Friends, Romans, zombies?

Well it's been an interesting day. We had to do a lot of running back and forth between shps this morning because as the fairs still in town the whole of Loughborough city centre is for all intents and purposes closed off to traffic meaning that we couldn't get to our usual supermarket which in turn meant we had to try some other shops which we could get to. However as none of these shops stocked everything we usually get from our usal supermarket we had to go to a couple of diferent ones to get everything.

Still despite all of the extra running around I was able to get everything I wanted to done plus I was able to get a couple of books on the Romans from the bookstore. Being involved in this project I'm doing for work means that my historical interest in the Romans has been revived.

I was also pleased to see that one of my favourite sci fi books " World War Z" is to be turned into a film. It's a great book and it's written in the style of a historical account via different eye witnesses of the events of World War Z or 'The zombie War'. It's a fascinating story particurly with the technological extremes of the International Space Station become the man orbital reconnaise assest for mankind, armoured divers fighting zombies underwater, to the fortfied safe havens which in the UK are built around medieval castles whose musems have to be looted for swords and claymores for use by the defenders when their ammo runs out!

I'm also starting to feel a little more hopeful about the new star trek film as I've read the reports of the first footage to be shown from the film. Yes the film might be well be changing away from the official and much loved cannon but it's apparently still recognisably star trek. From the look of the ships to the warp Drive, to who's likely to die in course of an away Gee will it be kirk, Sulu or Engineseer Olsen who we've never met before and is wearing a red shirt ?:-)

Anyway, I'm off to do some reading.

Later folks!