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Paul

Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying...

About Me


A tall, dark Englishman in Auld Reekie.
I like...being outside (whatever the weather), penguins, fried egg rolls, being in a tent when it's raining, butterflies, Theakston's Old Peculiar, beaches on windy days, fresh sheets, double entendres, cardboard boxes, pottering, Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire cheese, surfing, canals, Orkney, snow, bats, fireworks, stormy weather, polar bear cubs, pesto, deckchairs, laughing, autumn leaves, the words o'clock, Pontefract, smashing and cryptospyridium, real tea, perspective, hugs, volleyball, bicycles, hot baths, kite flying, real fires, spinach mashed potato (try it), sleazy blues harmonica, sharpening pencils, my RM Williams boots, hump backed bridges, van de Graff generators, sheltering from rain, being on half empty trains, getting my hair cut, skips, waterfalls (any size), my Cross fountain pen, sitting on the front seat upstairs on the bus, being a good friend, text messages with punctuation, pub dogs, new books, Rythm and Blues, Saturday, being up really early, sneezing...
I don't like...fruit 'teas', 4 wheel drives, golf, rudeness, litter, being upside down, traffic noise, being on crowded trains, people eating in cinemas, shaving, violence, coconuts, txt spk, being ignored, smoking, R'n'B, Tuesday (Wednesday has got better), hiccups...

My Interests


I'd like to meet:


Music:


Lights will guide me home...

Movies:



Television:



Books:

The Escape Artist (Matt Seaton) and The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff). And others of course....

Heroes:


My Blog

China and Hypocrisy

I got an email from a friend who appears to have reached the end of his tether with his work colleagues.... If I hear one more tosser say "What's the point in me cutting CO2 emissions if China is buil...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:40:00 PST

The Lives of Others

It's not often that you go to the cinema and at the end of the film the audience breaks into spontaneous applause, but that's what happened this evening when I went to see a remarkable film "The Lives...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 26 May 2007 04:24:00 PST

The Unflappable Cat

A poem for all the cat lovers courtesy of Claire... I was stood in the kitchen washing the dishes The cat was behind me, dreaming of fishes. Then I heard the cat flap&flap&flap. How does she do that? ...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 24 May 2007 03:24:00 PST

Is it just me?

I had quite a disturbing experience this morning and it has unsettled me all day. [Joanie, you can stop reading now, I was ranting about this at work today]. I was at the gym just after 7am, yes I kno...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:40:00 PST

The Joy of Singing

I was at an Eddi Reader gig tonight and it reminded why I love music so much and what joy it can bring. There was a mixture of old and new, yes even some Fairground Attraction, lots of laughter, bante...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:21:00 PST

How to Burn Wood

Beechwood fires are bright and clearIf the logs are kept a yearChestnut's only good they say,If for long 'tis laid away.But Ash new or Ash old Is fit for a Queen with crown of gold. Birch and Fir logs...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:08:00 PST

Class Dismissed

I had my final night class night yesterday evening, at the start of the autumn when the leaves start turning brown and the days grow shorter it's time to turn to ways of getting out of the house,...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:35:00 PST

Only 104 Days to Go....

September 13th 2006 This must be a record for early Christmas sightings, not one but two today. First in the home section of a large high street department store (other badly lit, stuffy and disorient...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:19:00 PST

The Licorice Fields at Pontefract - John Betjeman (1906-1984)

In the licorice fields at PontefractMy love and I did meetAnd many a burdened licorice bushWas blooming round our feet;Red hair she had and golden skin,Her sulky lips were shaped for sin,Her sturdy le...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:08:00 PST

Food Intolerance

If I hear one more person say they have a 'food intolerance' I'm going to scream. Here's the thing, unless you come out in an all-over rash, your head swells to the size of a space-hopper or you end u...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:13:00 PST