You lucky, lucky bastard
You lucky, lucky bastard. What? You must have slipped him a few sheckles, eh? Slipped him a few sheckles? You saw him spit in my face! Oh! What wouldn’t I give to be spat at in the face. I sometimes hang awake at night dreaming of being spat at in the face. Well it’s not exactly friendly, is it? They have me in manacles! Manacles?! Ooohaaawwww. My idea of heaven is to be allowed to be put in manacles… just for a few hours.* I often watch or read the news about some horrific accident, or about a new conflict...
“Stop thinking, start doing!”
Okay, I don’t normally quote sportswear ads – I’ve never been what you’d describe as ‘sporty’. But on this occasion I decided to make an exception. I was thinking about resolutions and saw the quote above at the nearby mega-mall on a poster and it struck me as a personal imperative – oi you: stop thinking, start doing! I’ve missed too many opportunities by saying things (to myself mostly) like “I’ll think about that…” instead of just getting off my backside and doing something about it. As many of you know, I’m in a transitional phase having left Fancyapint? in...
New Years resolutions
Yes, I know it’s February today – nothing gets by me. Still, in the spirit of new year, new yew, I thought I’d put a few of my resolutions for 2012 down on paper (so I can be beaten with them later of course). Get a haircut and get a real job* Clean out the crap Exercise on a regular basis Write more and Just do more in general The most critical one is the first one – can’t live off air and pixie dust forever. So I need to get off my proverbial and find that job. It’ll come,...
