“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again! There is something (and nothing) in my life that I have never spoken of to a living soul. NEVER. NO ONE! Because I feel so much like Cordelia. The eternal outcast who speaks at the wrong time and says nothing at the wrong time …..King Lear is telling his […]
When the going gets tough, and I’ve said this for years, (because I’ve worked in hotels and restaurants and understand the push/pull) I go all out Fawlty. I’ve been on both sides here. Employee. Guest. P.S. Y’all DON’T wanna know what goes on in a kitchen. TRUST ME!!!!!!!!!!!
I seem to be having a NONSENSE day today. Nothing is making sense!!! So I turned to Lewis Carroll and… Reading this article reminded me that I have Booker’s book, The Seven Basic Plots. This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a […]
I have a soft spot for Martin Clunes. It’s lasted decades. From Harry Enfield to Lovejoy to Morse to Men Behaving Badly to Arthur and George. I’ve never watched Doc Martin or A Man and His Dogs etc. If you don’t know Arthur and George, it is based on a Miscarriage of Justice involving the […]
I could’ve done the “Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice” BS with Dionne Warwick but… …In my heart and soul, I’m a PUNK. A Rebel. A Dissident. An Anarchist. A FREE SPIRIT. Then & Now – Punk Speaks to me. So “Make MY DAY, Punk” :o)
I had no idea that Jim Kerr was 61 years old now. Not that that means anything. He can still sing a GREAT song. I once moved into a new house and unpacked the stereo system and the vinyl albums first. The rest of the unpacking was done to the sound of Simple Minds. Another […]
I’m confused here and need help (?) A while back I posted a post and put in there…N.S.E.W. This is how I was brought up to recite the points of the compass. And then I had a mad thought (again!) I’m not a Catholic and have never done the Sign of the Cross as an […]
Watch one Victorian video and you get VicBombed by yt recommended. Sheesh! Anyway : I’m remembering now why I don’t like and have never felt the need (before now) to study the Victorian period. This one got me because I live in an early Victorian building. And whilst I love a splash or two of […]