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Archive for October, 2009

Still Here

Tuesday 27 October 2009
You’ll never guess what I’ve been doing for the past week!  Cleaning!  Yes, me, shirker of general housework.  The house is now pretty clean and a stack of stuff has been listed on Freecycle in yet another (probably doomed) attempt to declutter.  It could be more aggravation than it’s worth and easier [...]

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Tuesday 20 October 2009
Check out this link:  Exciting! (Well, it will be if the link works properly!)
That’s us.  We’ve finally come out!  Now all we have to do is sit back and wait for the shit to hit the fan (if you’ll pardon the pun).  Gordon has already spoken to the press, as you can [...]

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Sunday 18 October 2009
Whilst browsing about this morning I came across this on the ‘Phrase Finder‘.  It made me laugh and hopefully will do the same for you!
Here’s an example from Brendan Behan (the self-confessed “drinker with writing problems”) who, when asked to define the difference between prose and poetry, is reported as saying:
“There was [...]

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Wedmore

Tuesday 13 October 2009
I went to Wedmore yesterday with my friend Mandy.  She grew up around there and although it isn’t far away I’m ashamed to say I’ve never stopped there.  I’ve driven through it on the way to other places and have often thought how pretty it looks, but never stopped.  The weather was [...]

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Been Away

Monday 12 October 2009
I’ve been away.  You might have noticed.  I’ve been to Portugal and various other places, but have been home long enough to have written a post about it.  Unfortunately, when I got home I was so swamped with e-mails (over 1000) and letters/invoices/statements/bills relating to the business.  Far too many.  I set [...]

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