Father and Son
You finally realise you've become your Dad when you find yourself showing your kid's girlfriends photographs of them as toddlers - with no clothes on.I can actually remember saying to them at the time: "I'll show these to your girlfriends when you get older". I also remember them both being disgusted by the very thought that they would ever have girlfriends. Needless to say those sentiments soon got shoved out the door.
Well City got beat today at Chelsea. Only 1-0 this year though, not the 5-0 mauling we suffered last season. Nice to see United getting stuffed by Fulham at Old Trafford (the "Theatre of Dreams").
More shopping, cooking and cleaning today although Eldest's Darlin's daughter came round and did some chores for the princely sum of £5. Well worth it. She's only 10 but she sure got down to some hard work. Cheers Jess - you really helped out and made Dearest chuckle as well.
I had to go shopping in Oldham today. Not my favourite place I can assure you. It's full of Burberry's, extortionate car park charges and drunks. While I'm there though, I always call in the "Charity Shops" to see if they've any decent paperbacks. I love paperbacks I do. They are so easy to hold, fold and read, I can't understand why book companies bother releasing the same titles in hardback. How do you read something like a 1000 page Vikram Seth novel in bed when it weighs 4 tons ??
Anyway - charity shops and books. They are great places to pick up some really good stuff. But, you have to wait a few months before you return. I don't know why this is. If you go back to the same shop a couple of weeks after finding some absolute gems in the place, you will come across nothing but Mills and Boon's or Delia's Cookbooks. Leave it a month, or two and the the place will be full of magnificence - from Gore Vidal to Bill Bryson, Paul Theroux to Thomas Pynchon.
Today I acquired John O'Farrell's "This is your Life" and Ian Rankin's Rebus novel "Resurrection Man" for £4:50. Both in pristine condition, and both coming with high recommendations from friends who have read them in their hardback pre-incarnation.
I've added another link to my "Iraq Section" on the right. It's another Iraqi this time who is a dentist back in Baghdad, Blogging is a great method of getting a different point of view out there, It really is.
I've just watched Parkinson with Dearest. Pretty much the usual, middle-of-the-road fare until Meg Ryan came on. Now, I don't know if Parky just doesn't like the woman or what, but he certainly wasn't impressed with her, made-for US-TV answers. Bland, non-commital and worthless they were. Pointless being on a chat show if you ain't gonna chat - surely ? Once again we also had the non-sensical spectacle of an American being frightened of saying "screwing" on TV. Grow up you tarts !
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