Watching From The Sidelines
I’m having a day offsat in the dining room of the house my inlaws are renting for the week in Cumbria, while everybody else gets ready to trudge off through ...
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The Riots
Although I have been almost out of the loop for the last few days, I have caught the late night news once or twice, and seen reporting of the riots in London...
I Wish I Could Be More
During my mad catch-up of the tumblrsphere this morning, I read that one of the people I have come to knowif we ever really know each other onlineis leaving;...
Breaking The Chain
Have you ever heard of the term “six degrees of seperation”? It postulates that everybody on earth is connected somehow or other through no more than six “co...
The Incarceration Continues
For some reason I woke up this morning imagining today was tomorrowthis is what happens when you take me away from the normal world, and hole me up in some g...
Disconnected
While I’m sat several floors up in a rented house, high in the mountains of Cumbria in the north of England, and have been marching up hill and down dale thr...
Maybe Dad Dead
I arrived home from work to an empty house this evening, and while untangling myself from my backpack, bike helmet and MP3 player in the study, an ambulance ...
I Will Mow The Next One Down
Two days ago I was cycling home from work, and an old man walked to the edge of the road ahead of me, looked both ways, and then stepped out directly in fron...
Burning Out
I arrived at work some time before 9 this morning. I left some time just after 6 this evening. The hours inbetween were a blur. The last few days have been.
The World Through My Eyes
While watching breakfast television a little while ago, a stand up comedian was talking about his routine, and his reputation of being “grumpy”relating every...