From the wonderful Chasing Daisy and Birdy… Mysteries in novels and dashing brave heros Studying emperors as crazy as Nero Tacklin’ the tragedist who wrote about kings These are a few of my favourite things Over priced tee shirts and flashy new gadgets British tv shows, especially about magic* Emails and texts and telephone rings [...]
Archive for the ‘Stuff & Nonsense’ Category
I saw this graphic tee on threadless and it kicked off the following email chain**. Flaming Zinc – I must buy this tee when I get paid Younger Brother – That’s a shocking tee! Bears would never do that! Flaming Zinc – So you don’t want one and will I be lynched by a mob [...]
I am feeling a little saner. I’ve made butter cookies, iced them and sprinkled ridiculously expensive red sugar (Dean and Deluca) over them. They look quite festive, which is not surprising since the only cookie cutters I owe are Christmas ones ! I restrained myself to stars this evening. I think a trip to a [...]
My western brain is finding it hard to digest ancient philosophers musings….Anaximander’s apeiron has a touch of the Blackadder about it (the episode involving “finest green”). Okay, not really since apeiron is an abstract concept of “first principle” (think building blocks of life and the universe), and green was alchemy gone wild. But, you know [...]
(and then I really will turn in for the night) When you are away from you regular routine and haunts, you can be forgiven for thinking that everything crashes to a halt the moment you step out. Of course this is nonsense, the world keeps turning and all that greets me is far too much [...]
I don’t know who or what Crazy Frog is (and I don’t care). I thought Franz Ferdinand was a footballer. I got very confused, and slightly concerned, when I found out that Fergie was a member of the Black Eyed Peas. What I do know is it that technically Oedipus didn’t have an Oedipus complex. [...]
My brother is sassing me long distance, here is his latest email: Hi Farty, How’s you back, my was a bit sore after carrying a whole load of bricks, wood, cement… umpaloopa’s … you got yours by opening a window, how big was window? Here is the next bit of film of the Decking and [...]
Dear Mum, I know you are knee dip in decking and breeze blocks, and landscaping your sprawling urban 0.00005 acres. But, when you get a moment could you please pick up these trifles for your off-shored daughter and son-in-law. (And I’ll over look you eating our Easter eggs before they made it to the Post [...]
In about eight weeks, or so, school starts for me. Technically since it is a correspondence course I can kick it off when ever the study materials materialize materialise (no, I just couldn’t do it). I am starting to panic that I will be biting off more than I can chew, and I am trying [...]
After two plus years of diligently growing my hair, I can now report that I am the proud owner of a chic bob. I suffered a momentary Samson like fear that once my locks were lying lifeless on the salon floor I would loose the super powers I had gained over the past few years. [...]
