Sinister: Rhapsody in mauve

[Rob Butler]

Ah, the joys of working life.  I'm one of the lucky ones - in a month it'll 
all be over and I'll be back to college to procrastinate and mull over what 
a wasted year I've just had.  Ten months gainfully employed, and still my 
bank balance is adorned with 'Dr'.  My plans to go South, to other 
hemispheres and drink Cuba Libre in the January sun - all gone to Pot.  
Pourri.  Phileas Fog?  I think they were my favourite...

At least it gives me time to do the crossword - the daily commute.  Bicycle, 
train, tube, foot.  Punctures, leaves, stifling, blisters.

Felt & Denim.  A request - I want everyone to think of a song, band or 
singer named after a fabric or item of clothing.  Tell me.  It's my turn to 
set the quiz.  Bear in mind (Ursa Imaginaris) that anything post-1989 is 
frowned upon, and anything even vaguely obscure is unrecognised.  So no Felt 
& Denim.  Pub quiz, not pop quiz.

I work for people who have a company called B&S Glasgow.  And B&S Edinburgh. 
  Are B&S Edinburgh any good?  No-one mentions Carson McCullers on this list 
any more.  Odd.

I saw Fonda 500 this weekend, and gave them my rattle.  They're somehow 
different.  They ooze energy and, um, a certain je ne sais quoi.  It must be 
something they put in the Hull water.  Mercury, perhaps.

I also went for a walk in Regent's park, and saw some giant anteaters.  This 
is why Regent's park is a good place for the next London picnic.  I also saw 
some storks and swimming birds.  At-Swim-Two-Birds.  Well, more than two 
birds - and storks, which are birds too, but larger.  And pigeons, which are 
rats with wings, apparently, but still birds.  Birds were always my 
favourite - Crested cranes, Secretary birds, those wonderful iridescent 
Superb starlings - a young boy in East Africa and I was taken more with 
starlings than lions and elephants.  Again, odd.

Got to go

Rob

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