Eventful day. Not bad. Not at all but certainly eventful. Hibs, being my 2nd team and Celtic being my 3rd, I’m half-thrilled, half-horrified by today’s events at Celtic Park. The first Hibs v Hearts Scottish Cup final since 1896 is now set for May the 19th. I predict an epidemic of coronary arrests and anxiety attacks on both [...]
Archive for the ‘LIFE’ Category
Watch Out For The Normal People
Posted: 28th March 2012 by Harry in BLOG, LIFE, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS“The problem with you, H, is that you’re an extremist” “Oh?” “Yeah. You scare people and the British people aren’t extreme by nature” “Define ‘extremism’ then” “Well, you know; all that ranting about the poor, class war and inequality. It’s just too extreme. Too radical and it’s unworkable and utopian anyway” “I see. Funny, that; [...]
Write On Time
Posted: 26th February 2012 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: A Thousand Enemies, Classic Rock, Hammer Fest, Mick Wall, Midlands Rocks, Powerplay, Randy Rhoads
So, what did I miss this weekend? What happened? I could see that spring appears to have sprung. Vaguely, from a distance and through the smeared windows of my soul, dizzy from the thousands upon thousands of words cranked out over the last two days, while you bastards were, no doubt, having fun and all [...]
Blinded By The Light
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Family, Life, POD, Princess of Darkness, Tales From The Zoo
Regular readers of will be familiar with POD. The Princess of Darkness. My soon-to-be-eighteen-if-she-lives-that-long daughter. For whom the traditional teenage pursuits of stroppiness and singular bloody-mindedness have long since been elevated to the level of a vocation. A holy calling, if you will. With effortless skill and minimum effort she raises my blood pressure and [...]
A Father’s Shame
Posted: 29th December 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Children, Family, Parenting, Tales From The Zoo
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It’s heartbreaking being a parent and yesterday was one of the worst days in my life. You devote countless hours of love, devotion and guidance to your kids. You offer care, support and moral sustenance, all the time praying that you can keep them on the straight and narrow, all the time hoping, with everything [...]
A Yuletide Homily
Posted: 26th December 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Christmas, Lurch, POD, Satanicus Maximus, SheWhoIsNeverWrong, The Spawn, The Zoo
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So how was it for you? Here, at The Zoo, it went bloody great. SheWhoIsNeverWrong, despite having a bad day with the old noggin, aching eyes and loaded up on drugs (of the prescription variety, you understand), soldiered on and turned out a bloody superb dinner. Turkey, beef and gammon accessorised with all the usual [...]
A Word Of Thanks
Posted: 24th December 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Mick Wall, Midlands Rocks, Soundsphere Magazine
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As far as career choices go, freelance scribing offers security, peace of mind and hope for the future in proportions roughly akin to those afforded by negotiating Niagara falls via a tight-rope. On roller skates. In a storm. While pissed. And that’s on a good day. Without wishing to sound pretentious, like music or any other creative [...]
Kitchen Sink Drama
Posted: 18th November 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Black Veil Brides, Fields Of The Nephilim, Kitchen Sink Drama, Peter Keevil, The Corpse Bride
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New kitchen. Aye, cool and that. Less cool, by a margin of some considerable width, was the inspired idea of the gang foreman to leave the kitchen door wide open while he and his heavy-handed brethren of toil commenced wrecking operations. After all, there can be few things calculated to lift the spirits of a [...]
Where The Heart Is
Posted: 12th November 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Family, Princess of Darkness, Satanicus Maximus, SheWhoIsNeverWrong, The Spawn, Unruly Child
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Things that seemed like a good idea at the time: losing three weeks of normal living while the entire kitchen is ripped out, stripped back to the brick work and rebuilt in shiny new fashion. What’s not to like, right? Well, for starters there’s the small matter of removing everything that usually lives there and [...]