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Whatever would Peter Dimmock think?
It’s an illustration that the world has gone even more than usually insane when a respected BBC sports presenter opens a twitter account in order to call a journalist ‘a twat‘ (even if, as in this case, with it being … Continue reading
There is about to be unleashed
a new correspondent in the blogosphere. He does not wish to call his site OldStokie.wordpress.com as he is seeking a makeover and a ‘new self.’ Any suggestions? Kazimir Malevich, Plane in Rotation, called Black Circle, 1915, Oil on canvas
Another
animal whose face can tell a story. ‘Who? Me? I never.’ I never ran amok amongst next door’s rabbits and hamsters like that Zenn did…
Less is More
Zenn in Basket
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Uncategorized, Walking Ollie
Tagged animal-rescue, deerhound-bedlington, Dogs, lurcher
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Rescue guest
Meet Zenn. He belongs to regular contributor and flâneur daftburger and has some very un-Zen-like habits involving next door’s rabbits that we may learn more about as the week progresses. In the meantime here is his introductory note: His earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Uncategorized, Walking Ollie
Tagged animal-rescue, deerhound?, Dogs, lurchers
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Help Yourself
I’m thinking of opening a cake shop, I think I enjoy making cakes more than anything else at the moment. What shall I call it?
Embrace
Life is odd. I needed to hear some music before I started writing this morning and this band came into my mind from nowhere, except I was thinking about notions of failure, and, in the context of Brit Pop, of … Continue reading
Extract
On the end wall as you walked in there was a huge rectangular abstract painting that dripped thick with red, white and green pigment and which had pieces of bark and other salvaged timber as well as metal piping and … Continue reading
Apropos
of nothing. That’s really the only usage of apropos one ever hears, isn’t it? But this apropos is apropos of a link I was just looking at on makemeadiva’s blog, to a cultural reportage site called Flavourwire. The link reported … Continue reading
Genius
T always complains that the original of this song packs too many syllables into a line; now it’s found its natural linguistic home.
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