I'm just this guy... y'know? :)
This morning on the way to drop the kids at school Elgar’s Enigma Variations came on, specifically the ‘variation’ played on the radio was ‘Nimrod’ . The conductor this time was Colin Davies and a commendable job was done by all concerned. What struck me though was that part of the way through I realised … More Variations on Enigma.
On the basis of a ‘leaked’ report in Indonesia it looks more and more certain that the death sentences imposed on some of the ‘Bali Nine’ drug smugglers, *will* be carried out. The report indicates that most of the legal arguments put forward in an effort to have the sentences of heroin couriers Matthew Norman, … More Bali Nine – deaths getting closer.
It’s nearly time to start back out in the garden. We did *some* work there this weekend… planting the new climbing rose bush for starters… mowing laws, watering pots and surveying the damage caused by the severe frosts we’ve been having. Place does look a little bare and in need of some TLC but we’ve … More Gardening time cometh
Stephen King has written a review of the JKR Harry Potter phenomenon which I found quite interesting. You can read it here. Not going to pass on details, but he seems quite pleased with the books and the way they were written… can’t argue with that can you? 🙂 By the way, on the same … More Stephen King reviews Harry Potter
Writing this to the wife… 24 years she’s had to put up with me. Brave lady! Currently she’s hacking away at a Harry Potter game while I’m trying to get her motivated to go buy me some flowers!! Tradition here is that *she* buys *me* flowers on the anniversary. This year I figured we’d buy … More Happy Anniversary!
No not cold *and* broke… just that I finally got the full effect of the cold with the sniffles and the headache and the shivers mmm…hoy…clavin!! Which might account for why I was so miserable yesterday!! I’ll live of course but for a few days I might think I don’t want to. Luckily of course, … More Cold broke
I’m a bit concerned lately. I think I’ve spent a lot of the last 20 years more or less alone and I’m concerned it might finally have got to me. I suppose truth be told it might have got to me a long time ago but I’ve tended to wash over it. Can’t do anything … More Gets lonely sometimes
I think I’ve finally caught something – oh joy. Nose running, yet strangely stuffed up, Throat ticklingwith something you recognise as the beginnings of bronchitis. Headache. Unidentifiable aches and pains in joints and muscles. General feeling of unwellness. Oh yes… it’s there. 😦 In the past this would have meant an immediate retreat to my … More Me cisk.
Luckily for me I *luuurve* broccoli. It might just be my favourite vegetable and now I learn it’s also been looking after me all this time. Researchers (that paradoxically anonymous body of self publicists) have determined that eating broccoli is a sure fire way of resisting the development of prostate cancer. The recommendation is that … More Real men eat broccoli!!
The subject line sounds like the start of a kids essay, but I’m running out of ‘original’ titles. Maybe someone ought to write some ‘Random subject creator’ software? Anyway, what did we do? Nothing much really… just another one of those sit around bored stiff type periods. It all started much as usual. I was … More My weekend.
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