All ice
No water
Girl cries
I thought her
Stronger
More lies
She told me
Surprise
Won't hold me
No longer

© Sean Ramsden 21/02/2006

The Boss's secretary thought that I need a date; and that her 6th year med school daughter's best friend could do with one too. So I called her - it was less awkward than it could have been, but more than it should have been - and we'll meet tomorrow ( Read more... )

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Nudge is a very odd word when you think of it and say it out loud. Be that as it may, since I was nudged I shall post ( Read more... )

Well it’s been quite a month. My colleague Lance was tragically killed in a motor vehicle accident on 16 February. I was on a first date (sort of) with a fantastic lass named Melissa; it was not auspicious. I attended on the scene and on the morgue then arranged the funeral together with my boss, so as to spare the family, all in the space of less ( Read more... )

September was good. November into December were bad ( Read more... )

Kevin Pietersen is said to have been asked what it was like to 'come home' when he toured SA with the English cricket side earleir this year. His response was along the lines that South Afrcia is not his home. Whether this is a result of bitterness (understandable or otherwise) is not certain and perhaps not wholly relevant. What is interesting is ( Read more... )

I received an unexpected surprise indeed this weekend. The Boss telephoned on Thursday night to infrom me I was expected at work today and that I was to fly at company (i.e. his) expense to EL to visit the folks (who are both ill) this weekend! I duly did so and utterly surprised them in turn as well as the sole surviving grandparent whose birthday ( Read more... )

It's relatively seldom that I become really angry these days; and I suppose that as compared to the sort of volcanic anger I used to be prone to, this is but a spark on the wind. Still, I HATE a disingenuous reply and I HATE it even more when it is an attorney who suplies me with it and I HATE it even more when it's in pleadings and I HATE it even ( Read more... )

...and do that Hebrew thing. Tuesday night was enlightening. Yamulkahs, Hebrew prayers, traditional dishes - all of which I can allow myself as Judaism is the root of my own religious beliefs. Things went really well - I was made to feel part of the family; as it was Taryn, her parents, her two grandmothers and I, it's just as well ( Read more... )