Time to give my website a spring clean...of sorts! There's always a work-around...
How the perennial almost-man of Snooker beat the best in the world – again!
Snooker's most perrenial almost-man finally lands a big one. Has Judd Trump shaken off his reputation as an 'entertaining under-achiever' and finally changed the narrative?
The Way Back : Stepping aboard starship Liberator – the beginning of my Blake’s 7 watch-through
Me, my partner Dominique and every episode of the classic sci-fi series Blake's 7, in order. From the start. The mission begins!
“Dark Shadows” watch-through – The guilty secret continues
- RANDOM STUFF - I don’t know about you but I’m still in the Halloween mood, so what better time to tell you more about my watchthrough of barmy US soap, Dark Shadows. I promised I’d get back to you and, dear reader, I gladly make good on my promise (whether you like it or … Continue reading “Dark Shadows” watch-through – The guilty secret continues
Escaping the Sunday afternoon blues
If all else fails and you find yourself falling into the protracted state of almost-Monday-ness, why not try one of these suggestions. For those that work Monday – Friday, you may find Sundays are a strange kind of animal, especially Sunday afternoons. Once described by Douglas Adams as the Long Dark Tea-time of the … Continue reading Escaping the Sunday afternoon blues
Watching Dark Shadows for the first time but can you keep a secret?
Dark Shadows. Have you ever watched this show? It's had quite an insidious effect on my life so far and I'm only on episode 360. Just 900 more to go... For those living in blissful ignorance, Dark Shadows is an American soap opera that started in 1966 and was broadcast daily for four years. It … Continue reading Watching Dark Shadows for the first time but can you keep a secret?
The amazing water features and mysterious disappearing lakes of South Wales
View from Eagles Nest, Chepstow. showing the river Wye and in the distance, River Severn. South Wales has perhaps the most unusual and mysterious water features anywhere in the world. In every surviving version of Historia Britannum there is a list presenting Wonders of the World. The list is not always the same in … Continue reading The amazing water features and mysterious disappearing lakes of South Wales
The art of knowing when to quit
It's all going wrong! Aarghh! Then lots and lots of swearwords. That's been the soundtrack to the last two day's attempts to upload my daily piece of writing to this website. Why was it so difficult? Well, mainly because what I was doing was, perhaps, a little over ambitious for the relatively basic bit of … Continue reading The art of knowing when to quit
POV of a jam sandwich
- RANDOM STUFF - If there’s one thing a jam sandwich can’t stand it’s not being appreciated. Think about it, one minute you’re on a plate, oozing jam, possibly cream and there’s that moment, that single moment when you get to make a hungry mouth water. The anticipation for that first bite hangs tantalizingly close … Continue reading POV of a jam sandwich
Cruel World by Martin Gregory
- POEM - It’s a cruel world Where the charity worker dies of hunger Where the selfish prosper And the unkind live out rich, full lives It’s a cruel world It’s a crazy world Where the incompetent wield power Where the undeserving get it all And the fat are given the means to get fatter … Continue reading Cruel World by Martin Gregory
