1968)

Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 at Graduation

What a great graduation speech by Neil Gaiman - clear, poignant, focused, sparing you the jokes that fall flat - this is perfect. I wish every speaker paid this much attention to actual CONTENT as opposed to copying some cardboard speech, inserting a few irrelevant examples and stupid jokes, & collecting the cash.

England Euro 2012 - It’s Good To Dream

Fantastic commercial by ITV for Euro 2012! Twelve days left till kick off, fifteen days till England’s first match.

Steven Moffat’s Special #BAFTA Award Presented by Smith/Cumberbatch

What a wonderful presentation and genuine speech… especially loved the video montage of his work (not shown here) and the whole Doctor/Sherlock mash up!

Caption This Photo: Sebastian Schweinsteiger

Classic Champions League Final Milan - Barcelona 1994

To this date this is the best CL final I’ve seen - why? Because it had Fabio Capello go up against Cruyff’s ‘Dream Team’ and win when the odds were against him. Multiple injuries plagued AC Milan right before the crucial game, while FC Barcelona was in excellent shape. Video above has commentary on what happened then by Fabio Capello and journalists (in Italiano), including reaction shots by Cruyff full of incredulity, as well as Nadal’s terrible mistake preceding the third goal.

Yep, better even than the 1999 Man United euphoric win over Bayern FC in injury time.

Hysteria Trailer

Hysteria (2012) is a movie that deals with the sensitive issue of sexual repression that plagued Victorian England. Even though the issue is treated in a humorous way, the abundance of doctors who ‘treated’ women for nothing more than simple sexual frustration occurred often in the period. In today’s standards I’d call it charlatanism! This looks like a good film, if only not for Maggie Gylenhaal’s all-too-fake English accent that irritates my brain more than the sound of scraping enamel.

David Beckham Visits The White House

Michelle: Welcome to the White House!

Becks: [smirks] I’ve been to all sorts of palaces and this one’s kinda nice.

Martin Freeman Monologue

Watch this beautiful peace where he half-acts like his characters with a touch of himself. The perfect man to capture Bilbo’s quirky sense of humour.