Matthew Sylvester
Musings
What the fuck was happening in the past?
The longer that Operation Yewtree continues, the more and more people that I used to look up to and ‘like’ are arrested and charged. The latest is obviously Stuart Hall, he who used to have the nation roaring in laughter alongside him at the antics of people dressed as cartoon characters in huge costumes as … Continue reading
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,300 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 9 years to get … Continue reading
Hopes for this year – NOT resolutions
I have some resolutions, but they’re my resolutions and, although we’re doing joint resolutions as a family – to help each other achieve them – I’m not going to post them here. What I am going to post are my hopes for this year. They’re my hopes and they’re mostly selfish hopes. Hopefully they’re realistic … Continue reading
A blog first – Fan Mail
That’s right, I actually got some fan mail as a result of my Spring Heeled Jack story. Normally I go out and hunt people down, forcing them to read my writing, and then going on at them to write something nice. Or die. This time however, a nice chap actually Facebooked me and said that … Continue reading
Becoming a bloke
In September I reach my thirty-eighth year. By then, I believe I will have completed my transition into becoming a bloke, in the blokely sense of the meaning. I say bloke, because although I’d like to be a ‘chap’, I don’t have the hair nor moustache-growing ability to become a true chap. For the epitome … Continue reading
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