Posts from December 2005

Happy Hanukkah, and may Jesus bless us, every one (December 25th, 2005)

I was going to post this tomorrow, lest anyone accuse me of not taking a day off today. But then I noticed Richard Charkin was busy blogging, pre-goose, and I felt left out.
Just wanted to wish everyone the best on this most festive of days but also (of course) to point out that Friday Books [...]



And the goose is getting fat (December 15th, 2005)

Whoops. There goes another week. And another year, come to think of it. I woke up on last week a year older and precious little wiser. The big two-six – and as someone quite rightly texted me – “What a year it’s been eh?!”
Eh indeed.
Actually what a year-and-a-half it’s been. That hit home as I [...]



Christmas time is here, by golly. Disapproval would be folly (December 5th, 2005)

The nights have drawn in, it’s freezing cold outside and the world continues to mission-creep towards Holy war.
Would it kill XFM to play some upbeat music?
Seriously, if I hear Coldplay one more time – or that James Blunt dirge – I’m going to drop the office radio in a bath. While Blunt is in it.
“Yoour’e [...]



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