What people expect is a constantly changing thing. And as I discussed before Christmas, giving things away for free really changes that dynamic. This morning I saw an example of this economic theory in action at the train station. A man was shouting at one of the railways employees. What he was complaining about was [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Changing Expectations
Posted in Thoughts on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hotter than the sun
Posted in Articles on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Around our house “don’t touch that, it’s hotter than the sun” is something we hear a lot. Other than this sounding to men like me as though it’s an open invitation to touch whatever it is just so that we can know for ourselves – it also happens to be true. No it is, really. [...]
Preparation – Part 4
Posted in Fiction, Long, Preparation on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[This is the final part of Preparation a 4 part story. You may want to read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 before you continue.] As the taxi pulled away from the bistro I thought about how I sometimes can really surprise myself. I used to think about how I was too eager to [...]
Heath Ledger
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What a talent What a loss
Preparation – Part 3
Posted in Fiction, Long, Preparation on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[This is part 3 of Preparation a 4 part story. You may want to read Part 1 and Part 2 before you continue.] The question, “how many women?” I’d asked was hanging over the proceedings like a bad stink. Brian had frozen, he’d been freed for a second into saying something that he clearly truly [...]
For the wrong reasons
Posted in Articles on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been engaged for some three years. And every so often Katherine and I talk about getting married. There are a number of reasons for getting married, but one thing occurred to me the other day – and I realised after I thought of it that it was perhaps the most stupid reason for getting [...]
Pirates of the Caribbean
Posted in Articles, Film on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I started watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3 the other day and had to stop because I didn’t have a clue what was going on. I realised that I couldn’t really remember various vital points in the series. So I’ve watched part 1 again and it was really entertaining. My question, which I will evaluate [...]
The author Alex Andronov
Posted in Articles on January 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Something very exciting happened by accident the other day. I wrote a comment on a post on the very interesting film blog “SHADDOWPLAY” and David Cairns, who writes the blog, decided to follow up on the post and in doing so he referred to me as “author Alex Andronov“. Apart from the nice alliteration, I [...]
The Book With the Missing First Page is on Amazon
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My book is now available to buy on Amazon, and here is video of me begging you to buy it. Buy it on Amazon:Amazon.co.ukAmazon.com
Preparation – Part 2
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[This is part 2 of Preparation a 4 part story. You may want to read Part 1 before you continue.] I pull into the last car parking space and turn the engine off. The radio stops talking at me and suddenly everything is peaceful. Or at least everything outside my head. I try to collect [...]
