Be My Valentine
Happy Valentine’s Day to all my lovely readers. May it bring you great joy, or failing that, may you survive it without feeling awful about yourself and the world. You’re great. Don’t worry. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year
Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
Category: not sport
February 12, 2014
Thoughts from your correspondent
The more eagle-eyed of you might have noticed I’ve been enjoying a brief sabbatical from this place. Now, I’m eager to move this post beyond just one of those “I haven’t been posting for a while” posts or one of those “Here’s a bit of a holding message, as I might not be posting a while” posts. There is probably more to it than that. Plus, those posts, certainly when executed by me, aren’t that interesting. The draft post I’ve since scrapped for being boring, self-indulgent and basically pointless is evidence enough of that. This is no guarantee that this post will be any less boring, self-indulgent or pointless. But bear with me. Read the rest of this entry »
January 14, 2014
Observed scene
There are three gentlemen, suited. Read the rest of this entry »
January 8, 2014
Riding the bus through Slade Green at dawn
Over the past few months I’ve been getting up rather early on a Saturday morning and taking the bus to my local supermarket. The bus takes a rather circuitous journey, but as it is door-to-door I don’t mind too much. Said route takes me through Slade Green. Slade Green has a rather shabby reputation. Nobody really aspires to live there. The town’s location, on the edge of the Thames, surrounded my marshland, makes it feel pretty isolated. There is no passing traffic, apart from buses with idiosyncratic routes.
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January 3, 2014
A few notes on last year, this year
This week feels like a limbo week. I’m used to feeling that way in the days between Christmas and New Year, but those feelings have persisted. I’m sure it is just a trick of the calendar. As there have been just two working days between the New Year bank holiday and the weekend it seems like the vast majority of people have stayed off of work. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year 