What a load of old rubbish… Baloney Title of a piece of modern art consisting simply of an image of a spherical object. Also a catch-all description of modern art in general. Hogwash Duh: soap for pigs, obviously. Codswallop Powerful alcoholic liqueur much favoured by certain types of fish. Bunkum A bizarre fetish involving cakes.…
From 2015, a post inspired by a short break in the picturesque medieval town of Sarlat, in the Dordogne. Modesty forbids me to suggest that I think this may be one of my better attempts at humour. Although admittedly that’s not saying much… Verily, A New Review On JourneyCounsellor Recently, I was wandering around a…
“I remembered the days when I wasn’t afraid of the sunshine” This week, Jim is seeking a song that references climate change or the environment more generally. Quite simply, this is what popped into my head as soon as I saw the prompt. We don’t own this place, though we act as if we didIt’s…
You’re ‘aving me on… What was the original sport in ancient Rome? Calcio. What is a group of ravens called? The All Blacks. Which foodstuff never goes bad? Marmite. Because it already is. “Your mother is a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries” is a line from which 1975 film? Dog Day Afternoon. Which…
From October 2014, a post about clothes and my relationship with them… Not quite the style icon For someone who goes out of his way to disavow any interest in ‘fashion’, the subject of clothing does seem to crop up quite often, albeit randomly, in this collection of ramblings. So perhaps it’s time to give…
Jim’s prompt for this week is ‘unrealised potential’. It seems to me that there are two broad reasons why the potential of an artiste or artistes could remain unrealised. Thus a band can break up because of ‘artistic differences’, which can be a polite euphemism for a clash of egos, often leading to the disappointing…
Surely not…. What is a winklepicker? Just your average adolescent male. What is a pipsqueak? Someone with great expectations. What is a beatnik? Cool. Man. What is a sequin? A septet with two absent members. What is spiel? A kitchen utensil designed to prepare vegetables noiselessly. What is asphalt? A long, hard road. What is…
From 2013, a report on my first year of retirement… Another year older… My Countdown To An Event app – which is now functioning as a Countup – tells me that, as of 2 p.m. European Summer Time on September 27th, I have been retired for exactly one year. Not that I’d forgotten. It’s interesting…
I’ve been aware for some time that it’s been too long (last October, in fact) since I featured Leonard Cohen in my Song Lyric Sunday offerings, so when I saw that the prompt for this week was to feature a song from an album written entirely by the recording artiste(s), there was no question who…
From ten years ago, a stark warning of the dangers of leaving home for any length of time… The Unkindest Cut You may not even have noticed – and I wouldn’t pretend or presume that, in the great scheme of things, it makes any difference whether you have or not – but of late there’s not been…
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