iTunes’ party shuf­fle is play­ing: Canary in a Coalmine — Police — Zeny­atta Mondatta

I’ve started an Army (or National Ser­vice) blog here. It is open to any­one who’s got an anec­dote or twenty to con­tribute. Sim­ply drop us an email and we’ll put […]

iTunes’ party shuf­fle is play­ing: Dar­ling pretty — Mark Knopfler — Golden Heart

It’s the long week­end. They charge an extra $30 on all out­bound flights this week­end. The bloodsuckers.

I am stuck in Sil­ly­pore for National Day. I’d like to have been able to go some­where. Like Tioman. […]

iTunes’ party shuf­fle is play­ing: Jeal­ous Guy — John Lennon — Imagine

For the ben­e­fit of Woof! who was so stoked by the sen­ti­men­tal Army post that he left a com­ment that had to be trun­cated, and then pressed the pub­lish but­ton three times some more; and […]

iTunes’ party shuf­fle is play­ing: Beau­ti­ful Day — U2 — The Best & The B-Sides Of 1990–2000 (Disc 1: The Best Of)

Today I used up a bit of one of my birth­day presents, a ‘six-pack’ of beers ‘from around the world’, lov­ingly selected from Cold Stor­age.

It was a […]

iTunes’ party shuf­fle is play­ing: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Under­stand­ing — Joe Louis Walker — Labour Of Love — The Music of Nick Lowe

As any­one who knows me can attest, I have enough Army sto­ries to last sev­eral life­times. Cow­boy Caleb’s post is the […]

iTunes’ party shuf­fle is play­ing: Buck­ets of Rain — Bob Dylan — Won­der Boys [Soundtrack]

This evening, the wife and I take din­ner at the Vil­lage. Our lives have been really hec­tic lately, bor­der­ing on manic.

So we decided to eat, chill, and make really detailed lists of what we’re supposed […]

iTunes’ party shuf­fle is play­ing: Where You Lead — Faith Hill — Tapes­try Revis­ited: A Trib­ute to Carole King

There seems to be more activ­i­ties this National Day than pre­vi­ous years’. My con­spir­acy the­o­rist friends sug­gest it’s to dis­tract peo­ple from the shrink­ing real­i­sa­tion that things are about to go […]