Archive for February, 2005
Hunter S. Thompson
Among the tributes to Hunter S. Thompson, who died this week, the best is in the Independent, where, along with a piece by long-time collaborator Ralph Steadman, they quoted this. It’s W.B.Yeat’s reworking of the latin inscription Swift wrote for himself. Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast. Imitate [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2005 under Words.
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Moleskines
Years ago, I read an article which talked about ‘stationery gannets’. These are people who hoard up drawers – even cupboards – full of beautiful stationery. They don’t use these things – they just hoard them away. I am an unabashed stationery gannet. I have lots of notebooks that I have never yet written in. [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2005 under Life.
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Being Christian
Struggling this morning with a car that’s not working, a blog that’s not blogging and a deep sense of inadequacy at the paucity of entries on this blog. Still, in my excuse I’ve been busy running a number of other websites, including one I’ve just set up to accompany a course I’m running at church. [...]
Posted: February 22nd, 2005 under God.
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