Currently playing – Orchestra Super Mazembe. Who I wholeheartedly recommend. ‘Mazembe’ means bulldozer, apparently, thus putting them in the narrow category of ‘bands named after industrial equipment’ along with Kraftwerk.
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Maradona has a gastric bypass
One of the greatest sportsmen of all time, and look at him now. It’s hard not to think of Michael Jackson, the other superstar currently in the news. And to a slightly less spectacular degree, Gazza and George Best. Will we be watching Rooney self-destruct in a few years time? Or one of the Ronaldos? Or Beckham? I guess there are plenty who don’t – for every Maradona, Best or Gazza there’s a Pele, Charlton or Lineker – but it’s a grim precedent even so.
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ten poems to introduce oneself with
The idea’s being doing the rounds of poblogs – ten poems you might use to introduce yourself. I guess the ten you pick depends on whether you’re introducing yourself to a possible employer or a possible shag. I’ll leave it to the reader to deicde whether my selection is the equivalent of a resum
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full of the joys of spring
Wel, the weather may be rotten, but it’s hard to be completely gloomy when the people of Carlisle are doing so much to cheer me up (there’s a picture of the Stone here). And hurrah for the Melton Mowbray pork pie.
Found it in the freezer. Too big to snack on or easily use in sandwiches once it’s defrosted, but very strongly-flavoured and salty for cooking. Hmmm.
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meme from blogpulse
A list of ‘the top 110 banned books of all time’ – whatever that means. Bold the ones you