Yesterday I started to feel really bad. Having had a low-level sore throat last night my body finally decided to give-out. At 7pm I decided to go to bed because I hurt and was very tired. At 7.55pm my…

Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. The night before I had been chatting with friends and colleagues and playing cards and having a drink or two. At nearly 1am I decided to crash in bed be…

Unfortunately the descent into Sydney really made my ears hurt. Fortunately it was a fairly quick descent. The flight from Hong Kong to Sydney was uneventful, not desperately restful and was where I d…

Why is it that everyone has nicer airports than the ones in .uk? I’ve taken a picture and will post it later. For now I have to hope that this free wireless lasts long enough for me to get this blog p…

I am sat in Heathrow terminal three departure lounge wondering about the books I have bought for the flight. They’re causing me concern because so far the one I’ve been reading is so very good that I …

On Friday we had a lovely party at Mark’s place for the hoary release. Thanks for the bed Mark. I had my 25th Birthday on Saturday. It passed quietly and without remark from most people. Scott bought …

Last night, stargirl mentioned that my previous posting was very similar to some of the structures devised by people following the Oulipo styles. These guys seem to have done some very interesting thi…

A while ago I discussed with a friend the possibility of using the words from a song to form the framework of a structured piece of creative writing. We settled on the following set of instructions: …

… Because I do boy, And it’s cool boy Several people have expressed shock and dismay at a concept which has been floating around since the 2003 Debconf in Oslo where it was announced as a concept at t…