Ooooh, things certainly change from one post to the next.

First off, the house building. The guy from ...you know what? I'm not going to say the same of the company. Fuck 'em. The guy from the building company didn't get back to us for nearly a month. Eventually, when he did, he quoted us a price for construction that was 25% more than what we'd talked about. He then said he had no recollection of talking prices with us. Motto: get them to write down prices or it'll end in tears. Beth got to talk to the head honcho and she asked why the price was so steep. Any viable explanation that sounded reasonable would be accepted at this point.

"It just is," said the head honcho from the nameless building company.

Well, stuff them and their chances. We found a building firm that gives quotes, and uses stain-quality wood (not just paint-quality) on their woodwork. This nicer firm was recommended by a work collegue of Beth's... and at a party last weekend it turns out that a friend of ours used to be a roadie for their boss's band, back in the days. We need to set up a meeting with this man.

Beth is still taking the Enbrel, and I'm extremely delighted to say that she is in the 60% group that it works for. She has more movement and less pain.

The films. Hitch-Hiker's Guide was good, but as a purist of the radio show, books and TV show I was a bit miffed that Arthur Dent finds love in this film. With Trillian. He's not meant to find love until the third book. Film. Whatever. And he's meant to have a kid with Trillian but only because... look; it's a long story, you'd just be better off reading the five books that make up the whole general mish-mash of things that constitute the Hitch-Hiker's Guide universe.

And then there's Star Wars.

Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt.

Have you ever seen "The Godfather"...? If you have, you remember the bit where Michael Corleone's in the church and the heads of the other families are getting whacked. Minimal sound effects, maximum music. Remember that scene? There's a scene in Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith that is AS GOOD AS THAT. I won't give away any secrets, but watch out for the "Execute Order 66" part of the film.

I've seen a lot of sci-fi, read a lot of it too. Until this film, my all-time number one science fiction film was Aliens, with the Director's Cut of BladeRunner a close second. This one is now my all time number one sci-fi movie of all time. Kudos to George Lucas, he made himself a masterpiece.

Listen : First Of The Gang To Die - Morrissey ... Duel Of The Fates (TechScapers Remix) - downloaded from the web ... I Am Chewbacca - DVDA. You get the idea.