I’ve just seen a poster for a comedy night, which included the warning ‘No heckling’. I don’t know if this was a joke, but it made me think… At the comedy nights I’ve attended or watched on a screen, it seems to me that hecklers are almost always trying to add something to the show.Continue reading “H is for Heckling”
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The Friend Ship
Sailing in a friend ship This craft has brought us far Through waters ever-changeable We steered it by the stars The sails have been mended It leaks from time to time The wind is unpredictable And with that, we are fine This friend ship is a galleon With many decks and rooms An ocean’s worthContinue reading “The Friend Ship”
Outside The Box: 21 Exercises for Reflection, Connection and Kindness.
This is a list of 21 tasks (symbolising the year 2021) that involve connecting with the senses, memory, the present moment, reflecting healthily on the past and looking to the future. You can work your way through them, or try whichever ones appeal to you. 1. Spend five minutes looking at the clouds withoutContinue reading “Outside The Box: 21 Exercises for Reflection, Connection and Kindness.”
How I dumped Facebook…(for a week)
I remember when I set up my facebook account in 2009. I uploaded some photos to my profile, as you do, and sent out some friend requests. And then I saw a status update that has always stuck in my mind. It was by a female musician who was in a prominent band at the time;Continue reading “How I dumped Facebook…(for a week)”
Mellow Yellow…
What are sodium lights? They’re the yellow street lights that are ubiquitous in the UK and are gradually being replaced in Liverpool (I don’t know about other cities) with white ones. This burnt-yellow light is a big part of me. As a teenager I hung around after dark on street corners drenched with it. InContinue reading “Mellow Yellow…”
Beanie Bohemia – A History of Wooly Hats.
One of the compensations of winter is donning a nice, cosy wooly hat. There’s nothing like the snug feeling of those knitted sheep fibres embracing your cranium. But for me and many others, these items are more than just a way to keep warm. Woolen headgear has played a role in subculture for many years. It’sContinue reading “Beanie Bohemia – A History of Wooly Hats.”
The Mystery of Charisma
We have all met people possessed of a natural charm that enables them to hold the attention of groups of people, who listen to their opinions, laugh at their jokes and possibly want to share bodily fluids with them. Charisma is like a magical chemical product flowing in certain peoples’ bloodstream. If you start outContinue reading “The Mystery of Charisma”
Season of Sweat
Today the temperature has hit 29 degrees (that’s centigrade, my American friends) which is pretty ferocious anywhere in the UK but particularly so in a Northern town like Liverpool. Sitting here without a shirt and sticking to the back of my vinyl chair, I have little energy to do anything more than muse upon thatContinue reading “Season of Sweat”
Childhood Obsessions #1: The Motorcycle
When I was a kid I was in love with motorbikes – along with dinosaurs and knights, they were one of the great obsessions of my childhood. I can’t remember how it started, but by the age of nine my bedroom walls were lined with posters of Kawasakis, Suzukis and Hondas; I amassed a sizeableContinue reading “Childhood Obsessions #1: The Motorcycle”
How to Beat Facebook Addiction – The Jack Kerouac Method
I must get back that copy of Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums that I lent to my friend Tobias. I keep thinking about it – it’s one of the most significant books I’ve read recently, and here’s why: it cured me of my facebook habit. For the two or three weeks it took me toContinue reading “How to Beat Facebook Addiction – The Jack Kerouac Method”
Tom George 