I have just finished reading Michael Chabon’s ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’. This was a birthday gift from Bronte. I had never read any Chabon, but I was aware of his ‘Wonder Boys’ due to the film version of the book. I have to thank Bronte for introducing me to an excellent author, […]
I returned to my flat to discover the front door ajar. I live alone so this was a real shock. I had a terrible sinking feeling of dismay and trepidation as my sphincter shrank to the size of a pea. I have been burgled before and I can assure you that it is a horrible […]
“She’s lovely Busby. Can you introduce me?”
“No Nelson, she’s taken.”
“Oh, come on. One look at me and she will be mine. Like that actress.”
“She called the police after you followed her home and put your little fireman through her letterbox.”
“Misunderstanding. Just introduce me.”
“She’s the girlfriend of a footballer, Nel, you don’t stand a chance.”
“Who?”
“Teddy Sheringham.”
“Never […]
When will this cold period end? It has gone on for too long now. It feels like winter or summat.
I’m looking forward to balmy sunny days and an end to chapped skin and shivering muscles. I do not have much flesh on me so I become cold rather quickly, and brittle. I have to wear […]
Oh boy, was I delighted that my Easter weekend was sound tracked by a very loud shop alarm. This has now been firing off for a week, during the day, and more importantly, during the night. I am not getting much sleep. I have reached the point where I have difficulty discerning what is real […]
I was rather sad to hear of the passing of author and scientific visionary Arthur C. Clarke. The Somerset born writer, inventor and futurist has passed away, aged ninety, in his Sri Lankan home. He is most famous for the novel ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. I’d say Kubrick’s film of the novel is my favourite […]
WEEEE OOOOOHHH
WEEEE OOOOOHHH
WEEEE OOOOOHHH
That was the sound that dominated my night. Oh yeah. At one a.m., as I was about to put down my novel and have some welcome wonderful sleep, the loud klaxon alarm noise started. It lasted until seven this morning. It was very loud. It was constant. I have had absolutely no […]
Vanny recently had a dream about me. Vanny is brilliant. She is a gregarious woman with a gargantuan laugh. Her chuckle can be heard across the office and she will break into a spirited belly laugh at the slightest humours comment, which always makes me feel like a comedy genius whenever I talk to her.
Like […]
At last, I have shifted my Christmas weight gain. Over a week and a half in late December I ate copious amounts of lovely festive food. I did this at my mother’s and at Chez Napoleon. I managed to gain a stone and felt obese and very disappointed with myself. Small children were laughing and […]
As I was walking to work this morning I witnessed something rather odd at Bank bottleneck. The suited gentleman preceding me in the bustling crowd suddenly jumped in the air for no apparent reason. He looked like he had received a caustic electrical shock. He left the pavement jerking his legs spastically and twisting his […]