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Tom

About Me

Hedonistic? No. Gragarious? .. Sometimes. Serious? Occasionally. Entertaining? Always.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

God. Mainly out of curiosity, but mostly to ask why - after creating this beautiful world - He decided, incongruously, to add us. If (as I suspect) God is busy, I'd like to meet James Taylor - and maybe sing a song or two with him or just chat about life.

My Blog

Searching for Seraphim - first gig, 18th Oct. 2008

Expectations were high . . . and Searching for Seraphim exceeded them. A breath of fresh air amidst the all-too generic music scene, Jamie, 'Bod', Liam and Dom are like an injection of adrenalin. Ev...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:34:00 GMT

Another wonderful wedding day . . .

As almost a week has passed since Rachel and Jack 'tied the knot', I find myself reflecting on the beautiful simplicity of life and its many, many joyous rewards. Two of our three daughters, and one o...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 13:48:00 GMT

The Secret Of Life

According to "Old String Bean" (as James Taylor refers to himself) the secret of life is ’enjoying the passage of time’. No argument there - and if I could put the same thought in slightly...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:44:00 GMT

The End of the World

  The so-called 'Age of Enlightenment' is said to be 21st December 2012. This is based on a calendar, as arbitrary as the Gregorian, Judaic or Muslim calendars, created by a generic race of Mesoa...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:02:00 GMT

Jacqui Smith "Revelation"

Yesterday (19th July, 2007) the new Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, in Gordon Brown's government admitted she had smoked "pot" at uni. So - no different from any other student, then(!) Of course, there ...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Weather or not . . .

It's an interesting thing, weather. Well, at least that's what the world thinks the British spend most of their time discussing. For one thing, we actually have weather - there are a surprising a...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:15:00 GMT

Time & Tide

"Time and tide" . . . we all know how the saying goes . . . "waits for no man" (neither for a woman), but it's only when you reach a certain age that the meaning behind the adage leaps into your brain...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:19:00 GMT

ROD - a great new sound

There are a lot of 'musos' on here -- some good, some not so good. I may be biased, and wouldn't deny it if accused, but "ROD" is an up-and-coming musician - or, perhaps that should be "singer-songwri...
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 20:08:00 GMT

Blackberrying

Hello, Playmates,I just watched a funny video called "Intervention" about Blackberry addiction (vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&v ideoid=202304952) - very funny.But seriously...
Posted by on Sat, 12 May 2007 18:57:00 GMT

Isn't it a wonder . . . .

Now I know that sounds like a song title . . . well, all right . .  it IS as song title and lyric, but I mean to say:  isn't it a wonder how, in a very few short years, so much can change.W...
Posted by on Sat, 12 May 2007 10:48:00 GMT