I met up with an old friend recently. Right at the end she asked if I wanted feedback on blog posts I had sent her. I knew roughly what was coming, because I have heard it once or thrice before. The main problems (before you get to the content) are around even understanding what the... Continue Reading →
Everyone gets fat and old, says someone fat and old, if they're lucky. I just saw a juvenile moorhen do proper flying - like a proper bird. (I was feeding its mum or dad, and it wanted in on the action). Distance, style, the works. Won't be able to do that this time next year,... Continue Reading →
After this, quatrains and stuff. A proper limerick is improper, imo. "There was a young man named Eenis..." and so on. Sure, there are some I cherish that are distressingly clean - but a decent lyric not only scans but is NSFW. However, we can't always get what we want, and you defo didn't want... Continue Reading →
,I bought a book in a charity shop (I know, I know). It's called "Managing Difficult People." I hoped it might have some tips for self-management, and it does. So expect New and Improved Marc any day now. Oh yes. The book a slender thing, seven chapters. On page 36 there is the following "The... Continue Reading →
So, I've been lifting weights and going on yomps and while I've put on a bit of muscle and shed a bit of lard, neither did anything for my cardio-vascular fitness. Eight days ago I got on a rowing machine and managed to do 2 minutes before having to stop. #embarrassing Every time I've gone... Continue Reading →
I pray to the god who doesn’t exist that I can look back 18 months hence, and shake my head at the ‘hysterical’ position I was in back in June 2023. I hope I can join in the jeers of those climate denialists and ‘lukewarmists’ who say with condescension that fear of imminent collapse/apocalypse are... Continue Reading →
In the order they are in the title I am loving getting half an hour or so of juggling (usually three clubs, sometimes 4 balls) in everyday, normally at the nearby park. Various people have commented/complimented me on my improved skills. I know feel "in control" of the three clubs, able to switch between patterns,... Continue Reading →
Uggh. I think of all the people I’ve annoyed/hurt and (because I am not a saint) the opportunities I’ve squandered/never had because one of my more obvious flaws (there are several), namely anger, lack of anger management. In the word asshole the a is surely for anger (and one of the esses is for sanctimony,... Continue Reading →
I just put up a post on "All Our Yesterdays" about beer goggles and "oil goggles." A few things a) a good friend pointed to the wording that would allow people to reasonably infer sexism/misogyny (I used the term "arm-chewer" - I had worded things to be equal opportunity offensive, but the term itself skews... Continue Reading →
The "All Our Yesterdays" project is finally working (thanks to all the new followers, btw, and especially those retweeting). By "working" I don't mean fame, fortune, influence, a book contract, podcast interviews, adoring acolytes and groupies (though some of those listed things might be nice). I mean I am in touch with people who have... Continue Reading →
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