Tag Archives: America

Roy Batty In The Belfry

Posted on March 18, 2017 by S

Spring cleaning. Not something I’ve ever done. But isn’t that exactly what I’ve been doing this past week? Reorganising furniture and sorting out things to donate to charity leads to secondary spring cleanliness such as noticing the windows could do … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, Education, Film, health, History, Life, Literature, mental health | Tagged academia, America, Bladerunner, charity, Darryl Hannah, doctoral thesis, Furniture, rug, Ruther Hauer, Spring cleaning, Star Wars : The Force Awakens, teaching, The Big Lebowski, Therapy | Leave a comment

Uncanny, Spooky, Weird…

Posted on March 15, 2017 by S

A sun is happening. A shiny sky sun that kicks the ozone layer’s butt and breaks through to do shiny sky sun stuff to humans of this part of England. The sun doesn’t wear a hat (please don’t take song … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, friendship, History, Literature, travel, weather | Tagged America, Art, Donald Trump, Lake Erie, Moon landing, Neil Armstrong, Niagara Falls, Ohio, Paris, sunshine, tattoo | Leave a comment

This Efficacious Spirit

Posted on March 13, 2017 by S

Ever get the feeling that a big wave of change is coming your way but you haven’t got a clue what the change will be or where it will lead? I don’t mean because of world events, that happens to … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, Art, creativity, friendship, health, History, Life, Literature, mental health, Music, Photography, Poetry, travel, Writing | Tagged academia, America, aspiration, change, Desire, doctorate, Exeter, France, PhD, Poetry, premonition, Spots of time, The Prelude, Therapy, transformation, university, William Wordsworth | Leave a comment

I Mean Really, Really

Posted on March 12, 2017 by S

City silence never is. Out there on frosted streets feet still write morse code essays on pavements at all hours. When rush hour has come and gone the hum of engines might diminish but hangs in the shadows at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, health, Life, Music, travel, Writing | Tagged America, bronchiectasis, cars, Doctor Who, engines, Environment, health, Housequake, metal, morse code, Music, Prince, Rose Tyler, secrets, Silence, stillness, Students, Wealth | Leave a comment

Steve = mc hammer?

Posted on March 11, 2017 by S

I’ve been at the music. It’s mine and I’ll strum as fast as I please. Or, to be more factual, I’ll redo a couple of vocal tracks because I woke up feeling like I have a voice and lungs that … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Astrophysics, friendship, health, Life, Music, travel | Tagged Albert Einstein, America, avocado, bus, e=mc2, emotion, England, garlic, guacamole, Heathrow Airport, laundry, lemon juice, memory, Music, Ohio, pedantry, recording, singing, synthesiser, theory of relativity, travel, vocals | Leave a comment

Pressure Drop

Posted on March 8, 2017 by S

Riddle me this (or don’t because you’re an autonomous being in your own right and don’t have to do what I say. Who the heck am I to be giving out the orders anyway? I must have ideas above … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, Economics, Education, Finance, food, health, Life, Literature, mental health, Music, Uncategorized | Tagged academia, America, Bachelor's degree, bronchiactesis, carnauba wax, donuts, health, Hello, Lionel Ritchie, Master's degree, parenthesis, PhD, Pressure Drop, Riddle, The Commodores, Therapy, Three Times A Lady, Toots and the Maytals, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

Oh Boy It’s Swell To Say…

Posted on March 6, 2017 by S

Lots of sleepings have happened. Not enough to make my body like me but lots. And there has been some walking about, some saying of the words “Fuck me the wind is cold!” and some drinking coffee and talking of … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Finance, food, friendship, health, History, Life, Music, Politics, travel | Tagged America, bollocks, Brexit, Charles II, coffee, Elvis, England, European Union, fracking, friendship, government, History, imperialism, jetlag, love, manufacturing, Music, NHS, Ohio, resources, slavery, Sleep, Toledo, Trump, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

There’s (Not) Something Going On Around Here…

Posted on March 5, 2017 by S

Um, I’m not real good at englanding. Can you do it for me? And for those who haven’t watched Dana Carvey’s recent stand up stuff on Netflix, fucking watch it. He’s got the funny. And the true. Jetlag is punching … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, food, friendship, health, Life, travel | Tagged America, Buffalo Springfield, comedy, Dana Carvey, England, EU, jetlag, money, Netflix, Snatch, suck it, Wayne's World | Leave a comment

Travelogue Part 11: Barks And Bites To Eat

Posted on March 2, 2017 by S

You know how it is when you drive an hour or so up into another state to see an old friend from England who has lived here twenty-something years and you’re waiting at an outside table of a diner for … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, Education, food, friendship, travel | Tagged Altercation, America, Ann Arbor, dog, England, friendship, hibachi, Japanese food, Michigan, Ohio, Osaka, swearing, Toledo | Leave a comment

Travelogue Part 10: S’Tuesday

Posted on February 28, 2017 by S

And now it is Tuesday. I know this because my tuesometer is ring-a-dinging like crazy. And it’s a day. I can always sense days. It’s a built in sense I possess, sort of a superpower. I can also ignore tall … Continue reading →

Posted in food, friendship, Life, Photography, Politics, travel, Uncategorized | Tagged America, Brexit, Ohio, politicians, Superman, superpowers, Toledo, Trump, Tuesday, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

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