My father wanted me to be an arson baby. My mother wanted me to be a hammond organist. I wanted to be a showjumper.
Well, who am I? Master of the monosyllabic boredom.
Up and Down, Thanks
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Before Rog says anything, today's title does not refer back to last Friday's
post.
I had intended to write a post letting you know how much better I feel n...
The Weekly Links Post: No. 3
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Now that I'm once again neither elsewhere nor internetless, it's high time
the Weekly Links Post returned. So, without further ado: an entirely
subjective ...
Neuletapaaminen Siilinjärvellä
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Ensi lauantaina, 20.3.2010 klo 11 alkaen, neuletapaaminen Siilinjärvellä.
Ensin pyörähdetään paikallisessa lankakaupassa (Alexis) ja sen jälkeen
kupposella...
159. haaste
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Viikon haaste on tällä kertaa asetelma.
Ja kyllä, tarkkasilmät, haastesana on itse asiassa ollut meillä täällä
ennenkin.
Tällä viikolla vaikeutamme kuit...
Just when things were getting interesting...
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We're going abroad for a couple of weeks.
Abroad? Well, the UK, which is abroad for us.
As the family have chosen to live at the UK's extremities (for th...
The Old Shoulder
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My left shoulder has been hurting recently. I can't remember injuring it,
and it doesn't hurt a lot, but for several months it hasn't shown any sign
of get...
High Expectations
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Wandsworth Bridge area, London
The above image was my first installation of the year, back in January. It
is available in a few formats at Andipa Gallery, ...
Nothing to see here
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*NOTHING TO SEE HERE*
A blind man put out a man's eyes.
“He was looking at me funny,” he told the police.
POLICEMAN: But you're blind?
BLIND MAN: That's ...
An unexpected and potentially confusing question
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Once we’re settled in our rented wooden house I sit up on the windowsill and
call the pizza place down the road. It’s snowing outside, and dark, although
i...
Queer beer
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A friend rang and suggested a surreptitious and spontaneous late queer beer.
The Russian was already in bed and it felt spectacularly naughty to dress
for ...
Tagged
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I’ve been tagged by GSE over at Really Quite Useful. I have to say which
character from a book I resemble most closely. I’ve given this some thought
and d...
Garnier's Law of Mascara Names
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You may be familiar with Moore's Law, which dictates that the computing
power of a single silicon chip doubles roughly every two years, as the
transistors ...
The Cabinet Maker's Granddaughter
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So what would you like to do? she says patiently.
I'd like to listen to the radio and make things out of wood all day. That's
what I want to do. And not ha...
THURSDAY 9TH JULY - KNEEHIGH
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Last Thursday evening P and I went to see Kneehigh Theatre's production of
*BRIEF ENCOUNTER. *
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*Cameras were not allowed in the auditorium so the best ...
Veni, Vidi, Circunambulati
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It has been a strange tour of service, these past three years, showing the
ghosts of the Camel and Pilot around the world for which they fought and
died. O...
Review: ‘Rocknrolla’
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‘Gloriously ostentatious’ (Total Film) **** ‘A sparkling return to form’
(Heat) **** ‘Arse juice’ (The Done Thing) That said, it’s a bit rich of
Peter Brad...
Questions, Questions.
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Now I’m no oil-painting, but. Should the woman with only one tooth, one
brown and decaying single tooth in her entire head, really be allowed to
serve cust...
Superlon Advent Calendar 2007 - Day 24
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Stejar Strahl and Twilight Turtle came back to the Palace of the Frozen
Tears. They hadn't found any treasures; not one shiny packet of happiness,
not eve...