- We needed a little bit of help in our house a few weeks ago. Nothing too heavy, but heavy enough for us to need some urgent advice and someone to talk to to help us solve some issues. Basically, some kind of Relate-style counselling forum. I look through the Relate website and find our nearest counsellor. I phone and it’s an answerphone. No problem, leave a message. No
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There’s been a lot of speculation in the media about my health. I’d just like to take this opportunity to reassure you that rumours of my death are unfounded.
However, I have had a brush with weirdness.
So last Friday I was minding my business and pottering around the internet doing “stuff” as you do, when my vision was suddenly filled with spiralling patterns and zig zags and… >> continued | 3 Comments
From Wikimedia. Mine look nicer than this. And less blurry.
The first time I roasted a chicken, I was mortified when it came to the carving. Everything was rubbery and congealed and covered in unpleasant skin, fat and bone. I could barely get any meat at all from the bird despite increasingly frantic sawing. I rubbed… >> continued | 5 Comments
In your face, Garage Man
Following last weeks’ hilarious car crash, I found myself the owner a car with a great big fucking hole in it. Now I’m interested in doing almost anything I can to avoid paying the insurance excess and pumping up my premiums higher than they already are. It… >> continued | 5 Comments
The Berlin Wall
Nov 9
Berlin as was
“Who is Paul Carpenter?”
That heavily-accented, staccato German voice from the front of the bus sent a total chill down my spine. I could feel everyone else wanting to see who “Paul Carpenter” was, but not daring to look in case that made them complicit in… >> continued
Last week we went camping. I love camping. All that rootsy, muddy, singing round the campfire cooking Celebrity Pork Luncheon meat and stuff totally stokes my inner hippy. >> continued | 2 Comments
