Furniture hunting

Today we were hunting for furniture. We started with a wholesome breakfast in a furniture store in Bochum, checked their lousy collection and continued to Ikea in Dortmund. After spending several hours there we had bought about 28 metres of shelf space for books and two desks for the office. Virpi couldn't resist the call of many small items in the downstairs department and now I'm wondering how many rooms in this apartment really need a waste basket...

We were cheated a bit before Christmas. The only cinema here that plays original films announced that they will have King Kong as original version for several weeks. That was the reason we didn't go and see the new film in Finland. And now we find out that the King Kong they are playing is the 1930s version! What a crock!

Instead, we stayed at home and watched "Saw" on DVD. It's not quite Se7en but it's not bad, either. Recommended.

These days, I'm listening more and more to the new blues of Chris Rea. He's composed over 130 new songs in about 18 months, all blues but in different styles of blues. It's like a whole alternate career for him. 11 CDs and a DVD inside a coffee table book illustrated with his own guitar paintings. "Blue Guitars" it's called.