Decided to test my foot today and take one out of the four classes I have scheduled. Apart from fumbling with the data projector for several minutes without success it went pretty well. This was a class that was inexplicably cancelled last week so it was ‘intro and names’ for them. That is, introduce myself [...]

This abandoned and unloved house has been the topic of many a conversation over the years that I’ve lived next to it. To many of us in the neighbourhood it’s a convenient landmark (“do you know the haunted house? We’re a couple of hundred metres past there … “) while to others it’s an eyesore. [...]

If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed by work or life, or even if you’re not, check this out. Astonishing! El Loco de la Catedral from James Rogan on Vimeo.

I slept last night with the windows wide open, not because it was particularly hot, but because for the first time in a while it was deadly silent. Not a breath of wind, no animals baying or baa-ing or moo-ing or barking, no children dispatching animated aliens in the den, no haymaking or direct-drilling machinery [...]

I’ve always been a bit suspicious of ‘bloggers’ – I mean, who do they think they are? But, as an exercise in blatant self interest, I’ve succumbed. And as an indicator of what’s likely to appear here, I’ve called my web log simonsblurt – so be prepared for ill-advised utterances, verbal ejaculations, outrageous opinions, and [...]