Category: Personal

  • On reflection

    The formal articulation of so much mental garbage does tend to leave me thinking I’m being rather silly. I mean, you’d think that at my age I would remember that the best solution to being unproductive/unfulfilled/unexcited is just to get on with it. A dream this morning, clearly grown from my concerns of the past…

  • Persona

    Last Tuesday, I was in a pub with a colleague from another university, and was eventually joined by a circle of friends from my own university (most of whom have blogs, by the way). We had fun, I was rather giddy (saying some tacky things, but I have friends all over the world who are…

  • Intro-

    Well, that is decided. The dramatic shape of the weekend in London will fizzle out, basically; a whimper rather than a bang…. Friday night: the astounding experience, which I will not relate, but which involved the wonderful Carl, with whom I have spent time before. Not only a very sexy man but also a very…