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The discerning gentleman

I like to think that as I get older I am continuing to mature and become more refined.  This is, at the very least, true in the way I’m learning to appreciate things more.  Let’s talk about those fine things in life - wine, music and chocolate.
Wine is probably the easiest to start with; as [...]

March 10th, 2009 | Category: happenings, thoughts | Leave a comment

new

new year, new season, new hair, new clothes, new job, new housemate
new
when you think about it ‘new’ is an interesting adjective.  after all - for the most part - something that is new to oneself is rarely ‘new’ to anyone else - certainly not everyone else.  anything we see, anything we buy, anything we make [...]

February 25th, 2009 | Category: musings, thoughts | Leave a comment

fundamentalism

Saw this and thought you should see it…. a few thoughts in there which are really interesting - one sound bite to whet your appetite:
A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a curious person who explores first and [...]

January 24th, 2009 | Category: media, thoughts | Leave a comment

Romanticism actually?

Richard Curtis’s film Love Actually has several interesting stories.  The one that I can maybe relate to the best is that of the unrequited love between Andrew Lincoln and Keira Knightly.  The odd one out, in that it has no firm good ending, is that of Laura Linney; who is dealing with her brother’s mental [...]

December 14th, 2008 | Category: films, musings, thoughts | 4 comments

staying skeptical

Back in April I went to Paris and blogged both about the amazing velib system and my fears of the utter failure it could be if introduced in London.  This evening I read on the tube that a similar scheme is getting closer in London - the Guardian talks about it here.
My original negativity remains. [...]

November 18th, 2008 | Category: thoughts | Leave a comment
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