Author Archives: tsjhodges

STOP PRESS – KAROLINA EXCLUSIVE

It has come to my attention that in my previous post I committed an unforgivable sin of omission, for my entrance into the studio to the new tumbleweeds was heralded by the beauteous, brilliant, effervescent Karolina one of my favourite … Continue reading

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Bon Voyage Tom

My final day at the call center was strange – on returning from my exit interview I discovered my team had laid on a French buffet of cheese and Freddos, painted their faces with moustaches and tricholores, and were wearing … Continue reading

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Poetry

I often read poems on online blogs and get annoyed with them. They seem exclusive, they don’t make sense, they are all about the poet not the subject. I have different ideas about what poetry should be – it should … Continue reading

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Brian Braindrain and the Tale of the Toilet Fountain OR Tumble Dryad

Come close now, oh my beloved readers, and point your satellite-disks in my direction, for it is time for yet another tale of the low and far-down times in the second decade of the twenty first century. Allow me, if … Continue reading

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The Welsh for Cynghanedd

I went down to the Byre to see what it was at, I stole some wine from StAnza and I went back to my flat. I recall repeatedly muttering something like this imperfect couplet after a gatecrashing incident in my … Continue reading

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Encore!

It has been an awfully long time since my last post, although this doesn’t mean my life has been entirely uneventful. I’ve done some freelance whisky tasting at a local pub, got a job in a call center and begun … Continue reading

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Quel Jour Est-Il, Eccles? I got it written down on this bit of paper…

I always know its the weekend because I get an extra hour in bed in the morning and the shop is five times as busy. Other than that I have little or no way of knowing which day it is, … Continue reading

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I begot a virginal penile child

Never fear, oh my dedicated and most adoring public, for the above title is not in fact true – it is something Octavia missheard the other day when I told her I was reading J.P. Donleavy. I hope that the clarity … Continue reading

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Monsieur Poulet

Greetings, my beloved blog devotees! I have decided that my travel journal and blog must now separate as I am too forgetful to carry it all the way out to this internet cafe. This means, unfortunately, that instead of vague … Continue reading

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la bière est un peu bizarre ce soir?

I am aware that it has been far too long since I updated, and so I am proud to present, on a real life QWERTY keyboard, another instalment of the blog. Although I have written a little in my physical … Continue reading

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