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Something unusual happened to me the other evening, something I’m still digesting, I was complemented.
By pretty ladies.
Who meant it.
I’m still smiling

As our nation rumbles ever onward into a sort of Orwellian milieu of CCTV, knee-jerk legislation and mindless, dribbling enforcement officers, I find myself thinking how sad it is to be living in the declining years of a once great nation. I doubt many people give it much thought, ensconced as they are in ‘reality [...]

Today started well, it was perhaps therefore inevitable that something should happen to ruin the mood; it is the way of things after all.
Usually my ride into work is a purely functional exercise, pedal, pedal, pedal, work. Bleh. But this morning was different, the sun was up, the wind was cool and clouds made interesting [...]

I live my life by elaborate terms – another conceit I suppose – and find enjoyment in having nemeses and being confounded. I saunter rather than walk and I ponder rather than think because, frankly, there’s more to life that way. Indeed, it’s hard to find yourself embroiled in a battle with The Dark Gods [...]

Everybody cries; sometimes.
Well that’s bollocks R.E.M, because I hurt constantly. Both of my ankles are currently a bit dodgy having been either twisted or sprained, I’ve torn a muscle in my thigh, bruised a knee and, worst of all, Duncan has rationed the number of biscuits I’m allowed to eat a day. So what, [...]

A lot of people let their imagination die as they grow older; they stifle it with reason and experience until there’s nothing left inside but the dim memories of youth and quiet echoes of the fantastic. I imagine I’m no different really, but I like to think that my imagination has held up well, that [...]

I watch television; I read books, magazines and newspapers, I listen to music and I roam the web. However, I’ve no idea who “The Apprentice” is, what HEAT is for, what the WAGs are or who is currently number one in the charts. It’s not down to elitism; it’s just the case that popular culture [...]