Mrs Malaprop says the green is grassier
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: Oh, Kay!, musical: Overture – George Gershwin – Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Me and my friends grew up mangling words and phrases and enjoyed it. It is as if we needed to so we’d own the language(s) we spoke and wrote. After all, English is a foreign language. As is […]
I am reminded
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: Keep on Growing – Sheryl Crow – If It Makes You Happy (Single) Today a shiny black BMW pulled up alongside my car at a traffic junction. On the passenger’s window and door was a huge glob of birdshit. Shit-brown and so huge the bird must surely have had a […]
All creatures great and small
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) – KD Lang/Tony Bennett – A Wonderful World I made it a point to spend Sunday out after doing some work at home during what was left of the morning (about 25 minutes). Otherwise, I might have had lunch, gone […]
Treading fine lines
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: Crazy ‘Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) – Ry Cooder – Borderline When you’ve got a face that looks perpetually inebriated, it is wise not to make another friend drive, or worse, drink a little and drive. The eagle-eyed cops can spot a drunk-looking front seat passenger from 45m […]
Eat to death XVII
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: It’s Just Not Cricket – The 12th Man – The 12th Man Have you ever been so full you couldn’t blog if you tried? This comes close. I am now waiting for the second burn. Me, my colleague, my ex-colleague and a friend went to eat at Hajah Maimunah’s on […]