The Phantom Buggery of Harry Potter - Part 1

Added on 15 September 2008

Harry Potter Takes It Up The Arse. That’s the Harry Potter book I used to talk about writing. The joke got the occasional dry laugh, even though it wasn’t particularly funny. What are you writing next? people would ask. Harry Potter Takes It Up The Arse, I’d say, smiling ruefully. ...

It Was A Warm And Lazy Afternoon...

Added on 10 September 2008

Flew back to Scotland yesterday for a family funeral. As school had just kicked off, and TPCKAM was busy at work, I got to travel on my own. Travelling on your own is generally ok. When you're used to travelling with two kids, it's like Christmas. Long queues, packed waiting rooms, flight delays, tu...

Tom Brady: My Part In His Injury

Added on 09 September 2008

So Tom Brady is injured for the year. This will be of little interest to anyone who doesn’t follow the NFL. (The NFL is American football to everyone else other than Americans. American’s don’t call American football American football, for obvious reasons. That would be like us cal...

5 Reasons Not To Be Miserable After Scotland’s 1-0 Loss To Macedonia

Added on 08 September 2008

5. You can now get odds of 750-1 on Scotland winning the World Cup. 4. We’re still level on points with Holland. 3. The 2-2 draw between Norway and Iceland plays into our hands. 2. We don’t have to go back to eastern Europe in this tournament. 1. When we play Holland in March, none of Ma...

And at last, the school holiday wound its way to a conclusion

Added on 06 September 2008

Hot day in Warsaw. Two days until the (pathetically abbreviated) first day of school. The gargantuan school holidays are almost over. When this summer holiday started, a pint of beer cost 2’6, the Arctic ice shelf was still an ice shelf, (rather than just a shelf), Edward Heath was Prime Minis...