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Entries from August 16th, 2008

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

August 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life, Music

Some good quotes from Lemmy in an interview in Word magazine this month, including this one where, I think, he is making up a new word: I’ve always looked like a do-er, not a do-ee.

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New Gold Dream

August 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life

I am starting to wish I had started my holidays a week later.  I am enjoying watching the Olympics, but now I have to return to work on Monday.  Today was good though: not just for the gold medals in swimming and rowing, and the many medals in cycling but also for the commentary.  Towards […]

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Ibhola Lethu

August 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life

Ibhola Lethu is “our football team” in Swahili or some other African language.  I think.  Anyway, its the title of a song by the mighty Johnny Clegg and his band Savuka and appropriate for speculation about this new football season and particularly the fortunes of not only the Hammers but my team in the Guardian’s […]

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Further On Up The Road

August 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Further On Up The Road · Life

On Thursday Jayne went into hospital for a few hours as an out-patient to have some work done on her hip.  It was supposed to be urgent, but she had it postponed until the school holidays so she would not have to take any time off work – not something I would have done I […]

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