I have added Coldplay: “Lost in Technicolor” to the Bearz Jukebox. 

I got the the new album from Coldplay “Viva La Vida” as soon as it was released.  At first, my reaction was: “Huh! What is it about.  This isn’t as good as their previous albums . . . . “! But I have listened, and listened, and listened some more!  And I now think it is fabulous. 

Even the sequence of song tracks is clever as they meld into a great listening pleasure.

Like all albums I have my favourites, “Viva La Vida” being my first choice but “Life in Technicolor” has grown on me and I love “Lovers in Japan” for it seems to change as it goes along.

All in all I am really pleased with it.  I continue to like Coldplay.

I envy my daughter as she has got tickets for their show!

I have added two Coldplay tracks to the Bearz Jukebox from their new album “Viva La Vida”.

They are (in my opinon!) the best two tracks:

1. Viva La Vida
2. Lost!

Please enjoy!

I have added just one new track:

• Sweet About Me - Gabriella Cilmi

For those who have access to the Bearz Jukebox, please enjoy

I have been a Chelsea Fan since 1972 when a mate took me to see Chelsea at home to Liverpool! 

Win, draw or lose - I stayed faithful and remain faithful to the club.  However, since Jose Mourinho left the club, the first team have seemed to be a side of individual players and no longer a team.  The club management replaced a world class club manager with a ‘manager’ of dubious experience and, whatever the Club Management may espouse through the Official CFC Website, something is dreadfully wrong with Chelsea Football!

Seats are empty, we win by grinding out results but without any flair and, although we are in the European Cup Semi-Finals and stand a chance of winning the Premiership,we have lost out in the other two cups we should have won easily!  How on earth are we leaking goals - something we didn’t do under Mourinho!

I used to hate watching Arsenal under George Graham play against Chelsea - they would come to Stamford Bridge and try to kick us off the park and they were truly boring in that they would score a goal and then shut up shop!  We used to call them boring, boring Arsenal!  Chelsea are becoming “Boring, boring Chelsea”!

To be honest, Mouriho was of the same ilk as George Graham but at least got players with flair playing with flair even if the results were 1 - 0.  I’d like that to become the ‘norm’ for Chelsea as 4 - 4 may be exciting TV but it is tough to swallow drawing with teams like Spurs when we have the players to beat them easy!

There are shouts of Avram Grant not knowing what he is doing.  I am sure he does know exactly what he IS doing . . . . the trouble is that what he is doing is managing a Premiership Team with all the experience of a teaboy and it is a shame he is being allowed to do what he IS doing to my very much loved Chelsea Team!

I am a very unhappy Chelsea Supporter.

I have been playing Guild Wars for the past 11 months and have been so engrossed that my upkeep of the Bearz Cave and the associated Bearz Blog have lapsed.

Guild Wars is an online role playing game that is suitable for people of all ages and, as I have discovered, both genders. It is played globally with players form all of the Continents and most countries of the world.  I am absolutely smitten and have pretty much played the game every day for the last 11 months

Having progressed my characters through to the completion of “Nightfall” and “Eye of the North” (the most recent chapters/editions) I am now progressing my main character through “Guild Wars: Prophecies”.  My main character is a female Necromancer and she is pretty cool!

To socialise and, now that my character has gained enough experience enough to suport other players, I have joined the Sanctity of Necros Guild. If any other Guild Wars player is looking for a friendly, helpful guild open to players of all ages, they are more than welcome to join us.

Sanctity of Necros runs group Treasure Hunts and Alliance Battle weekends and generally helps players through ’sticky’ quests that are not so easily done without some experience and tactical skills. The Guild has this experience and I am glad to have joined it and become part of the group!

There will be more to follow!

I have added the following two tracks to the Bearz Jukebox:

• Gwen Stefani: “Country Girl”
• Regina Spektor: “Fidelity”

If you have access to the Jukebox . . . . please enjoy!