At least, I think that was his name. It occurs to me now that I never actually asked, because he was always just Val; but…
I never realised, but as a woman I seem to have become psychologically attuned to being spoken to like I’m shit. How else to explain…
Curse Your Branches – technically the first solo full-length from one-time Pedro the Lion frontman David Bazan – was one of my favourite 2009 releases…
MSP Margo Macdonald’s assisted suicide bill has was published on Thursday, ready for debate in the Scottish Parliament. Veteran politician MacDonald, who has Parkinson’s disease,…
Christmas sorta sneaked up on me this year. Busy with retail work and deadlines, worrying about money and suffering with a particularly nasty bout of…
Finding out that there was a new Mountain Goats album on the way next month was a delightful suprise. Finding out that The Life of…
My first glimpse of the atheist bus the other morning couldn’t help but bring a smile as I fought with my umbrella and shuffled through…
If there was ever a case study for the separation of the church and the education system in this country, the minor furore which erupted…
Curious to see that this BBC article on the anti-touting measures in place for tonight and tomorrow’s Tom Waits concerts only mentions as an afterthought…
Apologies for the re-post (on LJ if not this blog), but this is my all-time favourite 365 days shot. I used to like to pride…
First up: somebody’s gotta buy me this t-shirt. If I buy it for myself it can’t be true, see? Somewhere, some years ago, some scientist…
There are moments that even I have to roll my eyes. Such travails as mine never seem to trouble the world as large: for instance,…
