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We went to the movies last night, to see this which I thoroughly enjoyed. The visuals were eye-poppingly beautiful, the choreography of the battle scenes was haunting, and the re-telling of the historical events hilariously inaccurate. Oh, and there was lots of blood. LOTS of it. If you like your violence comic-book gory, this is the movie for you. Jeremy, on the other hand, found it a little tedious. (What! it was fabulous!) I think the high point of his cinematic experience was the trailer for Spiderman 3.

I don't know whether to be happy that lots more people now know about the epic Spartan action, or weep that history has been so badly served. That whirring sound you hear is Herodotus revolving in his grave. At at least 78 rpm.

Beri finished Nursery today (mope) so we celebrated by buying new lunch boxes for everyone. Kit needed one as his finally broke, Beri felt a new school demanded a new lunch box, and Sid - well, need I say more? (Note to self - stop listening to her. Just because it's pink doesn't mean she needs it.)

And I still can't tell you about Orlando, because I haven't got a picture of him! So you'll have to make do with this one for the time being.