He was discharged this morning, after 2 days without a reaction. Quite weak and full of pinpricks, poor fellow, and it’s not a great time to feel feeble what with our move in 10 days. Anyhow, it’s done. And for less than I feared; I had misunderstood the billing and prepared myself to pay thrice […]
Carrot blender
On Monday night I was dreaming of an ad, the ad was the whole dream. It was like a web ad (something I see rarely thanks to ad blockers), with white space and strong colours and Helvetica script. It was an ad for a blender for carrots. In the midst of the ad, I became […]
Critics
A low-level manifestation of the current trend against experts is the backlash again critics: that tastes are subjective, that my experience of a piece of music or a meal will be different from that of a critic and s/he is looking for something different than ordinary people anyway, and how dare one person have the […]
The last of them
I read an extract from Zora Neale Hurston’s oral history of the last survivor of the Middle Passage. It is profoundly sad. The only such voice that I know of. To think it has never been published.
Sniffles
Both the GF and I have a cold. He is befeebled and dizzy. I, true to form, am just sniffly. Actually I’m also a bit light headed and wobbly but the sniffing is definitely the greatest of my woes. Anyhow the packing is truly done except for actually taping the boxes and filling out the […]
Greatly satisfying
The box packing is now completed, all that remains is to tape them up and finish the paperwork in time for collection on Wednesday. I was absolutely shattered, though; I don’t find it emotionally taxing to pack up a home as some do, but it is physically tiring and anxiety inducing. Even more satisfying was […]
Bad grab
The GF’s workplace has cancelled our residency visas, of course, which is perfectly reasoanbly. The annoying thing is, they have cancelled them effective his last day of work, following which we would be overstaying our visas. It’s all very well for him, as he is going to London during that time and can return on […]
Ugh ugh ugh
Facebook made me angry today; I’m really late to the party. Someone posted a truly stupid fake news article saying that the EU was legalising child pornography and after a dozen people commented that they didn’t believe it, added: ‘I don’t know if it’s true but if it is, it’s really terrible.’ I mean… yes, […]
Aches and twinges
Dismal news today, though not surprising: the rash is not eczema but psoriasis. It runs in the family, or rather, surges like cataracts of the Nile, so I had suspected as much. It is unsightly and uncomfortable and may, in the future, grow into something unpleasant like arthritis, and is making me suspect every ache […]
Amazed
I’m amazed at Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation in Armenia, and sad that it feels so unusual for a leader to say he is wrong and to step down in the face of popular opposition. I hope it goes well.