It’s A Wonderful Life

It’s a beautiful, beautiful Saturday here in Richmond. I’m sitting at my computer with sunlight filtering into my lounge and the room is filled with the scent of the lilac trees outside my window. It’s not too hot, it’s not too cool, I’ve just had a huge mug of hot chocolate and I’m so bloody [...]

Ducked Off. (Except not really.)

Earlier today I really offended a duck.
I think I also pissed off a heron.
Remember, guys, when you feed the birds (in my case, next to Richmond Bridge on a Sunday afternoon), don’t throw your bird seed at them so hard that it hits them on the beak and causes to them to swim away, quacking [...]

A Day In The Life…

I really thought when I started this blog that I’d use it as a diary, but I haven’t. Instead I’ve just been writing up the high (or low) points of my week and forgetting about everything else. Thinking back over the last eight months, I can see I’ve left a lot of things out; stuff [...]

The Life And Loves Of A TV-Devil

I’ve always been obsessed with television. Or, more specifically, television shows. I can’t remember any time in my life when I wasn’t head-over-heels in love with something: Star Trek, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Buffy, non-genre stuff like Starsky & Hutch or even Dynasty. My earliest memories are of watching TV. Growing up, it was a [...]