Englishgirl in Indiana

Watch the guardrail!
It was a nice car….
No car but there is the Bahraini sun…

Filed under: Formula 1 on February 28th, 2007 | No Comments »

The Honda F1 Racing team, during the unveiling of this year’s new car livery yesterday, announced a new approach to the world of F1 racing. Instead of their RA107 being kitted out with corporate colours and sponsorship logos, the car has simply a giant picture of the earth painted onto it. It’s a move unsurprising […]

Filed under: Formula 1 on February 27th, 2007 | No Comments »

I didn’t watch the Oscars (bathroom tiling and Battlestar Overactica took preference) but have spent a good amount of time trawling the web today looking at the fashions and the highlights and was a bit distressed to see that I missed two of my most favourite comedic actors (Will Ferrell and Jack Black) doing a […]

Filed under: popculture on February 26th, 2007 | No Comments »

From left to right - Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie), Taylor Townsend (Autumn Reeser), Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher), Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson), Seth Cohen (Adam Brody). Front - Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan)

I am utterly bereft - the last ever episode of The OC played last night and now I can no longer spend my Thurday evenings […]

Filed under: popculture on February 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »

Just cannot write fast enough - I totally thought about doing this ages ago, I mean most of Harlequin Presents resides firmly in the F1 ideal anyway - Italian or French, scrummy, fit men; sexy, fast cars; fast living; girls with big boobs; summers doing the circuits; winters in Verbier or on the Riveria - […]

Filed under: writing, Formula 1 on February 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »

I have to post this because it was the funniest thing I’ve read for a very long time - I’ve never heard this expression before but it had me laughing so hard that I was soon choking and spluttering, (not aided by the fact I was trying to eat one of those yummy yogurt pretzels […]

Filed under: englishness on February 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »

The All England Club, sponsors/hosts of one of tennis’ biggests events, Wimbledon, have said that this year men and women will receive equal prize-money; a first in 123 years. Now if only the powers that be in the corporate world would apply the same kind of thought to top female performers in the boardroom, we […]

Filed under: englishness on February 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »

Although I did actually read Blair’s statement to the House of Commons today regarding the withdrawal of British troops in Iraq, I have to confess to being rather out of the loop on British military operations. I therefore was somewhat surprised to read in the Times today that Prince Harry might actually be deployed to […]

Filed under: englishness on February 21st, 2007 | No Comments »

While Pancake Day doesn’t seem half as wild and exciting as its partner Mardi Gras, I still look forward to this day with a surprising amount of pleasure. There’s something about the start of Lent that offers me the same anticipation as the start of the New Year. The opportunity to shed the past and […]

Filed under: indiana, englishness on February 19th, 2007 | No Comments »

Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.

Even better than watching Josh Bernstein explaining the finer points of ancient Greek weaponery and flexing his muscles when showing that with a little coordination shooting an arrow off the back of a moving chariot is really quite simple, is watching 300 Spartans stipped to their […]

Filed under: popculture, literature on February 16th, 2007 | No Comments »

Just in case you’re ever very bored, very rich or very crazy and have a mere 6-8 hours to spare, here’s how to assemble a Formula 1 car…
How to assemble a Formula One car - Part One
How to assemble a Formula One car - Part Two
How to assemble a Formula One car - Part Three
How […]

Filed under: Formula 1 on February 15th, 2007 | No Comments »

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
Snowmen, solar systems and watching Harry Potter…

Trailer from the new Harry Potter film, THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, due out July 13th

Filed under: indiana on February 14th, 2007 | No Comments »

Photos from Jay’s 3rd party have been posted in the Photo Album. It was great fun and as I said to Sophie, possibly made more so by the bottle and a half of champagne I drank pretty much by myself, (insert usual British over-indulgence of alcohol and American sobriety jokes here). Food was good, children […]

Filed under: indiana on February 13th, 2007 | No Comments »

They say such things always come in threes…a couple of weeks ago my Aunt (well, Great-aunt actually) Jeanne passed away. She suffered a massive heart attack and died very suddenly. Aunt Jeanne was a really neat woman. She and Uncle Vic, (who died some years ago) had a fascinating and well-lived life; they were always […]

Filed under: famille et amis on February 8th, 2007 | No Comments »

Firstly, it’s 4 degrees today and I can honestly say I utterly despise this weather. I actually wore my fur coat today because when the weather lady tells me that it’s 4 above but feels like 25 below due to the wind chill I felt totally justified in wearing the skinned carcas of a dead […]

Filed under: indiana on February 5th, 2007 | No Comments »

I’ve been meaning to write about Jay’s new car seat for some time, not only to shamelessly promote the seat itself but also to praise and recommend the company we bought it from. I’d been looking for a new car seat for Jay for some time, his old one is fine as a second car […]

Filed under: famille et amis on February 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »

Do workplaces like the Office really exist? I love Steve Carell but really the show makes me wince. I guess that’s the idea. Pam’s brilliant. So dead-pan. Who’d have thought that Ryan’s dad and Julie Nichols-Cooper would have ended up an item? And for that matter who’d have thought Ryan Atwood and Taylor Townsend would […]

Filed under: popculture on February 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »

I always knew the American government and nutrition scientists had pulled a fast one over everyone and that processed food has a LOT to answer for in the degredation of the nation’s health. And no wonder my health care costs and insurance are so bloody high - hello, ever heard of preventative rather than corrective? […]

Filed under: health on February 1st, 2007 | No Comments »