Advent Calendar 2014: Day Sixteen
Well, at the weekend we finally got the Christmas tree up and decorated. So it is beginning to look a lot more like Christmas in my household. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year
Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
Category: not sport
December 15, 2014
Advent Calendar 2014: Day Fifteen
Funny to think that smoking used to be allowed in pubs. I remember the scaremongering when the ban came in – the predictions that nobody would go out, that every pub would close and the world would fall apart. This, of course, didn’t quite happen. I remember the early days of the ban when we all realised that without the fags pubs are really horrible, smelly places. Now the better pubs aren’t so smelly, and the bad pubs can be sniffed out, quite literally, within moments. Read the rest of this entry »
December 14, 2014
Christmas Jukebox: Underneath The Tree
It seems to be accepted knowledge that nobody releases good Christmas songs these days. While binge-watching Christmas music video programmes I heard this song, from last year, which I think is as good as any popular Christmas song, and thus disproves that particular theory. Or maybe it is the eggnog talking. Although I don’t actually drink eggnog because I think an egg-based liqueur cocktail just isn’t right.
December 14, 2014
Advent Calendar 2014: Day Fourteen
A brief public service announcement. While I’m sure there has already been a degree of festive revelry of late for you all, things will be very much kicking into gear this coming week. Do enjoy yourself, but do take care of yourself, and your belongings. You never can tell where you, or your belongings, might end up if you are not careful.
December 13, 2014
Advent Calendar 2014: Day Thirteen
A day of long walks. Nowhere particularly grand, just some local strolls. It was one of those bitterly cold but brilliantly sunny days that is invigorating and generally raises the spirits. It was later one of those lovely twilights where the light is wistful but not melancholy, a nice calm way to wind down a Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
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