Tuesday, December 12, 2006

On car parking contemplation

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One of the great unread (though not unbought, paradoxically) books of my formative generation was Robert Pirsig’s ‘Zen and the Art of Motor...
Monday, December 11, 2006

Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs upon the slimy sea

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The shadows grow longer; I feel the need to draw nearer to the crackling fire. I draw my coat about me and slowly sip from my crystal goblet...
Sunday, December 10, 2006

Delayed Days!

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What are the signs of a real capital city? Murder, mayhem, rape, violence on an escalating scale, traffic gridlock, death of the inner city...
Wednesday, December 06, 2006

House of cards

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It is not an easy thing to admit. Some things attack the very basis of your understanding of your character. Some painful instances are just...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Driving with the enemy?

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Everyone has his price. No one is beyond being bought. How much does it take for long held principles to fade away into mere memory? How ...
Monday, December 04, 2006

See what you like!

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And today’s word is: Pareidolia. It is not a word that I have come across before, and the computer’s dictionary does not believe that it exi...
Sunday, December 03, 2006

You must wear yours with a difference!

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As the mad Ophelia wandered embarrassingly around the court at Ellsinore distributing flowers and smut, she accompanied each gift of blooms ...
Saturday, December 02, 2006

Kicking the habit?

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When your library is in storage and your partner has made various threats about the establishment of a new one, your reading needs have to b...
Thursday, November 30, 2006

Presentation is all!

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There are some Scrooge like characters who are getting their sneering into match fitness in preparation for the horrors of the forthcoming ...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

O that this too, too solid flesh and all that

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Empathy. Sometimes there comes a rare moment when suddenly you realise that your experience has put you in touch with the emotional state of...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

How does it work?

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So many pieces of electronic equipment that we humans ostensibly own, in fact own us. They sit there smugly, their little lights gleaming ma...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Presenting present presents!

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Many (and I mean many) years ago I was given a superbly interesting Christmas present by one of my uncles: a tiny radio. It was blue and cou...
Sunday, November 26, 2006

Pirates and provincialism

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What would a Sunday be like if there wasn’t a film to keep us quiet? It was with a childish excitement that I looked forward to ‘Pirates of...
Saturday, November 25, 2006

Cornish Confection

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I am Du Mauriered out. I have just finished reading ‘Jamaica Inn’ and enjoyed it, but not as much as ‘Rebecca’ which was quite different in...
Friday, November 24, 2006

Choices, choices!

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“What this blog lacks, of course, is a strong narrative thrust: the blog’s general title seems to promise much, but Catalonia too often fade...