Memories

I know there are some writers (and would-be writers) among the readers of these words – you guys should take a look at the library of unwritten books

Gah! My body clock really is quite broken – I’ve just woken up at 4am, thats it, I’m up now, no going back to sleep for me. So, I was thinking about relationships, there seems to be a huge number of polyamorous people around these days and I wondered how it actually worked out for […]

“my name is Geoff Harris and I torture memory cards for a living” … “Most of them did fail to get through two additional tests – being smashed by a sledgehammer and being nailed to a tree.”

We never did get around to organising Cold War Night, did we?[0] They’re remaking the Manchurian Candidate. Maybe we’d better wait for that…? [0] This statement, of course, assumes that people in Oxford haven’t managed to organise such a night in my absence.

Bleurgh, its 6pm saturday, and I’ve just woken up. How did that happen? There was so much I had to do today.

Arrived. I’m now in my new flat. Theres a 24 hour supermarket around the corner, with the best meat counter I’ve seen since I arrived here, perfect for those 4am steak cravings. Now all I gotta do is figure out how to microwave it. Mobile coverage here (or Foma coverage at least) is poor, so […]

The London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company “In 1849, Sir Richard Broun proposed buying a huge tract of land at what is now the Surrey village of Brookwood to build a vast new cemetery for London’s dead. The 2,000-acre plot he had in mind – soon dubbed “London’s Necropolis” – was about 25 miles (40km) […]

Oh, and apparently Japanese people do get dyslexia, the kanji all come out in the wrong order….I find this strangely reassuring.

I picked up the keys for my new flat today – I’m only there for one month but that is now all paid for, leaving me with three grand to live on until my transfer comes from the UK (about 15 quid). I’ve not seen the place yet, but I’m sure there’ll be no problems. […]