The spry, sprightly and slightly caffeine-hyped young woman dragged her husband from his near-death-bed, where he was recovering from a v. serious illness, and threw
Month: July 2009
Backing up
beep beep beep No, not the kind of backing up that one might do in a vehicle of some description. Backing up your data. I
So I am still here
At home. Not ‘still here’ as in the slogan that one of my T-Shirts bears: ‘Not Dead Yet’. Although, coincidentally, I am actually ‘not dead
Grumpy guy goes to bed
I can’t hack it. It’s 21.15 and I’ve got to throw in the towel and rock up them stairs with a mug of tea and
Literary grumpiness
obviously, being unwell doesn’t agree with my sunny disposition; no gerbils were harmed in the writing of this piece When an author, you know, actually
It’s the Emperor’s New Clothes. Again
It is 09.02 Monday and I am at home. I have the day off because of a long-standing hospital appointment; nothing serious, the medical specialists
And the bad girls and boys are back
Email consters are starting to think a little bit. But just a little. Those ‘I need to move £68 squillion through your bank account from
They’re messing with your head
OK, on television a couple of minutes ago was an Advertorial from the company formerly known as Ulay but now bizarrely rebranded as Olay. Almost
And the weekend starts… right here!
So it’s Thursday evening. Soph and I are ankle-deep in sleeping bags, rucksacks, quick-drying towels, cutlery and the usual bits and bobs that accompany a
A question no-one seems to be asking
This may offend someone. Tough. I’ve had a shit day. How is it that Michael Jackson (d’cd), a black man who may have had a
Selfish fucking cunting people
This one reason makes me hate people more than almost any other. I get on the coach, I go to the nearest table and it
How far would you go? [nudge nudge, wink wink]
How far would you go to get home on time? And what’s your worth to the rest of us? This story about a returning-from-holiday aviation
Even more grump going on
I’ve just twittered and feel so unsatisfied by it I feel compelled to ellaborate. The tweet was: “Really really f*ck*ng grumpy. Totally f*ck*ng got the
Another cup of grump, anyone?
Maybe be it’s me. Maybe I’m wrong when I think that we’re becoming a more self-centred, less caring society. I mean, I dislike intolerance as