America: Beginning and End |
I dream I'm in Venezuela. I dream I roasting a joint of venison. I dream of chatter and laughter and strange people in a smoky bar somewhere. But my body snaps me awake and reminds me it's 4.30am Phil...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:27:00 GMT |
Demise (a story) |
I died there where I lay, 68 years of toil escaping my body in one last rattling breath. My hands clasped to my chest, a final spasm then still, on that hideous orange patchwork quilt they'd given me ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:51:00 GMT |
New year and Russell Brand |
It's taken me a while, a long while to sit down and write in this blog again. There's been a few contributing factors. One of the major ones you could perhaps call a belated attempt not to upset peopl...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:39:00 GMT |
I spy |
We witnessed a domestic at the pub. They were sat under the telly. Everyone watching the game gradually lost interest in the football, and instead focused on the tears, the table slamming, and the sna...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:22:00 GMT |
Families |
There's nothing worse than knowing you're family are hurting. That's why I've written that sentence first, instead of talking about pie, football and beer, which was my original plan. You get some per...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:26:00 GMT |
quickie about home |
Home is where the heart is. I'm pretty sure of that. After a week spent in Normandy at my parents place, I feel pretty damn good. The weather was beautiful. Morning chills and mist burnt off to reveal...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:55:00 GMT |
Near-death of a ladies man |
Here begins a day of misery after a weekend of madness. It's pissing it down outside, my brain feels the wrong size for my skull, and my balls are hanging out of the holes in my jeans. Antoine, top Fr...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:24:00 GMT |
Return to the datosphere |
Right, well fuck all this birthday moaning. The worm is turning. I may be almost 10,000 days old, but I'm back on the up. I've just fired off a salvo of emails to potential cyber dates. Who will be th...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:11:00 GMT |
Over ripe |
Birthdays, they do roll round quickly these days. Inevitable markers in the sand of the time we've notched up, or served, or been at the mercy of the universe. Last year, you may remember, I was in a ...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:05:00 GMT |
Bank holiday buckwah |
Thank fuck we had a sunny bank holiday what a righteous way to see out the summer, after a couple of months of miserable, crappy weather. Yesterday, I felt like I was wearing a crash helmet all day,...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:52:00 GMT |
