I could have been somebody !!!

Happy Christmas!

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:52:22 GMT

In the words of Raymond Briggs Father Christmas:

"Have Christmas!"

Pick up your card, enter: 1107375031147

or to copy & paste: 1107375031147

settling down now...

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:00:47 GMT

Well, I went and did it, I started on the big work of art on my back.

How does 4 hours of someone dragging a blunt compass needle across your back sound?

I exagerate of course, it started uncomfortable, got to be relaxing... honest, but by the end it was really getting on my nerves.

Still got some more to go in terms of detailed shading, but I'm happy, oh yes, it feels good. Guess I'll skip the transparent shirts for work now.

I'll try & get a half decent pic just as soon as...

The time has come...

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:22:19 GMT

... to talk, not of many things, rather of my next project, also known as,

The New Tattoo! :-)

It's gonna be a biggie, can you guess what?

EuroPride

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:39:40 GMT

Did I forget to mention that? I must be falling in to the same trap the mass media do, pretending thousands of people in central London, just celebrating being- ME! YOU! US! THEM! are insignificant. We know better boys and girls huh?

It was a tremendous event! So many beautiful people! of all sizes, shades, tastes, shapes... reflecting the glorious richness of people and life. Wow!

Even St Martins in the Fields flew a rainbow flag. (So there is such a thing as an inclusive church) Looking at the stalls there in Trafalgar Square

Then into a bar in Soho to watch the tragic England match :-((( but what cool company, people from many nations and many, er, preferences- just people!

Hmmm, so many male torsos gyrating (alright, that doesn't sound like what was actually happening, but hey! a little poetic licence and modesty please)

That and being involved in the conference on Friday hearing talk of experiences in Moscow, Riga, Krakov etc. etc. Some inspirational and very brave people.

Be thankful for where you live!

Enough!

Combat Cards... Do what? Ha!

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:59:28 GMT

COMBAT CARDS 2.0

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A funeral

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:10:26 GMT

on Thursday is in the forefront of thoughts at present.

A much loved uncle of my partner's. We're all going, so it will be a big family affair me thinks

catch y'all after that

Scotland, Scotland how I love it...

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:08:13 GMT

Ah, the annual pilgrimage North of the border is over again.

Made it to Cape Wrath, and if you have Google Earth I could prove it!

Have you seen 'phone2Gearth? Its a program which lets your (symbian) phone use a GPS aerial for much more interesting things than route finding! It'll capture a journey so that you can open a file in GoogleEarth and see it, and even add locations and relive the journey. Cool

I could send you a sample from our journeying if you ask.

Ah, back to work for me tho'

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:01:43 GMT

Ah, the journey home, down country...
Only thing to be said; the weather forecast is sun & 28 deg, whereas Ullapool has rain, rain followed by...
Hey ho! Another week at home to catch up
Be cool out there

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:43:30 GMT

Sitting here overlooking Loch Broom. Its 11.15 pm and still able to write my journal. Getting windy now, after a day of 28 deg C !This is Scotland, but not as you know it :-)glass of Talisker for a night cap. Zzzz

see ya

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:21:14 GMT

off on holiday, North...

Look for us in Ullapool & further north

Aaaaaahh

Will try & pay more attention to you all on return

x

Hello World!

Sun, 14 May 2006 22:02:54 GMT

Well, June approaches- not that I want to wish my life away, but hey!

Roll on holidays! and just to get a taste- I remembered this site:

Journey to Ullapool...

We'll be staying just outside Ullapool, in the Braes, up a hill overlooking Loch Broom, which had the smallest radio station in the world (Lochbroom FM) but maybe now it has moved into a modern building rather than the shack, it no longer holds that title? Still cool to hear broadcasts in Gaelic

That's right, Get jealous

Ah, Sundays are made for this...

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:41:26 GMT

Getting the bike out, someone else saying, "I'll do lunch" :-)

Off for a spin in the sun on a cold cold clear morning... Brrr brrr brrrroooommm

playing with the new intercom/ radio/ phone thingy... testing the camera spotting software... Hmm, no cameras shown where I know there are some... needs some sorting

On to the gym for a rather good session, home to a roast (chicken) lunch with roasties & sweet potatoes, and more... yumm yum

chill watching the WSB for a bit (Hmm, to the accompaniment of my snoring actually), then off to visit daughter grandson et al.

Ahhh, a brilliant Sunday all round, only ever a shame it has to come to an end and Monday looms, but hey ho, life goes on, get it while its hot

E-Bay... Get thee behind me!

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:52:17 GMT

But don'tcha love it when you know there's something exciting in the post on its way to you? dontcha?? huh???

I have realised I don't have to spend a fortune to satisfy that particular neeeed ;-)

looking forward to the flurry of goodies, he he he

Happy Holiday...

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:05:50 GMT

Happy Christmas

and Happy Birthday to me...

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:05:02 GMT

as seen by 3 year old

beard in chalk

It was 30 years ago...

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:18:45 GMT

Go on, have a giggle...

Where were you?

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:08:01 GMT

On this day in 1975???
Me? I got married!
and, yes, so far so good, still there
:-)

(they do say you get less of a sentence for...
but 'they' would wouldn't they ;-)

More Paris...

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:04:42 GMT

Notre Dame from the Seine, and Gallerie Lafayette... A beautiful city. Rebuilt to allow easy passage of the army following the revolution I'm told. Clearly a republic I think, and you can see why with the outragious scale the monarchy lived on, and the spirit lives in scooter riders using pavements, feet, wherever they can find passage...

Paris was GREAT

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:56:42 GMT

It was a great week away. I know I love my family, I also love my partner and spending precious time with her. Walking, eating, drinking, experiencing and those other things to stay close and intimate... Mmmmmm

A taster:

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:46:33 GMT

What a funny time of year... It provokes such strong emotions, coming from memories of... what for you?
What do you want of? remember of? do with Christmas?

I sort of like, yes love my family... the big sort, cousins, aunts, uncles and beyond... but aren't they weird?!?! I can say love 'cause I think that lets me off having to like them. ( I love and adore my immediate family... most of the time)

Why do they think I want to know about their daughter: "...She is no longer with her long time boyfriend Sam, but she is good friends with lots of others. She has changed her hairstyle, is wearing contact lenses and looks so different that when she met her uncle at Paddington station, he didn't recognise her! ..."
Read the signs! She's trying to escape someone or something!

And it's what to do for fun? So many good Christmas Parties (all that 80's disco, 70's soul, timeless rock,) in my memory; today, it all seems so different. Sit down meals, with men my own age (mental or otherwise)... Where's the frisson, the fun, the letting your hair down.

The other sort of letter just talks drivel about inane rubbish, who is doing what, where and how, but never why... never the BIG questions in life being spoken of... Yawn.
Hmm, now the first thing I would say to someone asking the question is...
(Woah!) Why do you ask? What does it mean to you then

OK, got me bang to rights! I ask the question as I receive 'Christmas Letters' keeping you in touch with our families goings on for another year... ('scuse me while I reach for the sick bowl)

Do you get Seaonal 'round robin' letters?

Like cartoons?

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:41:02 GMT

with a message? Try this timely advice:

A seasonal warning... *hic*

So long suckers...

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:02:43 GMT

See you in a week, hopefully fulfilled after a week of
romance (aka...),
sightseeing (put DOWN the copy of Da Vinci and STEP AWAY!)
walking -PontNeuf (now there was a surprising and utterly romantic film!)
and maybe, peut-etre, Moulin Rouge (if only Jim Broadbent et al were there...)

byeeeeeee

from Slaughter House 5, Kurt Vonnegut

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:56:00 GMT

... 'Welcome aboard Mr.Pilgrim,' said the loudspeaker.
'Any questions?'
Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last:
'Why me?'
'That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim.
Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? '
'Yes.' Billy in fact had a paperweight in his office which was a blob of polished amber with three ladybugs embedded in it.
'Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.'

a true friend...... Ahhhh

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:21:52 GMT

Well, here is a series of promises that really speaks to true friendship:

1 . When you are sad - I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you that way.
2. When you are blue - I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile - I will know you've finally had sex.
4. When you are scared - I will tease the crap out of you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried - I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be and to stop your bloody whining.
6 . When you are confused - I will use little words.
7. When you are sick - Stay the hell away from me until you are well again, I don't want whatever you have.
8. When you fall - I will point and laugh at your clumsy self.

Send this to 10 of your closest friends, then get depressed because you can only think of two, and one of them isn't speaking to you right now anyway.
Remember: A good friend will help you move.

A really good friend will help you move a body… Let me know if I ever need to bring a shovel

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:12:03 GMT