I met a Secret Millionaire

Only it wasn’t, you know, a secret. Last year I was visiting my brother’s church in Basingstoke and a lovely lady with curly hair got up to talk about herself & share a bit of her journey. Someone leaned over and said “She’s Blind” and then added “She’s an MBE”. I think I pulled one of [...]

#fountainwatch update

#fountainwatch, originally uploaded by benjibrum.

I put in an FOI request though WhatDoTheyKnow? & got a sort of helpful response.
You can see that response in all it’s glory here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/victoria_square_fountain_leak

Festival thoughts halfway @greenbelt

This post is being written in a stolen moment, relative quiet in the hub, literature & visual arts venue for the festival.
My festival is the same festival as yours but I see it a little differently. I get pairs of very attentive eyes looking at me as I introduce wonderful authors & speakers. I feel [...]

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Lacuna.

A lacuna is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work.

Delivery Fail by Thomsons Directory

Delivery Fail by Thompsons Directory, originally uploaded by benjibrum.

I often wonder when I get home from work what will greet me by the front door.
Sometimes there’s a crowd waiting to get in because none of them have their key fobs.
Today I was greeted by lazy deliverers effort at getting the Thomson local directory.
Having delivered leaflets [...]

Let’s start at the very start…

FROM TERRY, originally uploaded by butcher12310.

I grew up in Wiltshire. A wee town called Calne.
It’s on the river Marden.
The town is notable for various bits and bobs.
I like Joseph Priestley isolated Oxygen when conducting experiments in the town. (I normally say “invented” and people look at me like I’ve forgotten how to use language rather [...]

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Thing that makes me cry

Ah.
Here we are again, crying at work.
I guess I’m tired after a busy week & some music just caught me off guard.

Must always check what’s coming up on the playlist.

My worst failing.

is probably my pride in not wanting to ask for help when I probably should.

Dead Pool List 2009

I’m in the process of migrating posts from my old blog to this one, so although this post will appear today it was first written on the 31st of December 2008 in preparation for the New Year. (It’s a hard life, eh? Lots of cutting and pasting in my life at the moment. For reasons [...]

7 things you may not know about me.

Bruce Lawson chain-lettered Michael Grimes (aka Citizensheep), who in turn chain-lettered Nicky Getgood who chain lettered me into blogging about the 7 things you may not know about me.
1) I get synaesthesia.
It’s a “condition” which means that sometimes I get things a little muddled. Particularly before bed or early in the morning I “see” sounds. [...]

Questions that need answering.

What burdens can you not let go of?
There are things that keep me awake at night.
Big things I can’t do anything about like stuff going on in Iran and Iraq, global warming (which does exist). Stuff so monumentally scary I have to shift my gaze to one side so not to lose myself in contemplating [...]

Question of the day

What is the single biggest way people waste time without even realizing it?

The “I’m not dead” post.

I’m not dead.
It’s ok.
Call off the search parties.
If you’ve been looking closely you’ll see that my twitter feed is being updated.
Just been busy is all.