Winners might take it all, but not every time. “Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn’t play poker.”~Amarillo Slim
This year’s Left Coast Crime convention is in Sacramento (my American hometown) and starts today. I’m looking forward to it as it’s a time to see friends and have fun. If you’re attending, this is where you’ll find me: Friday 10:15 – […]
I classify politicians in the same food group as children in that they should be seen and not heard. Sadly, they’re breaking this cardinal rule at the moment as it’s an election year. My God, American politics bugs the crap out of […]
Except for avoiding the color green in all its guises, I’m not very superstitious. I’ll walk under ladders, cross a black cat’s path and swim less than an hour after eating. Daring, that’s me. But I’m horrifically superstitious when it comes to […]
It’s good to bear this mind when reading the newspapers. “In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.”~Paul Harvey
I’m a numbers person. I see patterns in numbers which I blame on taking advanced mathematics. But I don’t get Sudoku and I don’t understand the fascination with this game. I suppose I should preface that statement by saying I’ve never bothered […]
A life lesson from one of my favorite stand-up comics. “Life is a pair of skinny jeans and you’re a big fat ass.”~Tom Papa
Some of you may know that I come from a small industrial town in England called Slough. A few of you here have either come from there or have worked there. Slough, as cities go, has a rep, but not a good […]
I live with a cold blooded killer. I haven’t turned him into the cops because he’s my cat, Tegan. He’s on a roll at the moment. It’s spring and that means young and inexperienced creatures are poking their heads from their protective […]
I’ve got a lot wrong this week, so this works for me. I hope Julie understands though. “We are all of us failures–at least, the best of us are.”~J. M. Barrie