Feb
17
The Levelling Effect Of Flight
February 17, 2006 | Comments Off
One thing you have to say about flying is that unless we’re talking about megastars or heads of state who have their own planes, generally speaking, everyone ends up on the same planes, even if in different parts of the cabin.
For celeb-spotting, airports and aeroplanes are fertile ground. I’ve sat next to some very […]
Feb
17
Sucker!
February 17, 2006 | 2 Comments
I am, I cannot deny, a sucker for an iconic image. I’m not talking about the classics I’m afraid - Marilyn Monroe over that grating is a great image, but not my subject today.
Back in the day, British Airways used to use a shot in its promotional material taken from one end of the […]
Feb
16
Please Allow Me To Recommend
February 16, 2006 | 1 Comment
The new Belle and Sebastian album, The Life Pursuit. I’ve never been a big fan, but it’s a very solid listen, with a few absolutely outstanding tracks (The Blues Are Still Blue chief among them). I’ve listened to it a *lot* on planes this week and it’s not getting old yet. Who […]
Feb
16
Ooh Look! Snow!
February 16, 2006 | 3 Comments
Well, here I am in New York, where earlier this week, The Heaviest Snowfall Since Records Began(tm) crashed down overnight and Brought The City To A Standstill(tm). I present this news in the style of the UK tabloids (who report on this kind of thing every year back home when about a centimetre of […]
Feb
15
The Great Comics Conflagration of 1991
February 15, 2006 | Comments Off
(In small homage to my Better Half, who is currently guest-blogging over at Glitter For Brains, and his posting of today).
Once upon a time, I owned at least a couple of thousand US comics. Mostly Marvel, some DC and a bunch of ‘independents’. These were painstakingly sorted and boxed (though not bagged and […]
Feb
15
Is Sandy Gall Still Alive?
February 15, 2006 | Comments Off
I only ask because I’m sure I walked past him on a San Francisco street about an hour ago.
Feb
15
No More Smoking
February 15, 2006 | 1 Comment
As I’m in California at the moment, I’m just down the road from the first bar I ever visited which had a small group of smokers standing outside because they weren’t allowed to smoke indoors. That was back in 2003, and apart from the slightly incongruous sight that they presented before entry, I still […]
Feb
14
Hardly Plane Sailing
February 14, 2006 | Comments Off
Total number of different airport terminals I’ve been through in the last two weeks: Eight.
Total number by the end of this week: Ten (assuming New York is open by Thursday)
That’s a lot of bad sandwiches, foil-topped plastic containers of orange juice and being frisked by hefty blokes with bad cologne (Don’t ask me, […]
Feb
12
Chips With Everything
February 12, 2006 | 2 Comments
One of this morning’s papers (a tabloid - they all blur beyond a certain point) appears to have given up reporting the news and gone over wholesale to clairvoyancy, predicting as they do in their front page story that Chip and PIN ‘chaos’ is going to strike the nation on Wednesday.
I’m trying to get my […]
Feb
10
“That’s why I drink, so I’ll be who they think I am.”
February 10, 2006 | Comments Off
Not remotely appropriate, but I’m listening to I Say Nothing, and I’ve had a few drinks, so I’m suggestible :-)
Late night - the third such in a row in fact. Tuesday was a night out with clients (I left at midnight and missed quite a lot of the fun, apparently). Last night was […]