It is easy to think of villages in rural and semi-rural England as rabidly conservative. So what is the chance of having not one but two transsexuals, both stealth, seeing in the New Year in the sam… more →
Aphra Behn - danger of eclectic shockwrote 12 months ago: It is easy to think of villages in rural and semi-rural England as rabidly conservative. So what i … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “What books have changed how you think about things?” I’ve mentioned already that … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It comes and goes, my grip on this new style of eating. The key for me is consciousness and aiming f … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “What books have changed how you think?” The one who asks me this sort of question aske … more →
wrote 1 year ago: One summer’s evening ten years ago I sat on the sofa while my guts moved nine foot to the left. Thi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: How bad is it to not turn up at a wedding because you can’t find anywhere to park? It’s … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I picked this up from the Singing Librarian, and decided that it was an interesting quiz to do. Cha … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Some time ago there was a fashion, or a flashion perhaps, for flash mobbing. Wikipedia’s curr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Kipling’s rather mannered poem “The Conundrum of the Workshops” asks “it … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I am feeling decidedly shifty about this year’s Junior Doctors’ recruitment. As you all … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve decided that the only way to deal with my Internet addiction is to cut off my supply. I … more →
wrote 2 years ago: While I’m on the subject of the Blak Kitteh (who seems to be around again – I glimpsed h … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I realised the other day that the amount of money I have each month to use as spendies (after the bi … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Alan Bean is a really lovely guy. He’s witty. He’s fun. He’s funny. He’s imp … more →
wrote 2 years ago: For reasons I am too tired and too crotchety to go into, I have to devise an exercise to kick-off a … more →
wrote 2 years ago: One of my favourite websites is hosted here on WordPress. Strange Maps is always a delight and frequ … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been selling some of my books as an Amazon Reseller. I’d list them here and sell th … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Other peoples’ chores are always so much easier than one’s own. My Pa and I always prefe … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The Orkneys have been on my list of places to visit since I first read The Boy with the Bronze Axe a … more →