They Say An Apple A Day -

 - Keeps The Doctor Away
Your humble scribe is unsure how accurate this is, since Doctor Vance informed me when last we spoke that we're now up to 10-Per-Day in terms of how much fruit and veg is required.  I don't suppose you can get away with 10 grapes, can you?  That would be quite handy.  As for that sole apple - one could always bounce it off your sawbone's head as he came up the garden path to your front door; which might be one reasons doctors are reluctant to make house calls.  It could be worse, imagine if that aphorism centered around coconuts or watermelons.

Mind you, i wouldn't try it with this chap

     I did get a box of strawberries yesterday, so along with My Daily Apple that makes 2 of this Wretched Required 10.  
     Also, I got an appreciative comment on Facebook from Carol, which has nothing to do with fruit or vegetables, although here on the blog nothing has to logically follow on from anything else.  She liked my comparison of Bluu, it's lighting and it's sound system to a pair of pachyderms getting it on in a cave; thank you, Carol.  When my starship invasion fleet gets here that will earn you a Get Out Of Organ Bank card.
     Now, let the motley commence!

More Of The Flop House
Just to let you know that no cheques or BACS payments have been made into my bank account, so this promotion is entirely impartial and unbiased.
    In fact this is nothing to do with the Facebook group, rather about that long list of favourite music tracks they posted.  I didn't like GZA - rap music not my thing at all - but A Giant Dog are proving to be quite melodic in a thrashy way ("Sleep When Dead" as I couldn't find "Pile").
     Sticking with the animal theme, we at BOOJUM! are now about to try out Tame Impala, who seem to be a perky electropop entity.

An impala.  Which may also be tame.

In A Similar Vein
As ever, it is dangerous to pick up a copy of Empire whilst thinking along the lines of "Oh I'll just take a quick peek", because that inevitably means you only look up and realise all the other members of Outpost 31 have been - no, sorry, that's "The Thing", isn't it? - you realise that 45 minutes have gone by.

Dangerous to your timeflow

     Well, Conrad has been conducting a little research, by checking out the "Current DVD Releases" page and, as with The Flop House, making notes of what looks interesting.  It's a rather long list with over 20 titles.  Some of these have proven to be a lot less interesting upon closer examination.  "Starfish" is nothing about marine biology, nor nuclear explosions in low Earth orbit, instead being some boring guff about relationships going - that's enough, or I'll fall asleep typing.  "It's Only The End Of The World" ought to be prosecuted for trying to sound entertaining, when it's some dreary po-faced worthy M83 film about a pianist having problems with his sight.
     "Lavalantula" does sound interesting though - I bet it's an Asylum release and the title tells you all you need to know - there's a volcanic explosion which releases gigantic prehistoric spiders ...

A  little hazy on vulcanology, one feels.  "Lava bites"?

Kong And Bikinis
I don't know what your dirty minds might conjure up with a title like that, so I will merely caution you that this is BOOJUM! and we are never less than SFW*.  I speak of Bikini Atoll, not ladies in swimwear, and I am inspired by a line in that current cinematic release "Kong Skull Island", spoken by the never-less-than-excellent John Goodman.  He mentions that 'Castle Bravo' was not merely a nuclear test, it was an attempt to destroy Something.

John getting some stick

     Now, you would have to be both an historian and an anorak about nuclear tests for this to make sense, so luckily you have Conrad to hand to explain.
     Castle Bravo was the rather-too-successful detonation of a thermonuclear weapon, ironically dubbed "SHRIMP", because it went off with a bang 3 times what was expected - 15 megatons, instead of merely 5.


     There had been an island where the Castle Bravo shot occurred, the above picture shows the after. Only we can prevent islands, you might say.
     Apparently, in the 2014 "Godzilla" they sketch this information in as an attempt to destroy the big guy.  An unsuccessful attempt.  Given that the fireball from this baby was over 4 miles across and left a crater over a mile across, I reckon you humans ought to be bowing down to your Godzilla overlord right now.



*  Starfish Film Warning?