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, 29 August 2012

So, About the Hospital, Again

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Back a few posts, I was talking about The Vic, a pub, and about strolling along in front of the Infirmary. I was, in fact, on the way to an...
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Special Forces Cuddly Bunnies, vs Bad Guy Sand-Eating Camels.

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Cat Shit One.  Apocalypse Meow. No, I don't understand it either, they're bunnies, not cats.  But it's based on a Japanese Man...
Sunday, 26 August 2012

Metaphor and Simile, or Semaphore or Something Else.

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 "The Destruction of Sennacherib" The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and...
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R.I.P. Neil Armstrong, The Man Who Made One Giant Leap for Mankind.

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I watched live, as the lunar module, piloted by Armstrong, descended toward the surface of the moon. It was July 1969, I was a teenager...
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On Poetry, a Repost -or is it a Riposte?

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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 ...
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A Poem. Chew it Slowly, Inspect its Blood and Bones

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Litany, by Billy Collins. “You are the bread and the knife, the crystal goblet and the wine. You are the dew on the morning grass and t...
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Thursday, 23 August 2012

The Vic and a Bumble-Bee

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It's years since I had a pint in the Vic. This ode to Victoriana has been supplying succour to the weary for about a hundred and fift...
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Saturday, 18 August 2012

Some of My Past Toys

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                                Disclaimer: They're not necessarily all 'mine', I'm also g...
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