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2009.10.23 : Book Clubbing
Nick Hornby, Then and Now

In 1997 or 1998, I forget which, two very important women in my life (only one of them a sister) independently, and within about a month of each other, decided it was very important that I read Nick Hornby's novel High Fidelity.... (read more)

2006.09.23 : 2006.09.23, Pt I : Penzance, I Hardly Knew Thee (Nor Much Cared To)
Plus Very Scary "Y"HAers
And Pooh Bear Merchandise
Pt II : Saint ME - Beneath St Michael's Mount

So - Ali was right. The bus driver really doesn't have anything better to do than tell you where to get off the damned bus.... (read more)

2004.05.24 : City of Gardens

Ali took me to Brighton on Friday, which is on the south coast 40 minutes by train from London, and widely regarded as Britain's San Francisco - much smaller, but with waterfront, pastel-painted row houses on hills, cool breezes and sunshine, a thriving gay community and a welcoming vibe.... (read more)

2004.05.01 : The Fires of Spring
(May Day!)

So perhaps good humour, good fortune, and general freedom from care have begun to wear you down, get a bit oppressive. If so, I'm pleased to be able to offer the following prescription for immediate and radical mood delevation... (read more)

2004.04.12 : Sunlight on the Garden

"My world back after a year, my lost lost world / Like a cropping deer strayed near my path again, /Bewaring the mind's least clutch, turning, I kissed her... (read more)

2004.03.31 : Morocco Photos, Part Deux
(with, you know, a little expository text, where I couldn't resist)

The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the world's second largest mosque - or religious monument of any kind - outside of the one in Mecca. Its minaret, at 210 meters, is the tallest in the world and is visible for miles - not least when it shines lasers toward Mecca at night.... (read more)

2002.11.01 : 1997.11.01

Special Dispatch Commemoration: On this day five years ago I set foot off my homeland - landing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - for the first time ever. Was November 1, 1997 the best night of my life?... (read more)

2002.10.30 : Amsterdam Redux
Electric Boogaloo

The bad news was that I was flying NorthWorst and my first flight (out of Atlanta) was late getting in, late getting out - and when it finally took wing, after sitting on the tarmac for haunted ages, it had become mathematically impossible for me to make my connection in Detroit. (Which connection would be the overnight flight to Amsterdam - where I was being met by two very important (to me) people in public places at very specific times.)... (read more)

2002.10.26 : Reader Mail, pt. 3 - The Magic

Michael - I'm sorry I haven't replied before - I've been away on 2 holidays no less! One to North Wales and one to the South of France - Nice to be precise - and both were lovely in very different ways. I'm about to embark on a third before the month is out, to ... wait for it... Amsterdam.... (read more)

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	Dispatches tagged as: ali (9) 2009.10.23 : Book Clubbing Nick Hornby, Then and Now In 1997 or 1998, I forget which, two very important women in my life (only one of them a sister) independently, and within about a month of each other, decided it was very important that I read Nick Hornby's novel High Fidelity.... (read more) 2006.09.23 : 2006.09.23, Pt I : Penzance, I Hardly Knew Thee (Nor Much Cared To) Plus Very Scary "Y"HAers And Pooh Bear Merchandise Pt II : Saint ME - Beneath St Michael's Mount So - Ali was right. The bus driver really doesn't have anything better to do than tell you where to get off the damned bus.... (read more) 2004.05.24 : City of Gardens Ali took me to Brighton on Friday, which is on the south coast 40 minutes by train from London, and widely regarded as Britain's San Francisco - much smaller, but with waterfront, pastel-painted row houses on hills, cool breezes and sunshine, a thriving gay community and a welcoming vibe.... (read more) 2004.05.01 : The Fires of Spring (May Day!) So perhaps good humour, good fortune, and general freedom from care have begun to wear you down, get a bit oppressive. If so, I'm pleased to be able to offer the following prescription for immediate and radical mood delevation... (read more) 2004.04.12 : Sunlight on the Garden "My world back after a year, my lost lost world / Like a cropping deer strayed near my path again, /Bewaring the mind's least clutch, turning, I kissed her... (read more) 2004.03.31 : Morocco Photos, Part Deux (with, you know, a little expository text, where I couldn't resist) The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the world's second largest mosque - or religious monument of any kind - outside of the one in Mecca. Its minaret, at 210 meters, is the tallest in the world and is visible for miles - not least when it shines lasers toward Mecca at night.... (read more) 2002.11.01 : 1997.11.01 Special Dispatch Commemoration: On this day five years ago I set foot off my homeland - landing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - for the first time ever. Was November 1, 1997 the best night of my life?... (read more) 2002.10.30 : Amsterdam Redux Electric Boogaloo The bad news was that I was flying NorthWorst and my first flight (out of Atlanta) was late getting in, late getting out - and when it finally took wing, after sitting on the tarmac for haunted ages, it had become mathematically impossible for me to make my connection in Detroit. (Which connection would be the overnight flight to Amsterdam - where I was being met by two very important (to me) people in public places at very specific times.)... (read more) 2002.10.26 : Reader Mail, pt. 3 - The Magic Michael - I'm sorry I haven't replied before - I've been away on 2 holidays no less! One to North Wales and one to the South of France - Nice to be precise - and both were lovely in very different ways. I'm about to embark on a third before the month is out, to ... wait for it... Amsterdam.... (read more)