Arcs and Arrows: Finding the Line of Flight

December 2011

• My daughter can't…

  If there is one phrase that has become the signature or catch phrase for this year it is "I can't wait until Christmas!". Fortunately it is spoken with such charm and variation in inflection and with a certain sense of timing that it has not become TOO wearing (yet!). …more

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• Porno torture with…

  OMG baby,,,, I seem to have been able to spend so much more on a digital device that I shall be waiting many moons and more to ever see such a device from Comm-Tech and then there is the official secrets act …more

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• Christmas

  How to offset the cycling obsession? Icy weather is likely to make a natural intervention sooner or later at this time of year. It is a time to look towards making things special for the ones I love. For the first time I can remember I seem to have actually bought all the presents for Christmas before my birthday! …more

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November 2011

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October 2011

• doh

  I find myself comparing myself to a dog and a beta to Annie Alpha - even a theta (or epsilon) test if Greek is on the cards from Anne - ask Annie to comment in any dream fragments from our Chichester sojourn also there is something in discussing he making coffee remarks of Annis and other suchlike sensations I get - need to be able to write someone right into them - then we can get to the root of it to put this in a coy way, are you familiar with the opus of Iggy Pop? (I wanna be your dawg")

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• I'll be the death…

  DO DOGS HAVE SOULS Be careful son, my father would say I tell a lie If I died he would not cry When his dog dies I watch him cry When his dog dies I hate myself for crying -------- But the dog, what of him? He just sees two lost souls and, for pities sake, when the dog dies I see three. What about you? -------- PAW ALL SOUL's EVE 2011 -------- Poetry, doggerel, or therapy, you decide.... All comments welcome and, if I know you, I'll take it up with you in the appropriate manner. Yes, father I am perfectly serious - you are old enough to die of shock now. Over and out

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• New York, Miller…

  Basically I need to find a book by [[Henry Miller]] or [[Arthur Miller]] which was mainly biographical but heavily about his years in New York and his relationship with bicycles as much as women.... I am going to use these wikilinks and then (eventually) update the post with the didactic, if you chance upon it before then and what I have said so far interests you then you may want to …more

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• "Two Tumbles" and…

  We still managed to take a break with our trusty tandem and the fabulous Aero has hit upon the idea we should give our rides "titles" to make them personally memorable after all if riders "en masse" can enjoy the "[[Dunwich Dynamo]]", say, then why not have "The Sydenham Slam" or something for a great ride we enjoy? I think you get the idea.... so coming to the title of tis post... …more

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September 2011

• Derek's plans…

  Well... not content with cycling the byways of Northern Normandy, Derek returns and has ambitions to cycle as far back as he can without recourse to a passport. In fact within sight of the very cliff tops visited by Rory, to the island of Guernsey. …more

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August 2011

• One Day - a tale of…

  It is with some satisfaction that I can honestly say I feel not the least little bit of remorse or concern at having just made an illegal download of a ripped copy on .pdf of the book "One Day" by David Nicholls. If you know how I feel about authors working hard and deserving to be rewarded and recognized for that then this could come as a surprise, so let me explain the background …more

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• Airborne Aero!

  With the departure for France only days away and Derrick in tip-top condition disaster has struck; believe it or not in the form of "the cuddly toy"! It almost reminds me of the Monty Python sketch with the comfy chair ("Always expect the unexpected"!).... Perhaps I should explain though; …more

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• Henceforth let him…

  I really am not entirely sure how it came to pass.... but since the matter has been the subject of at least two blog posts I feel it bears mention to relate that our tandem bicycle got christened recently. …more

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• Tempting fate with…

  Over at didactic.me a little while ago I made this post where I said; `And furthermore I have an idea for a possible name for our tandem - which is: "TANTALUS"` OH HOW I REGRET THAT NOW! …more

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• Honour Killing

  What my mother did for me Gave birth Laughed and left Died a death of shame What my step-mother did for me Took my father to task for calling me a pigs arse Stopped my father stealing my leather jacket Called herself my mother What my father did for me Gave me responsibility Showed me the way to hate An introduction to misogyny with a seasoning of fate …more

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July 2011

• test breaks (Arai…

  This post was originally a test one for IE browser issues with Chyrp! but I found it amusing and freaky odd that I had a document on my desktop for drum brakes and chose to grab that and take some text as a random sample for testing Line breaks! Most important, using this brake on long descents allows …more

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• Just incase…

  I have learnt from the didactic days that spambots love blogs (or anywhere they can post their crappy emails and links into), BUT I like to try and leave things open for genuine passers by …more

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• Elegy Query Epitaph…

  Assasination by poem, if it were possible, would be a fitting end for my father.  The Iambic pentameter what done it Guv -  A cunning plan for the perfect crime - read a poem where the rhythm is SO powerful it accelerates the beat of the heart …more

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• Bamboozled

  Upon confronting himselfthe narcissist will oftenhide amongst bambooThe pandas of the psychic worldoften prone to failed breedingpreferring their own genderWithin their bamboo stand …more

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June 2011

• London Nightride…

  Mission Accomplished! And what a ride it was, despite the excitement of variously discovering our rear lights were slightly out when we changed luggage plans at the last minute and having a bolt work loose which detached the upper stokers bars early in the ride.  The one thing which did perform throughout were our bluetooth Scala headsets, which were a definite help in keeping the team tandem spirits up. …more

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April 2011

• A little help from…

  By an odd coincidence the title of the last book group read was "The Help".  Although I have barely begun the book I am firmly committed to finishing it eventually because it was unanimously approved by the reading group members and I have a hunch it would do me good to get out of a slight rut I have been in with reading. But that is hopefully the only rut I have been stuck in, …more

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• An open letter, and…

  Dear friends We have pledged to complete a 100 kilometer charity night ridethrough London taking place on the night of Saturday June 11th..Starting from Crystal palace at or soon after midnight and finishingthere at “breakfast time” (“kitchen” closes at nine!) on the Sundaymorning. We cycle a route around London, including Alexandra Palaceto the North and crossing the Thames no less than five times along theway. …more

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March 2011

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January 2011

• Not so long ago I posted a link post contemplating an organised cycle run with the tandem club (South East London Region). I thought I should post an update to say we managed the ride, and to quote from the email I sent the organiser: …more

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• I do not have time to write much about it, but on Sunday there is a 20 mile run coming up with the tandem club (see link) which MAY be on! I cannot begin to say how excited I am …more

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• Christ On A Bike…

  Well, I am making this post to the blog using PHPMyAdmin, which is far from ideal - some while back I discovered my login stopped working and then more recently the database got borked by hosting updates.... …more

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