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( sick Burn(s) ) Why “Burns” supper? Why not a Shakespeare luncheon? I’m pretty sure I’ve asked that before, but having – over the years, celebrated the Bard’s birthday many, many times, we’ve heard most of the poems, had innumerable witty toasts and replies, so we tend to be very relaxed about inclusion of workContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(… perchance to dream) There was a time, which does not seem that long ago – but was probably really 1986 (forty years – you’ve got to be kidding!), when I could lay my head down on a comfy shopping trolly and doze off in the street while it was raining – Ok I exaggerate,Continue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

I try to write regularly but sometimes it the Day shift weeks that are the hardest ones. Sadly “Day” is not a simple 9-5 (does anyone actually work this ?) but rather a 7am start to let the nightshifft away. Once you add on the (rush) hour commute at both ends, and subtract coffee, showers,Continue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(Hogmany) I was going to rage at my house insurers who have declined to reinsure us after the two roof claims (“no longer meet their criteria”)… was… but I’m bigger than that (I’d like to think), so instead, I was going to give a retrospective of the year gone by… was… then I got wordContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s …Year”

(Solstice – back again.) It was actually yesterday, well Sunday now, about 15:00 GMT . We made it to our farthest point from the sun, and started to orbit back. Of course, the worst of winter, and the cold months, are still ahead of us – see my long rambling discussion of this a couple(?)Continue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(…all the way) It’s our turn. Due to some administrative error (one can only assume) lovely wife and I are both off on Christmas Day. Since we have been guests – or working- for about the last forty festive seasons, we are very overdue to host for Christmas dinner. Dressing the house is therefore beingContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(Jingle…) My actual job always get a bit busier with the festive season. You might think that would apply to nights and parties – and it does – but the seasonal bad weather makes the days much more brisk as well. People who might have walked the short distance, balk at the wind and rain,Continue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(Gig) So the plan is; Dj up to the Birthday cake, then band for the final hour. In a perfect world “the band” would have set up long before the Dj was ever on the scene, sound checked, gone away for a pint/coffee/fish supper, then returned to play the short set requested. However….. for variousContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(digs) I moved out when I was 18. I wasn’t compelled to go, or even encouraged. I was entranced by the idea of my own space and being in charge of my own time/life/fate. Of course, at that time, rent was something like £15 a week, electricity was a 50p meter, gas was not connectedContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(Band) “Band” has a kind of organised sound, and one might hope it did, in fact, have an organised sound. “Jam” on the other hand, while generally used as a verb (in a musical context) has a more random conotation. Even where it is used as a noun about music(“lets meet for a jam…”) itContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”