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My little brother is 28 today. He is awesome – not just because he has taken me to the US for my birthday, but also because he refuses to be intimidated by even the most outrageous challenges: That’s a big salad, little man. But it poses no threat to the man with the bottomless stomach. By contrast, I am [...] We arrived in LA on Thursday, to be greeted at the airport by my friend, Ji. After giving me as big a hug as a tiny pregnant Korean lady can muster, she said: ‘So, while you were in the air Michael Jackson passed away.’ I looked at my brother, who by now had adopted his LA [...] Hung out with my granny in her greenhouse this afternoon (thanks comrade Nibus for reminding me she is 98, not 97). Was amazing to watch her moving about the place. At one stage she started sharpening some rusty old knife against a grinding stone. I wondered with a sort of mixture of awe and horror [...] My life, which is typically quite eventful, has been in a state of unusual turmoil for some time now. I’ve been searching for reasons to explain this, and today I came across a couple of interesting ideas. The Professor (@memestorm) kindly recommended Lewis Wolpert’s Malignant Sadness to me after a previous post on my battles with [...] I just had a call from Plan UK, a children’s charity. I’d written to them ages ago about sponsoring a child, but had completely forgotten about it until now. Judging by the surprise and pleasure in the phone canvasser’s voice, I’m the first person in a while to hand over my bank details and agree to [...] I spent the afternoon watching Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire and drinking a very good bottle of rioja that was meant as a gift for a friend, but somehow ended up being drunk almost entirely by me. If you haven’t seen Wings of Desire you should. It is beautiful and uplifting. It also has Columbo in it, [...] |
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