There are few things in life which I can be accused of taking seriously; beer is one. But I do, and always have, taken my rowing very seriously, even if I'm not the best at it. There's something about the crisp air just above the river, the snap of oars as they hit the water in unison, the surge and gurgle of the hull as it streaks across the ( Read more... )

Law; the word itself means very little. There are those who would argue that the concept means very little as well, and I can see their point. On the whole, the law seems to be a very abstract concept; a pile of rules and rights, come about by general concensus, obeyed not by will by by force. Nonetheless, for some time now the law has been one ( Read more... )

The sad truth is that humans never learn from their mistakes ( Read more... )

Cheers for pointing that out to me Sarah - that last thing was total arse. But in the interests of archiving, I'm going to leave it there, to remind everyone that I write like an arsehat. In truth, I just wanted to try writing something in that style.

Turns out I can't.

Jim.

And opening sentence is a bugger of a thing to come up with.  I often find it's best to start with a joke.

We are, all of us, on an adventure, whether we realise it or not. For some of us travellers, this is more obvious than it is to others; we can see that the dangers that face us, while not life-threatening are none the less life-changing, and it ( Read more... )

I feel like I got hit by a train.

I remember very little from last night; what I can remember seems to be mostly good, so that's a bonus, but I feel like I wasted a night, which is disappointing.

Still, shit happens.

Hey

Alot of bad stuff has happened in the last couple of weeks and so, in a curious turn, I'm not going to write about it here at all.

Rather, I'm going to write on a topic which i wish was close to my heart at all times (actually, it probably is); it is a controversial issue which, given that almost everyone I know who uses this site is female, will ( Read more... )

Just opened up what i thought was a fresh pad of note paper; it was actually maths notes from year 10. The first thing that struck me was how neatly i wrote in that time; i genuinely had no idea. Guess that's something i'll have to work on in the upcoming weeks ( Read more... )

hey kids

just a quick thing, i just got back from paris and i'm shagged out - one day to rest up and i'm off to munster for new-years, should be a blast.

england was fucking amazing, for anyone who hadn't heard yet. now though i need sleep. i'll probably write more in the morrow.

jim

I nearly got taken out by a truck at Stone's Corner.

I have some sort of Lancelot syndrome; is there another name for this?

I should do more crim work...

Jim