Train in Vain On 27th December 2005 I had my youth forcibly taken from me. Those care free days were gone, never to return. Innocence washed up on the storm tossed shores of experience; I was going to have to learn how to live in this brave new world that appeared before me on that cold winter morning. For on 27th December 2005 I turned 26 and had to hand in my Young Person’s Railcard like a New York cop in a film handing in his badge and gun following some relatively minor transgression compared to 23 Nov
On 27th December 2005 I had my youth forcibly taken from me. Those care free days were gone, never to return. Innocence washed up on the storm tossed shores of experience; I was going to have to learn how to live in this brave new world that appeared before me on that cold winter morning. For on 27th December 2005 I turned 26 and had to hand in my Young Person’s Railcard like a New York cop in a film handing in his badge and gun following some relatively minor transgression compared to
I Think There's Something In The Garden You know the scenario. You’re awoken in the middle of the night by a sudden noise from downstairs. Was it in the house? Or was it the garden? Your primal instincts put your hormones into overdrive and you get out of bed to investigate. Armed with nothing more than a hardback edition of the complete works of George Orwell you traverse the landing, calculating whether to put some clothes on. “Can I fight naked? I’ve not tried. Will my nakedness give me the element of surprise: a vital edge 06 Jun
You know the scenario. You’re awoken in the middle of the night by a sudden noise from downstairs. Was it in the house? Or was it the garden? Your primal instincts put your hormones into overdrive and you get out of bed to investigate. Armed with nothing more than a hardback edition of the complete works of George Orwell you traverse the landing, calculating whether to put some clothes on. “Can I fight naked? I’ve not tried. Will my nakedness give me the element of surprise: a vital edge
Manchester On the morning of 23rd May 2017 I woke up early, (as is my wont now I am getting older) and went downstairs. It was a beautiful morning. I had gone to bed the night before with the salutary slap on the back of a good weather forecast and as the sun streamed through my living room window I felt good about life. A sunny day invokes in me a kind of manic optimism that anything is possible. I checked my emails and then did 10 minutes of yoga (again a result of the aging process, exercise every 26 May
On the morning of 23rd May 2017 I woke up early, (as is my wont now I am getting older) and went downstairs. It was a beautiful morning. I had gone to bed the night before with the salutary slap on the back of a good weather forecast and as the sun streamed through my living room window I felt good about life. A sunny day invokes in me a kind of manic optimism that anything is possible. I checked my emails and then did 10 minutes of yoga (again a result of the aging process, exercise every
See You Next Tuesday Cunt: such a wonderful word. Look at it - four letters long and mighty. To me it is an angular word, if words can be angular, and full of earthy Germanic inflection. It has a power that very few words command with its ability to shock, disgust, offend and amuse. Consequently it is the exact right word for certain situations. There is no substitute for it. That is why we need to reclaim the word and put it to proper use. Lots of people do not like to hear the word. It is vulgar and 30 Mar
Cunt: such a wonderful word. Look at it - four letters long and mighty. To me it is an angular word, if words can be angular, and full of earthy Germanic inflection. It has a power that very few words command with its ability to shock, disgust, offend and amuse. Consequently it is the exact right word for certain situations. There is no substitute for it. That is why we need to reclaim the word and put it to proper use. Lots of people do not like to hear the word. It is vulgar and
