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An Argument for Staying Drunk
“The Hangover” (Portrait of Suzanne Valadon) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Which joy-killing bastard invented hangovers? Drinking is one of my favourite pastimes, one of life’s great pleasures, yet for...
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If You Died I’d.
The two loves of my life, six days before the big one died. Cardiac surgeons! How come Eddie Large (20 stone and aged 72) lives on and prospers ten years after a heart transplant, whereas the love of...
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It’s better than drinking alone
English: KitKat chunky. Français : Barre de KitKat. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) OK so starter for ten: The following lyric is from which song? ‘They’re sharing a drink they call loneliness / But it’s...
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The Cynical Imp
A stainless steel frying pan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You know on Tom and Jerry, when Tom gets hit by a frying pan and there’s that ‘doiing-ng-ng!’ sound, followed by Tom’s teeth dropping out one by...
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A Chimp with a Gun
Sam is capable of using his own abilities, even if this is something his host normally can not do. Taken from the Season 4 episode “The Wrong Stuff” (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Widowhood feels like that...
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A Head Full of Funk
The Inconsolable Widow (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There are certain things that only widows know. And like any exclusive group, we like to keep our knowledge to ourselves. This is mainly because people...
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Within a couple of hours, I knew I would be free.
Napoleon at Saint Helena. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have two books on the go at the moment. The first, and surely the most impressive, is my ‘serious’ read about Napoleon’s incarceration on St Helena...
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Life goes on, and assorted other cliches
“Curse of an Aching Heart”, 1913 sheet music cover (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” It’s a warm and fuzzy theory and everything, but the...
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Hairy, low voice, no interest in shoes
I wasn’t going to tell you, but I was out with a man on Friday night. A man who likes shoes. This is NOT my non-date.(photo credit: http://www.datehookup.com) Yes, you know, one of those; hairy, low...
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An Acceptance Speech
Bingo (Photo credit: Gerry Dincher) Ten years ago I undertook a job within local government. Along with the endless supply of cakes and people named Kevin came a whole new vocabulary. ‘Thought-shower’....
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