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, 8 March 2011

And the Band Played 'Waltzing Matilda' - Eric Bogle

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There's a bit of a Waltzing Matilda theme going on here, sparked by Adullamite and Relax Max 's blogposts of late.
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Sunday, 6 March 2011

Waltzing, Mathilde!

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Waltzing, Matilda? Students of this blog will know that I've posted this song before , with the backstory, Mathilde, etc. It was mo...
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Friday, 25 February 2011

Isabel Makes Love on National Monuments (Jake Thackray)

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 The late Jake Thackray, yorkshire poet, droll wit, gentleman, troubadour.  1938-2002 Isabel makes love upon national monuments With st...
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Monday, 21 February 2011

On the Myth of the Popular Blog Post

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If I was one of those bloggers with google ads, and links to sites that pay me if you buy from them, or just pay per 15 million click-throug...
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Sunday, 20 February 2011

Charles Dickens, on Visiting Louisville in 1842

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Having just been reading Charles Dickens' "American Notes", penned upon his travels in 1842, and from there going to browse t...
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Language: Obfuscation and Equivocation as a Social Tool.

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Monday, 14 February 2011

Lady Godiva

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John Maler Collier (1850–1934) For RDG.XXX  Lady Godiva did exist, but her naked ride through the town of Coventry  is of slightly more ...
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Sunday, 13 February 2011

In Which I Realise I've Thrown Away a Fortune in Clothing

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When the mice got into my drawer, they shredded holes in everything they found. I chucked it all out, unsorted, without a moment's thoug...
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