Month: April 2010

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Postcards from an Existential Lady

Writing The Long Way Around

I once knew a lady who ran a very successful private gentleman’s club.  It was terribly exclusive and the only advertising was a series of artful postcards displayed in selected telephone boxes around London. All other business was a result of very good word of mouth. The lady was among many, many things responsible for introducing me to Jean Paul Sartre. I had no idea what she was talking about then and Sartre remains at arm’s length from my periphery now, but in my defence it is quite difficult to discuss existentialism when one of you is wearing a bad wig and … Continue reading Postcards from an Existential Lady

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Writing The Long Way Around

One of the things I love about WordPress is the blog stats especially the section that lets you see what search someone performed that resulted in them clicking through to your blog. When I was contracted to rewrite all the customer facing communication for a large financial company, the department I worked for had a regular ‘Brick of the Week’ award ceremony. It was a process of rewarding the most stupid person on record that week, and the prize was an actual size sponge brick. I don’t have prizes to hand out but from time to time I shall reveal … Continue reading Search Me

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Writing The Long Way Around

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco This has been lying in my to-read pile for about three millenia and I finally picked it up last night. I am still reading A.S Byatt but I felt I needed something else. Every once in a while I read something I wish I had written. I have only read the first chapter of TMFofQL, so can’t yet say I wish it were mine, but I do wish I had thought of a character who wakes from a coma with no memory of himself or his life but who does remember … Continue reading Currently Reading …