I went to St. Paul’s Cathedral last night, during an electric thunder storm, to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ, performed by the Soweto Gospel Choir. It was good, but the acoustics of Paul’s high dome (see a poem by Robert Bridges) meant that the ‘lining out’ of the gospellers was muddied by the echoes […]
The Goat Cheese tart was very nice last night, as was the cold soup, on such a hot night.
Speaking of Goat Cheese, apparently I am mistaking genitive for simplistic ownership. Back to school for me! According to the grammar stazi,
“It can indicate a mere association (”last year’s fashions”). If one can translate the structure […]
I will add to the final Bumps day report later: It was an intense day, with the former governor of Hong Kong coming down to the start to watch us, on his bike, with his trousers tucked into his socks. Incidentally, I have a champagne reception tomorrow in the same Master’s garden before the summer […]
Europhile sent me a reply to a JPost EU critique I sent him. There’s just no stopping him…
See his comments below in CAPITALS:.
On Jun 21 2005, ‘blade’ wrote:
> From today’s Jerusalem post, the most highly viewed newspaper online.
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> It should have been the European Union’s era of euphoria.
INDEED.
> With its menacing Soviet neighbour gone, Central […]
Received this letter from our May Bumps coach, a dedicated man with a full time job.
Dear crew
Thank you very much for your tremendously generous present. You have been great fun to be with over the last few weeks. Most importantly, you have enjoyed yourselves and had times together that will linger with you into the […]
We rowed heroically today and rowed over all the way to the end in the searing heat and sun, less than a length away from Fitz, horns going the whole way for overlap, and with a strong Darwin hench boat chasing us ALL the way and trying to catch us, and failing. Heroic and […]
Today we became men, in the kipling sense: We rowed over hard for 7 minutes (most bumps races get the muppets in front after 2 mins). Because we are now in div 3, which is quality all round, and doesnt bumps out quickly, crews dont bump out quickly and the races tend to be longer. […]
Today was the first day of May Bumps, and here is a letter I received from an old rowing friend, now a trainee barrister in London:
Hi ‘blade,
Just to confirm what I said earlier on the phone - these things happen, and although it was a shame to have a day of bumps mucked up by […]
Went to coach’s house for sunday luch today with the rowing crew, where we did some visualisation sessions. We are chasing a good crew on the first day of May Bumps. We are extremely good natured as a unit, which is positive for the boat’s ability to move as one unit. We have had a […]
A Jewess sent me this sarcastic letter from an anonymous email address to poke fun at my Thinktank delusions of grandeur. Fair play to her.
Dear “blade”,
I am writing to you on behalf of the American Enterprise Institute in connection with your erudite section on Africa on The “Thinktank” website.
As you may be aware, the British […]
It is (mmmm….English summer) currently raining and I am soon off to the river. First, as the good Dutch are about to do the decent thing, a word on the French farce:
Like many sound natural conservatives, I am glad that the French said non, because I am horrified by a politically unified Europe, despite being […]