"If I only knew the answer, I wouldn't be bothering you"

Evening all!

Are we all ready for Christmas then?
Well, I'm not. Due to my perilous financial situation I have been unable to buy any presents at all thus far. Nish. Nada. Zip.
This Friday sees my quarterly bonus turn up in my malnourished bank account, so Friday & Saturday will be a blur of last minute gift-getting. Excited? No. Scared? A tad.

So far I have received one potential CD cover for "Backlash" &, by crikey, it's very good. I hope you haven't all forgotten about that. I shall naturally be reminding you at regular intervals.
Whilst on about my new album, I find myself writing more songs than is good for me. Though I'm very taken with my latest effort. It's only partially written at this point but it contains one of my best lines ever. Of course you'll have to wait for it.

Now then, I have every intention of hosting the annual Flashy awards later in the week. And I'd like suggestions &/or ideas for how I can spice up this years ceremony. Last year I had that little kitten Charby co-hosting with me plus a red carpet for all the guests to show off their finery. Should I have a co-host this year? If so, who?
Also I would very much welcome any ideas you may have for a new award or two. Go on you know you want to.
I am having an extreme amount of trouble deciding on the winner of one particular award. It's even worse than last year's Hard-fi or Maximo Park conundrum. So I ask you, oh dear reader type person, is it acceptable to have joint winners in one of the most prestigious catogories?
Well, is it?

So I saw "Casino Royale" during the week. I thought it was very, very good. I also thought that Daniel Craig was an excellent Bond. I believe ST was talking about this the other day but I grew up on Roger Moore & Sean Connery, who I personally thought were ace. Both of 'em. I actually liked George Lazenby too, for what it's worth.
I was a huge Bond fan as a kid. My Dad would always take me to the flicks to see the films & they are very fond memories. In addition to that, the movies were always on the telly back then, before the days of videos & multi-channel TV.
From the age of about 16 onwards I pretty much gave up on 007. I have since seen a few of them since "A view to a kill" (surely the best Bond theme, no?) but I never thought much of either Timothy Dalton or Pierce Brosnan. Daniel Craig, however, struck me as a very believable James Bond. So praise to him.
I watched the film at home on a copied DVD. I really don't like to do that, the quality is usually pretty shitty & I've found it really has hampered my enjoyment of several films in the past. Needs must though & the net result is that I got to see the film I really wanted to see.
I humbly apologise to the film industry in general & I promise not to do it again (unless I have to).

Is it wrong of me to want to have some sort of ruck one evening just so I can title a post with "Last night I had a little altercation..."?

Can anybody possibly offer an explanation as to how Samuel L Jackson has just been touching my ear while I was in the bath?

FunnyDance has been in town for a few days. He's hung out here at Flash Towers for three evening's this last week, which has been quite smashing.

Anyway, I really haven't got much of note to say today but I wanted to show my face.
So let's have your thoughts on the Flashys.
What you waiting, what you waiting, what you waiting, what you waiting, what you waiting foooooo-ooor?