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• My Grandfather's Eulogy
  on May 23, 2012
  On the 4th of April I lost my grandfather. I haven't spoken about him on this blog, but only because I tend to hide from what I'm afraid of. I was aways so scared of him dying, and almost believed that if I wrote about it, it might happen sooner. Thi...
• Slow Reader
  on Mar 16, 2012
  In bed, I watch Mr O reading. His eyes fly over each page in what seems like a matter of seconds. In one night, he can read what would take me a week. I envy the speed at which he consumes books; my university career would have been a lot more conven...
• The Gym
  on Feb 9, 2012
  On and off, I’ve been visiting the gym for several months. This is so out of character that friends fear for my mental health, even I’ve noticed that pigs are flying past my window. I have a robust hatred of physical exercise, which I’ve been c...
• Call Me Old Fashioned
  on Jan 22, 2012
  Friends, there are some things one simply does not do in polite society. In fact, I would wager that even those with the most dubious of upbringings would balk at what I am about to share with you.Tonight, I switched on my laptop and opened what I be...
• Oral Fixation
  on Dec 2, 2011
  I have a new blog, but don't worry, I have no intention of jacking this one in. The latest is a culinary endeavour.Cooking is a good way to make others and yourself feel you are actually entitled to that bottle glass of wine. But credit where it is d...
• Private Eye
  on Oct 11, 2011
  If he hadn’t been so well brought up, Max Stirling would have wedged five cigarettes between his fingers and smoked them all at once. Instead he worked his way through the packet, one after the other. Swigging whisky from his glass, he contemplated...
• GBT Joe and the Pink Mist
  on Sep 10, 2011
  Regular readers will remember one of my very best friends, GBT Joe, from a previous post.GBT Joe is a softly spoken soul, whose mild manners waver only during extreme mitigating circumstances, or when he is slagging off the Guardian newspaper. He exi...
• Miss Jobson
  on Jun 15, 2011
  Miss Jobson was built like a tank. Her garish clothes and giant plastic jewellery were an assault on the senses, but this was the 1980s. She wore the hair on her head in a limp perm, and the hair on her legs extra long. I used to stare with both wond...
• Of Holidays and Mollusks
  on May 31, 2011
  As a child, I saw them a few times, adorning the bathrooms of family friends. Then, as a teenager, I encountered another as my English teacher simultaneously murdered Lord of the Flies. Who would have thought that their desce...
• The Bahamas and I
  on May 11, 2011
  Soon, I will be jetting off to the Bahamas for a much needed holiday. There I plan to look at lots of fish whilst diving, commune with wild dolphins, view the varied species of bats, see some interesting plants, and drink a lot of alcohol. Mr O is ju...

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