Posted in Miscellaneous, Thoughts on 3 April 2008 | 3 Comments »
While I’m a bit of a news junky, it’s not often that something in the news surprises me. Today saw the unveiling of the new designs for UK coins (except the £2 coin). Despite the fact that the competition to find the new designs was launched in 2005 I had no idea that such moves [...]
Posted in Thoughts, Travel on 26 January 2008 | No Comments »
India, Day 46 - Delhi
As I noted yesterday, a taxi to the airport ought to cost 225 rupees (according to Lonely Planet, anyway). This morning, the Indian currency I had left came to 325 rupees in paper money, and 6 rs in coinage. A driver accosted me at the end of Pahar Ganj Main Bazaar [...]
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Travel on 6 January 2008 | No Comments »
Why is freedom so confusing?
Now I’m safely in Delhi - and I have the prospect of an easy exit - I’m feeling a whole lot more positive. So much so that I can consider staying on longer. Not for another two months, but long enough to go down south and see how it differs from [...]
Posted in Politics, Thoughts on 1 December 2007 | No Comments »
The last few days have seen the story of Gillian Gibbons broadcast over the airwaves. She’s been charged with insulting Islam in Khartoum, having named her students’ teddy bear Mohammed (or having allowed it to be named this). And today she’s been sentenced to fifteen days in jail.
Having taught English in a foreign country will [...]
Posted in Life, Sport, Thoughts, Travel on 21 November 2007 | No Comments »
I can now officially go to India.
Today’s visa adventure started before dawn. I’d set the alarm on my mobile phone for 7 am, and, in fact, I barely got any sleep. Just after I’d drifted off my phone informed me, ‘It’s time to get up.’ I really should change that. I got dressed in the [...]
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Travel on 21 November 2007 | 2 Comments »
As I write this, I’m sitting in Caffe Ritazza overlooking the concourse of Manchester Piccadilly railway station. I strangely miscalculated my train journey from Whaley Bridge - expecting an hour and more to get the Megabus coach from Chorlton Street I found myself with two hours and more. The time has been used well, though: [...]
Posted in Life, Thoughts on 1 September 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have a tendency to interpret things that happen in an almost superstitious way. Perhaps ‘Jungian way’ would be more accurate. Which isn’t to say, of course, that I am superstitious - that’s just abysmal stupidity; certain stimuli cause me to think certain thoughts - thoughts that I find interesting, but wouldn’t necessarily trust. In [...]
Posted in Humour, Thoughts on 27 August 2006 | No Comments »
Do you think that people who wear tops that say ‘Bench’ are declaring to the world that they like being sat on?
Posted in Books, Thoughts on 27 August 2006 | No Comments »
The Gradual Interview on Stephen Donaldson’s website is pretty darned amazing. I’m sure many writers are perfectly happy to answer questions about their work and their ideas in personal correspondence and appearances, but how many put such thoughts on the internet for all to see? Both George R R Martin and Robert Jordan have blogs [...]
Posted in Humour, Life, Quotations, Thoughts on 22 June 2006 | No Comments »
I watched a repeat of an edition of QI at the weekend and was reminded again just how completely brilliant that progamme is. The idea of the show is deceptively simple - get a bunch of funny people to talk about trivia - but the personalities involved make it hilarious - especially the double act [...]
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