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 […]

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“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.  

Running with the Valentine theme

I’ve been talking to students today about love.  It’s Saint Valentine’s Day, so of course I have.  It’s not a big deal here, at all, and honestly, it’s rather nice to not be made to feel sub-human by the marketing men back at home, who have been ramming it down the throats of the populous since the day […]