I used to be addicted to brackets. They were my way of throwing in little asides (like this) without interrupting the flow of the sentence. But I have stowed by stash of brackets at the back of my writer’s tool box and taken up with the – far superior – dash. I am not sure […]
This morning just before I woke up I asked K what time he needed to get to the airport He replied, ‘Blurrgghh?’ Well, I thought, if he’s going to Poland he needs to get a move on. Then I woke up. It was 5:45 am. It reminded me of a conversation we’d had with our […]
This whole week I have been trying to be really disciplined and get into the mode of working 9 to 5 (what a way to make a living) but the distractions are just too numerous. The three main culprits are: – Youtube.com – curse your metal body. The whole internet is pretty frickin distracting. My […]
Some of the things I learnt on a recent trip to USA 1. It is never OK to call nine eleven, seven eleven by mistake – ever. 2. Ask for the restroom or bathroom not toilet. 3. US toilets are lower and shallower than ours. I discovered this while wiping front to back – as […]
The Great Global Warming Swindle, Channel Four’s infamous documentary caused uproar, bringing home how strongly many people feel about the threat of catastrophic climate change. It was riddled with inaccuracies and shoddy science, but it did get one thing right. Some people are so convinced about the dangers we are facing that they are no […]
Jen S. Wight 