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.

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

I'm Dog-Tired.

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Not recovered from my christmas/new-year flu. I'm normally a nocturnal creature, go to bed in the small hours, but so far this week, th...
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In Which I Pay My Debt to Society.

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Monday morning was bright and cold, as I set off for work, the roads were white with frost crystals, slippery but manageable. Maybe ten degr...
Saturday, 8 January 2011

Nostalgia

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Remember the 1340's? We were doing a dance called the Catapult. You always wore brown, the color craze of the decade, and I was draped...
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Friday, 7 January 2011

Marginalia, or "The Universal Right of Literary Dissent"

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I love poetry. But, there's poetry, and there's poetry. As I think I may have mentioned once or a hundred times,  way back, far b...
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Thursday, 6 January 2011

Atom Heart Mother

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PINK FLOYD'S ATOM HEART MOTHER On march 3rd, 2003, a collection of very talented French students performed Pink Floyd's Atom Hear...
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Saturday, 1 January 2011

And Another, and Yet One More.

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A great start to a new year. Not. Still sick. Still can't stand up without wobbling. Been in bed most of the day, trying not to cough...
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Thursday, 30 December 2010

In Which I take a Day Off

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Well, if a day of aching limbs, bloody snot, chest full of glue, and inability to stand up without holding on to something counts. I'm t...
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Wednesday, 29 December 2010

The "Holiday" Continues.

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Today there was some mending to do. Remember that valve that refused to co-operate? Bad Valve! You annoyed me. Here come the persuaders, pal...
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