How to ruin a good game
You may have noticed that I’m no big fan of football, or ‘soccer’ as the Sarah Palin’s among you would …
Monthly Archives: September 2014
How to confuse Johnnie Foreigner
In case you missed the reference in the title, Johnnie Foreigner was a disrespectful and condescending term for anybody not …
How to come to grips with the concept of cheeseburger soup
I’ve already mentioned this briefly on Facebook, but I did agree on there to explore this in a bit more …
How to be grumpy
Earlier this week somebody, a woman as it happens, alerted me to the theory that a quiet man is thinking, …
How to be cool
The Fonz was cool. I never was. But I do appreciate cool. Not the hipster cool that passes for cool …
How to be an unexpected hit
It was carnival day in the throbbing metropolis of Great Dunmow on Saturday. I like to go along to this, …
How to make yet another fuss over nothing
The swivel eyed loonies are out in force again. This week’s cause celebre? A short story by Hilary Mantel, prize …
How to make a fuss about nothing – again
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is in a bit of bother with the more deranged fringe of the animal rights people. For those …
How it pays to bide your time
I tend to try to time when I schedule a blogpost at the later end of the day before. That …
How to misuse language
Since I’m an arch-exponent of this, it may be that some feel I’m a hypocrite. I don’t see it like …
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