March 2010
49 posts
The Boys and the Subway - Abstract City Blog -... →
A beautiful story of some boys and a subway.
Mar 30th
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Things I Do When I Am Drunk
#2: Declare my undying love for Denise Richards in public.
Mar 28th
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Mar 26th
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Internet Vices - Patrick Moberg →
Mar 25th
Huskisson! - The Life Before The Death →
What started as a mild amusement with a side salad of historical curiosity, has developed into a fascination. I speak of course of the case of William Huskisson, MP, statesman, and the first man to…
Mar 24th
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Mar 21st
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Donations Gratefully Received →
I’m very happy when people comment on here - it makes me feel like people are actually reading, and I’m not just talking to myself. I especially like it when readers pop up with interesting facts,…
Mar 21st
Lunchtime Vignette →
The train smells of beer. Cheap, nasty booze, filling the carriage. People avoid them. A man takes his son to a different seat so they’re not close by. He slumps against the window,…
Mar 20th
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Map!: The Undiscovered Country →
A couple of people have got in touch with me via Twitter to alert me to a brand new permutation of the Merseyrail map: a line diagram above the windows in the trains. For years now, the trains…
Mar 18th
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“On a parenthetical note, Casino Royale is not a remake of Casino Royale. The...”
– Joe Queenan on remakes.
Mar 17th
Only A Northern Soul →
This is my Mum on top of the Empire State Building. Hello Mum. She has gifted many things to me over the years. Ramrod straight hair (my brother got our Dad’s curls). A love of Motown. A…
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