At the end of the weekend away at Rob’s (Weakened away), Stew was unable to take my brother and I to the station and so Rob stepped into the breach. We packed all of our stuff into the back of Rob’s car, waved goodbye to the house and set off to the local station. Soon [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Have you twigged yet?
Posted in Articles on January 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Spare me a quarter
Posted in Articles, Novel, Writing on January 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It’s January and I am a quarter of the way through the first draft of my new novel. That sounds really a lot better than it should. I conjures up ideas that make it seem like I might be finishing said draft by the end of April. No, it’s taken most of 2008 to get [...]
Weakend away
Posted in Articles, Illustrated on January 25, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I’ve had a few weekends away recently that have caused me to feel more tired by the end of them than the beginning. This trend started back in early December when my brother Pete, my cousin Stewart and I went out to visit another cousin, Rob.* We were off for an exciting adventure in the [...]
After Rothko
Posted in Articles, Illustrated, Rothko on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend Katherine and I went to see the Mark Rothko exhibition at Tate Modern. This is me before Rothko*: This is me after Rothko: *I only look quite so strange because I was trying to stand very still, as one false move would have caused my scarf to fall down, ruining the effect.
How many holes does your shirt have?
Posted in Articles on January 19, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Katherine called out to give me an update on matters of laundry, “you have a hole in your shirt”. “Oh dear, that’s a shame,” I answered, “I’ll have to buy a new one.” This, I knew was the nice safe answer. The answer that would steer me out of danger. It wasn’t the answer I [...]
Winslet’s weepy win
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why wouldn’t Winslet weep when winning? Wouldn’t we weep, when winning when weary? Whatever we want, won? Wonderful. Weak wells wash winkholes.
Three Tic Tacs
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Imagine the situation. A person kindly offers you a tic tac. Normally when this happens you get two tic tacs and then you can chew one on each side of your mouth like a normal person. If they, for some strange reason, offer only one you can generally ask for a second without too much [...]
Finding focus
Posted in Articles on January 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I have been trying to become slightly more organised. I don’t know exactly what I’d like to be slightly more organised than. Perhaps an elephant? Yes, I think in a fight to the bitter foolscap hanging file, I would like to be more organised than an elephant but I’m happy to be pipped to the [...]
Leap second
Posted in Articles on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the end of 2008, a leap second was added to the last minute of the year. This makes sense because if it weren’t added then after a while the sun wouldn’t be at it’s height at noon. And as that’s basically what noon means, it would lead to all kinds of problems. My issue [...]
