A weekend spent boozing, abusing and (a)musing |
I've just had one of the best professional weekends of my career.
It's not just that the gigs went well (they did, but, at the risk of sounding smug, they usually do) or that I was at my favou...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:01:00 PST |
Come on, Tim! |
So, Wimbledon is upon us again. For anyone who has begun to read this and has no interest in tennis whatsoever, I'd back away quietly now.
I like tennis a lot. Psychologically, it's quite ...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:08:00 PST |
A closed mouth gathers no feet |
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato
I think that's where I finished last time, so it strikes me as a good place to start now.
That's ...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:05:00 PST |
A word to the wise... |
Wisdom. To quote the great Billy Connolly in the film "Still Crazy", it's said that men behave wisely once they've exhausted all other alternatives. I like that sentiment. In fact, e...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:30:00 PST |
Look on the bright side.... |
I've always been known, to those who don't know me that well, as an optimist. Optimism just seems to work for me. I fits my cheeky, dimpled smile and my large frame. Jollyness i...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:35:00 PST |
Read all about it |
Okay, here's a bit of trivial, pseudo-satirical fun. Take a simple, hypothetical news story (for the purposes of this exercise, I'll offer the mugging, at knifepoint, of an old woman b...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Thu, 17 May 2007 01:15:00 PST |
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly |
It will, or should, come as no surprise to anyone to find that the world is a cutthroat place. I personally work in an industry of remarkable contrast in this respect; although it is, on the sur...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:25:00 PST |
Making Amend(ment)s |
I would like to point out, for the benefit of anyone reading my blogs in retrospect, that I have made some adjustments to two of my recent ones, "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Will you still love me tomo...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:52:00 PST |
Let's talk about sex (or The Beast with Two Backs is a Monkey on Mine) |
Sex. Sexy, sexy sex. It's everywhere and, according to some, everything. We are told it's one of the three basic human drives (the others being finding food and shelter, although I t...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:18:00 PST |
Will you still love me tomorrow? |
Deep down, we all wish to be loved. I realise that this is no earth shattering revelation, but the lengths people will got to, and the hardships they will endure, in order to achieve a lasting, ...
Posted by Ben Schofield on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:14:00 PST |
