Is it just my imagination or have advertisers suddenly forgot what they are supposed to be doing, selling the product? Let’s take webuyanycar.com, "where’s Dave?", "oh, he’s selling his car for the third weekend." Well maybe one of you "friends" should tell him that he only needs to be with the car when someone is coming to see it. If this muppet gives up his whole life so that he can stand outside and look at the car he seems to be selling by blu-tacking a “for sale” in the window then he deserves to keep the thing. Maybe he should give in and go indoors where the camera has a nice warm filter on it rather than the cold blue on they used outdoors. We’re not idiots we can see through the smiling faces of every happy camper that sings the annoying theme tune while he grumpily stands outside dressed like an extra from beauty and the geek. Let the singers get a quote for a car from webuyanycar.com and see the smile slide from their faces.

And that ‘s just one of many:

GoCompare - or as it should be known, try TescoCompare, they don’t have shit adverts.

Confused.com - are those employees you are now trying to scare us with, bloody hell.

CarSpotter - "do you know what your cars worth?", "no idea!", rubbish, the guy looks like the slimy sod who not only knows exactly what the cars worth but also what faults to hide when he sells it privately.

National Accident Helpline - "have you been injured at work...", or as it should truthfully say, "are you a clumsy ham fisted oaf? Yes then claim free cash here!".

Halifax - can’t even start on this. If this was a real radio station you would welcome a shotgun. Although I have to admit I do find a couple of the women quite cute.

Glade - why the hell would someone mistake a moulded plastic lump for a stone from abroad when it clearly has a hole to let the air freshener out? Muppets abound, plus do they think that joke is funny.

BT - What happens next? Hmmm, let me think she is lying in bed stroking her stomach, no man around and the kids are watching BT Vision freezing every 10 seconds, while waiting on downloads to finsh because they aren’t on a fibre exchange yet, so they only have 2 meg broadband. This is what forums and chat-rooms were made for, and boy have they been busy. BT may have shot themselves in the foot with this one.

Now there is argument that this is talking about the products, and therefore mission accomplished, but these adverts are playing to the lowest denominator, treat everyone as an idiot. I for one see these adverts and immediately think "won’t be getting that then". There are some cracking adverts though, and when they do hit the spot by god they are effective.

There is a wonderful organisation called Glasgow Freegive Group ( http://www.freegive.co.uk/p/glasgow.htm ). Glasgow freegive group connects people who are giving and getting unwanted items for free in their own towns. It's all about resue and keeping good stuff out of landfills, and at the same time, helping someone in your community by gifting them the items you no longer need. It's completely free to join.

Go to Glasgow Freegive Group Website at http://www.freegive.co.uk/p/glasgow.htm

Freegive group is active in all Scotland towns. Find a group near you at http://www.freegive.co.uk/sco.htm

This is a great ideal! Encouraging people to reuse and recycle things by giving them away and not sending to the garbage bin.

Took the kids to see Toy Story 3 and thought it was fantastic, with plot reminiscences, realisations and all tinged with a little sadness.

Andy is now 17 and ready to head off to college, leaving Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the gang to ponder their uncertain futures, either in the trash or confined together in the attic. When the toys are accidentally donated to the Sunnyside Daycare Centre they are initially overjoyed to once again be played with, but their enthusiasm quickly turns to horror as they discover the true nature of Sunnydale under the rule of the deceptively welcoming Lotso, a bear who smells of strawberry. Now, all the toys must band together in one final, crazy scheme to escape their confines and return home to Andy.

Some of it might be quite upsetting for the youngest audience, I even caught my wife with a tear in her eye.

Great film and nice conclusion to the series.

I must add that the 3D experience is the future and once the technnical minds come up with a way of getting rid of the 3D glasses, the tv revolution will be upon us. The wee Night and Day animation at the beginning was eye-opening and fresh. Great stuff from Pixar again.

Just watched that programme Sherlock and loved it. Which is most surprising. Im a fan of Sherlock Holmes stories and although Basil Rathbone was fantastic, he didnt have that nasty streak that is there in the stories. Its never blatant but the madness and calculated recklessness are there and this aspect was very well portrayed in Sherlock tonight. Granted, Watson is, thus far, poorly portarayed, but Sherlock is spot on.

The game is afoot....

So the Labour supporting press are already complaining in print about the emergency budget delivered by George Osborne. Isnt that just typical of them.

These papers, The Daily Record for one, supported all the labour expenditure, railed against the evil banks who ruined the economy, but fail to complain about Gordon Brown selling all our gold at about £400 an ounce when now we could get £1200 an ounce for it. No thats fine Gordon. Oh, keeping the poor in benefits to the expense of the hardworking people of this country... Well done Gordon they said, looking after the less fortunate is a well placed notion.

And today, the Labour press in Glasgow (the Daily Record) is red in the face about this Tory budget.

VAT rises will hit the poor hardest they say.. How? VAT on food is nowt and VAT on home fuel is 5%. No its the big ticket items they mean, liek plasma TV etc. Well I for one dont think someone on benefits and calling themselves 'poor' should be buying these big ticket items anyway. Whats wrong with a used TV from the snips for £50, pay no VAT and use the money to feed yourself or pay for stamps for sending out your CV. Its all red rhetoric and scare-mogering to the great unwashed/un-educated benefit scroungers.

Why shouldnt the poor pay more, when these very people expect me to pay for their lounging around and then expect a free ride when things get bad and look for me to pay more. Get a grip on reality. Its time you did something and benefit reductions is the way to go. Read that housing benefit will be capped at £400 per week.. £400 per week??? Who the hell on benefit needs 400 quid a week housing benefit. My parents and Grandparents lived cramped in a wee tenement flat with a big family during hardtimes when the poor really were POOR. I would vote for a 200 quid cap and if thats not enough, too bad. Move, otherwise get off the benefits merry go round and pay your own way for once in your sorry existence.

Making it hard for the benefit spongers should be a priority. Thats what being poor means...Hardship and struggle, not 20 Malboro, Colombo on the 52" plasma of an afternoon and alcohol of an evening.

Thanks goodness I didnt sell my second home as the CGT isnt as bad as feared and I will just get more tennants for the flat.

CCA is continuing its quest to make Glasgow the best UK city for independent cinema. This month we are showing classic British films Distant Voices, Still Lives and Winstanely as well as a powerful offering from artist Deimantas Narkevičius, The Dud Effect.

We are celebrating the success of our film programme by offering a special deal on film tickets, details of which can be found by visiting our website http://cca-glasgow.com/, dropping into our beautiful building on Sauchiehall Street, or giving us a ring on 0141 352 4900.

We would love to see you all there!!

Did anyone watch The Scheme on BBC last night ? Car crash tv which was compulsive viewing. I knew things were bad in schemes like Onthank in Kilmarnock, but I didnt think it was as bad as that.These people have no idea or care what they do, how it affects their children and others and they seem to think their life is cool. Their lack of respect for themselves and others is shocking and all they care about is themselves.

One family, with a large breed trying to keep their daughter away from drugs, whilst the Mother shares a joint in the living room with her tearaway son. The other son who gets jailed for racism but the mother in her wisdom thinks he is a good boy. Christ, he has only be in court 7 times!!The Father crying cos he thinks its his fault. He may think he is trying to do his best, but it is your bloody fault.

The woman who takes in troubled kids, and uses unbelievable language in front of young children. Fuck and the cunt used in front of young children without thought for what this is doing to them.. Lying to the Police about the ned who was involved in a ram raid and then expecting the Police to assist when her car gets wrecked??? The mentality of these people is astonishing. Lying in bed all day, the young girl who doesnt get to school on time.. The other one who is pregnant and smokes whithout any care for her unborn child. Shocking.

Marvin the gaunt junkie who has a £700 tv and PlayStation, an 18 year old girlfriend who smokes constantly whilst pregnant. He knees her in the stomach, but as she said, he didnt mean it, and the Police dont know about the headbutt.

One thing of note. All the scum on view have flat screen tvs, Sky tv, constant availability of drink, drugs and cigarettes, new cars, football shirts, dance costumes that cost £350 a time... How they get this is beyond me. I work all week and cant afford a new car and a flat screen tv. Its my bloody tax money that is keeping the dregs like this lying about in their beds all day at their leisure and at my expense. Why should they bother trying to get out of that situation?? I would cut all their benefits. they dont give a shit. Wy the hell should I?

They dont seem to realise that they are scum. They dont realise how they are behaving is unacceptable to the people of Scotland, though I bet there a large number of people/families like that in schemes all over the country. The Scheme could be anywhere. Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Aberdeen, Inverness..

When will something be done about these people? What can be done? They clear the Schemes but they move the scum from one place to a better area and they do the same thing there. Affecting more and more good people. The good people of this country need to fight back and get rid of the scurge on the rest of us. I go back to the point that their benefits are keeping them in this situation. They dont need to get out of bed, behave themselves, bring their kids up properly, have respect for the law or the Police, repect for their elders/parents, parents (if you can call them that) with no idea how to bring up kids. I feel sorry for the babies in the Scheme. They have no chance. Shame on you all. And its the good people of this country who will bear the brunt of the breed of the scum..

Scum like that should be sterilised. A mass sterilisation of people like that is needed and a cleansing of the streets. A crystal night of the neds. I was listening to Radio Scotland looking for ideas for a mascot for the Glasgow Commonwealth games in 2015 and they were laughing at the ned/tracksuited ideas that came in. Thats not funny, its the truth of where our country is going.

The solution??? The Final Solution....

The Scheme? Change it to The Scum..... kill them all. It would be mercy.

Watched Harry Brown with Michael Caine last night and I thought it was a very good film with more fantastic acting from Mr Caine, as was to be expected. The film was extremely brutal in places and some of the scum crawling around the ghetto that was the council estate that the action took place in, be it Manchester, London, Birmingham, Glasgow or Edinburgh, were horiffic. They guy who Harry went to buy the gun from with the horribly cut up body and emaciated face was especially sickening and the things that guy got up to were frightening. Noel, the young gang leader was a yob of insane disregard for human dignity, life, respect etc. All the norms seemed to be missing and the attitude of his mother was a pointer to those of today who bleat about the scum they have dragged up, without knowing what they actually get up to in the underpass of an evening. Any parent who lets their children use profanity in the home and against the police must be considered as not doong their best for their child. Thats not a home, thats a farm.

And the scum that the police have to deal with on a daily basis makes me thankful that we have a force and that they need help from other authorities if this move toward a menace that will become unstoppable at some point is to be halted. Who would be the lawyer who has to defend shit like that ? We, as a society pander too much to those who move themselves outside of the society, and so i think we should just help them out of society and create some offshore haven for them to tear each other to pieces in, parents, uncles and all. To hell with them, cos if we dont do something, then we will be going to hell with them as a silent and suffering majority.

It really made me consider the underbelly that seems to see violence against innocent persons as entertainment (as Harry said). These people exist in very large numbers and those that are hidden must number a lot more. I dont know what has happened to this country, but these people are here and we/the authorities dont seem to be able to do anything about it. There is a dangerous lack of respect in some people and it was highlighted in the film when the barman, Uncle Sid, calmly and brutally murdered the police officer and then almost without regard for what he was asking, saying to Noel to kill the female detective, whilst he stood and watched. Horrendous.

And Scotland is still considering whether to automatically jail knife-carriers ? Unbelievable. Gun and knife criminals should be made to pay more with their 'human' rights more than the thief. I wouldnt give them paper to wipe their ass, never mind a playstation and a daily walk.  Rot.

I wonder if a Harry Brown is waiting in the wings...... Lets hope so

If you are a film fan then CCA's packed film programme is bound to have something for you...

CCA is introducing three diverse new film strands for April 2010 to March 2011, including Distant Voices, Beta Movement and Reflections on Black. Screening Scottish classics such as Whiskey Galore! and enchanting artist films like Aurélien Froment’s Théâtre de Poche (Pocket Theatre), the CCA film programme presents a varied and exciting selection of films rarely screened in Scotland.

Highlights coming up include Yvonne Rainer's 'Privilege' on the 29th of April.

Tickets are only £3, or £2 concession, and if you come along to three screenings, you get your fourth ticket free!

See our website www.cca-glasgow.com, contact our box office on 0141 352 4900 or pop into CCA on Sauchiehall Street to find out more...

Sat and watched Paranormal Activity the other night. IM still undecided as to whether it was a good film or not as the night scenes were extremely creepy, the daytime scenes were rather dull and although trying to build character in Katie and Micah was warranted, but reall failed in execution. This was more than made up for by the brooding terror that lurkes in the doorway, blew the covers and then dragged Katie from the bed in the scariest part of the movie. Good ending and ideas with the camera timer. So 7/10 for me. Worth seeing.