This post was originally going to be called – Two paraphrases that lasted beyond the world wars. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde once is… However Oscar Wilde did say : The hardest thing to do is nothing at all Some things you come across in life that are so obvious you immediately think “Why didn’t I […]
I’m worried. Ever since I hacked your devices, I’ve been watching. Not every day – I’m not crazy. Just now and then. To be fair it’s quite difficult looking at some of you. Worse than my cracked mirror. You should take better care of yourself. Age shall not weary There’s a lot of […]
Each of the following individual words is true but I take no responsibility for the factuality of their combinations. Donald Trump The only truth left to us is in words. It is when we combine them together that the lies find their way in. Although each meaning of every individual word is subject to change. […]
Slow Defeat Who doesn’t want to enjoy the slow defeats within a long life? Let death claim its single victory, while we take a thousand dances under the bright sun of delusion. Each moment another victory against the inevitable. Each tomorrow a new day – apart from once. But is death such a big loss? […]
I’ve always hated flies. Depending on the type of windows you have The top opening ones are the worst. The flies get in but there is no way for them to get out again. One way glass – only one side is solid. This is one sided glass that a fly will bounce off if […]
I never really got to be the best. I spent a lot of time hanging on the coat-tails of giants. At least I was in the same room. I was used to my ideas being overlooked, which is why I started my own venture at the weekends. Most of my work is dealing with people […]
When I told my wife about my writers block she told me I should kill my darlings. I thought she cared about our children more than that. Happy wife,happy life as they say. I just go along with her as it’s so much easier. Halfway through my prison term I realised she was talking about […]
Feeling a bit unwell after a night out. My significant other said : “It wouldn’t surprise me if we caught something from the other night. We don’t get much exposure these days.” “Ah, The diseased populus,” I said, “The pox populi.” It did leave me wondering what century I was born in. VOX POPS and […]
Young and Dumb As a youngster I lived in a street of terraced houses. We used to go the end of the block and throw a tennis ball at the gable end of the last house. The game was to get the ball to hit the wall and the ground at the same time. […]
I wondered how many of us are in thrall to our thoughts. Scared of them, scared of their power. How they wrap up in our emotions and give them powerful form. I thought I would go into a little more detail, of how thought became my slave and I the master. Then I thought I […]
The rebel fish 