Posted in Contemporary Culture, tagged death, Heath Ledger, prescription drugs, stress on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
HTB told me about the demise of Heath Ledger over breakfast this morning (he gets up after me and heard it on the radio). It all seems such a waste, therefore, a tragedy. Unreal. It was like a slap in the face. Then I got to thinking, why has this hit me? I mean, I [...]
Posted in 2008 Habits, Contemporary Culture, tagged Graham Swift, gym, Last Orders, Morrissey, Noel Gallagher, Waterland on January 8, 2008 | No Comments »
A quick post - I’m keeping going with the not drinking. Tonight I went for my induction at the gym. I didn’t go walking at lunchtime, but I made sure I got away from my desk and read some more of Waterland by Graham Swift. I read Last Orders about ten years ago, as part [...]
Posted in Contemporary Culture, tagged 1999 Cornwall Eclipse, Millennium bug, Millennium dome on January 8, 2008 | No Comments »
My HTB has a habit of keeping random videos of programmes he recorded to watch at a later date. Mostly these are films, but we get some real little gems like pre-millennium Glastonbury, ancient Proms concerts and suchlike. Consequently, we live in a sort of twilight zone from time to time.
As I type, HTB is [...]
