The Dust Diaries
40 Things: Item 7- Go To An Opera
So, the first thing I did upon arriving at the theatre was to ask the impeccably dressed doorman as I handed him my ticket stub if I could see the manageress. She came out and we had a brief friendly word before I thanked her, had a picture taken with said doorman, and she went … Continue reading
40 Things: Item 24 – Go To Bingo, And Constantly Remind All Concerned It’s My First Time.
The drab monotony of a Wednesday morning is pretty much the same as the drab monotony of any other morning, except that there’s usually a shaft of sunlight poking through in the fact that the weekend’s been sighted off the port bow. Half the week’s work’s about to be behind you, and given that I … Continue reading
40 Things: Item 32 – Beat The Gaffer At Chess
10:25 pm. “What’s this”? “It’s the current item 6: Invent an interestingly flavoured loaf of bread every week”. “So this flavour is….”? “Jack Daniels bread”. (Many noises of slurping and grunting followed). “Mmmph. Not bad”. The Gaffer steadily continued to cut himself another corner of bread until the loaf began to take on a hexagonal … Continue reading
40 Things: Setting Forth
Right then, New Year, new missions. I figured I’d get the easy stuff out of the way first, and build up to the tough stuff. Six months to achieve 40 things pretty much means ticking off two a week. So, start with what you know, I say… Item #6: Invent an interestingly – … Continue reading
“To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart….”
Sorry mate, but I only just heard about it today, thanks to a quick check of Lemmy’s facebook. He’s got all the pictures of the flowers at the funeral up on there, and in the middle of them all sits your picture. I had to check and double check a couple of times, and when … Continue reading
