Yes, it’s another post celebrating the absence of death of the blog. A near thing, perhaps, as my laptop was utterly out of charge and it by chance that I thought to give it a little juice overnight. So here I am, on the train, coffee beside me, typing on its clicky keyboard…
Yes, I do have gladiators. I did, at any rate, but now they’ve probably dispersed into ones and zeros. This was all some time between 2001 and 2005, but part of a larger theme. Back to the beginning. Every day, for a period, I had an email arrive with the subject “Your gladiators are waiting…
Hayfever. Thankfully I never suffered from hayfever as a young’un, but as old age creeps up on me I’ve noticed the introduction of a few of the symptoms. Hits me in London, as I enter Bloomsbury where the plane trees abound. Anyway, this is mild, really really mild. Itchy eyes, tickly throat, stingy nose. I’ve…
A current piece of news is of the convictions of a couple of people responsible (through gross negligence) of the death of a seven year old girl. I can hardly imagine the sheer hell of watching my daughter being swept away to her death before me, as happened in this case. A similar thing happened…
Well, the week’s hardly beginning really. It’s Wednesday, but it’s the first day I’ve used my laptop. Monday was a bank holiday, and yesterday I took a day off. During which I helped Elena clean an office for eight or so hours. So here I am, on the train, typing. I’ve posted an earlier prepared…
It’s not just sniffing that gets to me, it’s pretty well any human-generated noise that annoys. Headphones, talking, any electronic device (although possibly not keyboards, which is handy as mine’s not exactly silent – hmm… double standards?) Eating. Heaven help us, eating. Not only am I driven incandescent by people eating with their mouths open,…
Voting frequently feels futile, particularly in a very safe area for the Wrong Party. Why vote if you cannot effect change, if your single slip of paper will make no difference? There was a local election yesterday, and my area’s strongly Conservative. The LibDems had had a decent vote in the past, and in the…
That sunset picture I posted a couple of days ago. What of it? This is about me trying to find a creative outlet, I think, an activity that I can enjoy where I can express myself. Ideally one that involves little skill or effort, and even more ideally, one that might make some money. I…
Thank you to Mr Hollins. I’m afraid you’re not with us any more, but you gave me a Sunday morning gardening job when I was at 6th form. It was well paid, enjoyable, and I learned a lot. I still enjoy gardening, and I reckon this is down to you. Thank you, I only wish…
Taken on the way to Pilgrim practice last week.