Archive for October, 2008
Mercy and Grand: The Tom Waits Project
DISCLAIMER: I know nothing about music, can’t play any musical instruments and only sing for the cats. I have the utmost respect for people that can play or sing. We (= me, John and Tom) went to the West Yorkshire Playhouse last night to see ‘Mercy and Grand: The Tom Waits Project’. It’s an Opera [...]
Learnings
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been learning to drive, belly-dance and crochet. Not at the same time, mind you. The driving thing came about because I’d said in, ooh, 2002 that I’d get around to driving one day. In July, Katherine thought six years was long enough for me to arrange my own “one [...]
Ukepedia – our fun! new! project
Back in August, I had earache. Otitis Media to be specific. After I got back from having it checked out by my doctor, I wrote a Twitter about it. John was playing on his ukelele and looking over my shoulder at the time so sang the Twitter as I wrote it. Then I went over [...]
Our weekend in London in numbers
20 – cost, in pounds of our return train fare (each) 15.1 – miles walked (above the surface) 16 – painkillers popped by John (who hurt his back on the way to the train station in Leeds) 7 – cost, in pounds, of a sundae in the Haagen Das restaurant (worth it) 5 – drinks [...]
Zach and Jeff versus The Meteorite
I would like to introduce you to Zach and Jeff. Last week, I went to Liverpool for a wire-working workshop as part of a fantastic “Recycle Into Art” week, organised by the city’s Red Dot Exhibitions. The workshop was run by Alison Bailey Smith, a wonderful artist and thoroughly lovely person who I’d already featured [...]