Monthly Archives: July 2006

chimps and bananas

I would just like to say here – thanks everyone who wants to rush me to a shrink, but I’m fine. Really. aBSOBLutely fiiiiiine, as you can shooorly smell from my lucid and interesting topic! I don’t wish to talk … Continue reading

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longest comment ever

Nicole. It’s sweet of you to take so much time and trouble over me and this blog. However, I assure you neither it, nor I, is worthy of the attention or speculation. All the things I wrote about back then were by way … Continue reading

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Diarmuid’s socks

I wanted to write something amusing or perhaps profound, having that itch to put some words down somewhere, as I sometimes feel the itch to put down paint or colour. It’s so hot though – even though its become dark … Continue reading

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I draw a hiatus

 hi·a·tus    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (h–ts)n. pl. hi·a·tus·es or hiatus A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break: “We are likely to be disconcerted by… hiatuses of thought” (Edmund Wilson). Linguistics. A slight pause that occurs when two immediately … Continue reading

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The sun

We have a heatwave here this week. Because we aren’t too used to this, schools are closing, people are dropping like flies, and there are reports of people’s brains boiling on the tube. I was coming back from London on … Continue reading

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Of crocs and men

I’m trying to fix my music video workings, which have decided not to play what I want. In the meantime, you get streamed music tv. I deny responsibility for what you get, until I sort out the normal stuff. Sorry … Continue reading

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What?

Say What?     I’m hearing that no one can vote for any of us – the voting closed the day it started. Anyone else finding this? Sheesh. I’m not expecting to win, but it would be nice to have … Continue reading

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We whisper at rabbits

This place I go walking. A tiny, curled part of England, the same as its always been. As the old pictures in the pub show – a time before cars and computers. Little men in suits and hats hold scythes … Continue reading

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He’s not heavy…

Came across this picture in the paper:       and it made me think: Did the mouse know it was a toad, or did he just see it as something that floated, like a leaf or a piece of … Continue reading

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