So……… this arrived yesterday

from one of my best friends, so it’s safe to say, she knows me well enough to send it and know that: a) it’s absolutely representative of times we’ve shared, so 100% justified b) that I wouldn’t be offended (and c) that at some point, I have actually looked exactly like the drunken whore on the right, all curly […]

Thought for the day

Sometimes you start your Monday by listening to Elbow’s ‘One Day Like This’, the sun is shining, it’s warm and you get a nice surprise. Then you walk around loving life right in it’s face, stupidly grinning at everyone, struggling to resist the urge to skip and click heels together intermittently, as if in a film version of your own life, […]

Is it a full moon?

Without a word of a lie, I know instinctively when there’s a full moon, because I come over all impish and mischievious and plan shenanigans.  Having said that however, I still haven’t learnt that one should plan said shenanigans to coincide with when the next full moon is, in order to maintain the levels of enthusiasm needed for all […]

blank page

“Write something funny.” “No, I shan’t.” “Write something funny.” “No, I shan’t.” “Write something funny.” “No, I shan’t.” “Write something funny.” “No, I shan’t.” Angel and devil on my shoulders this week.  

Reasons why I love my job #6

Sometimes, just sometimes, students say: “Thank you, that’s a really great explanation.” “We want another class each week, we feel like we are learning something.” “Aaaaahhhhhh” (intonation up), the sound of the penny dropping. “Yes, yes, I’m certain we are improving with you.” Sometimes.  And when they do, it’s really nice.

My brain magic is evolving

to include such skills as predicting the future by the médium of dream.  FACT. My Ikea +1 misplaced her scarf, the night we went out innocently for a burger and ended up clubbing in our jumpers.  I dreamt, very clearly, that she recovered the scarf and she actually did, in the very last place that […]

One very happy PANK

OR: Sometimes life’s just like that. Well, I’ll be damned.  In a little over 2 months, together we have started to grow a small, but perfectly formed, worldwide PANKy community of almost 250 followers and over 3200 page views.  Which quite honestly, has taken me a bit by surprise, firstly.  And secondly, has made this 40 something 39 […]