Grit in the Gears

I am the grit in the gears, the missing bolt, I am the poker of sticks into spokes. I like to know how things work, but sometimes when I take them apart and rebuild them, I have a few pieces left over. I am a man, so I tend to leave reading the instructions until after it goes wrong. And like all men I have a comprehensive mental map of the world and never need to ask directions. I never get lost, only sometimes I'm late, or end up in the wrong place entirely. It's what we do.

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

Roll over, Beethoven.

Bizarre news time.

Cellist Mike Edwards, who found fame as a founder member of 70s band ELO, the Electric-Light-Orchestra, was struck by a straw bale which had rolled down a steep field before bouncing over a hedge, and into the path of his van.

This happened on the third of september, 2010, in Devon, south-west England.

Police say he died instantly. The bale could weigh around a half to three quarters of a ton.

The Call of the Briny

Seen in the window of Betty's Tea Rooms,
Ilkley
Yorkshire

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Measuring Tape Safety Wear

Wait a moment....

I'd better go get my blogging gloves, and tighten the safety harness on my blogging chair.

Read carefully now. Wear glasses if you need them.