“Men all do about the same thing when they wake up.”
John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
Coinciding with the release of The Trumpit, I normally publish Tales From The Scruffy. Having now gone online I can do a bit better.
Musings From The Padded Cell
“Men all do about the same thing when they wake up.”
John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
Coinciding with the release of The Trumpit, I normally publish Tales From The Scruffy. Having now gone online I can do a bit better.
“To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.” Aristophanes, The Knights
Local elections loom and a stellar cast of the utterly hopeless will be banging on your door soon to beg for your vote. They will promise to change things they barely understand let alone have any power to do so. Roll up, roll up!
“For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”
Sir Winston Churchill
From a bar flyer barely three years ago, this week The Trumpit went online – www.thetrumpit.com. Genuine community magazines are rare as hen’s teeth these days, largely because those who try quickly realise hopes of earning a living here are delusional.
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Today marks the tenth anniversary of my amicable divorce from Barclays Bank plc after twenty-five inglorious years in the company of mostly fine people. It almost beautifully coincides with England playing cricket in Chennai, India this week – read on.
Originally written for my book – It’s Only A Game – this was chapter 22 – Dead Man Walking. And I was!
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“It is not how good the coach was, it is the ambition of the player and how much he wants it. Coaches do not make great players.”
Marcelo Bielsa
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