The Apple Of My i(Mac)

The News in Haiku #9…. “George Bush has written A book.  I did not even know that he’d read one” A series of random things. In a list…. The gas-man came good in the end (I knew you were worried). He did explain to me what had gone wrong with our central heating system and [...]

Enron Entertains

“What I didn’t hear was any sense of personal responsibility or personal accountability for what happened. I have no doubt that he’s sorry about the consequences, Your Honor. That’s a different thing than to look at your own responsibility.” Federal prosecutor Sean Berkowitz, 2006, to Judge Lake (before Jeff Skilling was sentenced to more than [...]

Tubthumping

“He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink, He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink, He sings the songs that remind him of the good times, He sings the songs that remind him of the better times” Cumbawamba, “Tubthumping”, 1997 (….. dedicated to those who know) Friday night and it’s [...]

Day Twenty-Four – Sunset

Twenty four days in to my photo-a-day challenge and I am happy to report that I’m still going strong. I was working up in Bedfont (just outside Heathrow) today and on the journey back to Chichester I drove down the A286 from Milford while enjoying a frankly magnificent sunset. Whereas yesterday I missed my opportunity [...]

Day Fourteen – Vintage at Goodwood

I promised you that I would not be posting an update for you yesterday as I was going to be at the Vintage at Goodwood festival, which was (and still is) taking place on my proverbial doorstep from here in Chichester; and I was a man of my word by not blogging anything at all. [...]

Day Twelve & Thirteen – A Minor Hiatus

Apologies, dear readers, for this minor blip in the daily postings. Yesterday was a day of travelling home from the holiday and by the time we arrived back, unpacked, read the mail, made a few phone calls and all that usual coming home stuff, the last thing I wanted to do was write up a [...]

42nd Street

“Come and meet those dancing feet, On the avenue I’m taking you to, Forty-Second Street. Hear the beat of dancing feet, It’s the song I love the melody of, Forty-Second Street.” Al Dubin (lyrics) & Harry Warren (music), “42nd Street”, 1980 I’m not quite sure whether admitting to slightly enjoying musical theatre is the done [...]

Yes, Prime Minister

Sir Humphrey: “Well briefly, sir, I am the Permanent Under Secretary of State, known as the Permanent Secretary. Woolley here is your Principal Private Secretary. I too have a Principal Private Secretary and he is the Principal Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary. Directly responsible to me are ten Deputy Secretaries, 87 Under Secretaries and [...]

Scenes Of Money And Death

“Town to town, broadcast to each house, they drop your name but no one knows your face Billboards quoting things you’d never say you hang your head and pray” Ben Folds, “Jesusland”, 2005 Well, it was an interesting trip to the theatre last night. A great cast were gathered together in the intimate confines of [...]

Culture Vulture

“I’ll have grounds More relative than this—the play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 2, scene 2, 603-605 Tonight, I shall be getting a cultural fix by going to the Minerva Theatre in Chichester to watch the mighty Sir Patrick Stewart in the role of William Shakespeare [...]