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Dr Faustus I Presume?

I was at dinner Sunday last with ‘Her Indoors’ and her clan, a nice informal do with lots of vino in a fine Italian restaurant. During the meal I got a text offering me some Bob Dylan tickets, now I can dig Bob but not really enough to shell out 60 bucks to go and [...]

He Did It His Way

I wrote a draft post yesterday about people coming in and out of your life, I got halfway through and then lost my train of thought so I shelved it, but last night even my dreams wouldn’t let me away with that, there I was right back in Amsterdam with a gentleman that sat in [...]

The Complete Lack Of Evidence Is The Surest Sign That The Conspiracy Is Working

Ladies and gentlemen, As it is a Friday, and as you may or may not know, I do like to stretch myself a little on this most wondrous of weekdays. I have to tell you all a story, a story that may shock, may bring tears, perhaps joy, but definitely wonder. It is the story [...]

Johnny, We’re Sorry, Won’t You Come On Home. We Worry.

Pint of Guinness please.
“Nothing like a pint and the paper. I’ll do the crossword after I read some of these headlines”
4.70 please.
“These robbing bastards. I should hurl this pint in his face and leap the divide that separates us and make a point with violence alone. He would suffer. But then I would end [...]

Fun With Dick & Jane

My neighbours are pleasant people. But extraordinary conversationalists they are not. Actually I only have one set of fully property occupying neighbours. The right side houses ‘The Traveller’ whom I have previously met but spends only 2 days a year in his abode. The left side is home to Dick and Jane.
Dick, a small balding [...]

The Dulcet Tones Of His Own Trumpet

I have the pleasure of going to college two nights a week. This is a choice, A betterment of myself, a striving for my dream job. (An abatoir worker in case your wondering). I go to college after a full day’s blogging work. It’s tiring yet satisfying. Rewarding and draining and the same time.
But it [...]