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Not much to report, other than that I had to work most of the weekend, which sucked more than … I was about to make a bad joke then, but maybe I won’t.

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Mor(e) on mobiles

Some stupid bint in the office today has a phone that sounds like a fire alarm. Seriously, a slow crescendo "whooop" kind of sound. How fecking stupid is that. Thankfully she was only visiting. I don’t have anything against mobile phones per se. I have one myself. It’s just that an awful lot of people  ... [More]

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If I’m found dead…

… then get the cops to look for the big Italian-looking bloke in the dark red old-model Commodore that I got into an argument with down the street this afternoon. Well I mean, what kind of moron stops right in the middle of a pedestrian crossing, behind banked up traffic going nowhere because of a  ... [More]

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A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum

Last night we went to see the guy who is probably my favourite performer – Paul Kelly – and his band at the Forum Theatre. I have a number of promotional t-shirts of various designs, but PK is the only one who warrants two t-shirts in my collection. And his band shouldn’t be overlooked either  ... [More]

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Conundrum

As I got on the train this morning, so was a guy on crutches. He seemed to be struggling a bit to board. There were no seats, and he stood next to me in the doorway and grabbed onto a handle. He seemed more disabled than injured, if you know what I mean, but he  ... [More]

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Grit

I’ve been thinking maybe I should pep my diary up a bit. Monday Did gardening. Dug out fossil of an as-yet unheard of dinosaur. Tuesday Recording session with Bowie. He seemed a little down. Wednesday Discovered a new element in the periodic table. Thursday Packing for New York. Spielberg called to arrange a meeting. Told  ... [More]

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Walking

It’s warm outside, but I can hear the snow, falling on my window… No, wait a minute, got a bit confused there. It’s July. Yesterday it was the last day of June, and I spent some of it walking. I feel like I need to get more exercise, and putting one foot in front of  ... [More]