Can I do it, I thought to myself, as I stumbled past some Dutch trumpeters with 2 kilometres to go. Can I do it… I had put myself in with a chance.
It all began half a year ago when a brother anounced that I would be entered for the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday 16th […]
As I am off to Amsterdam this evening, for a long weekend including the minor detail of a 42K marathon on Sunday, I have again engaged in a pamphlet war with the Eurofile. After suggesting that the Dutch were not too happy with the EU and the liquidation of their culture and autonomy, he sent […]
I had my free Grad Feast at John’s hall on Friday. I was surrounded by Texans who were making fun of cows. I said wittily to the Hindu chap from Dallas doing a Management degree, who was opposite me: “I’m sorry about all this negative talk about cows”. He replied thusly: “Dude: Are you […]
I am now in the state-of-the-art library of the college of St. John the Evangelist, my new college of residence. I have been sold from Peterhouse here for a record fee. I have been enjoying the new year in Cambridge, where I got to be on security duty for a while, given my physical exploits […]