I suppose I should now go on to explain why I don’t see that
as a contradiction in terms, but why fray the edges of a neat little statement
just to serve the interests of earnestness? And I wonder how many people said
it before I did.
* * *
The big issue in the sports world at the moment is the
effect Typhoon Hagidis is having on the rugby world cup in Japan. What’s
interesting is that if the match between Scotland
and Japan is called off, Japan will automatically
go through to the knockout stages for the first time ever. And yet I haven’t
noticed a single BBC journalist use the term ‘kamikaze.’ Standards are falling
rapidly at the BBC these days.
* * *
The wind is getting up in the Shire tonight, too. I got up
in the Shire at 6.15 this morning. Did I say? What I didn’t say was that it
left me feeling ill all afternoon. I’ve felt better this evening, though, so
now I’m going to watch another episode of the X-Files. I’m scouring them all
for signs of Mormon missionaries so I can swell with pride and cleverness.
* * *
An attractive, 40+ woman with black hair raised above her head
in a sort of fountain arrangement smiled at me twice in the coffee shop today.
I was sure I knew her from somewhere, but I hadn’t a clue where it was. At one
point she walked past me at a distance of a few feet and swamped my senses with
her heady perfume, and still I couldn’t place her. Maybe she’d never got that close
before, so I don’t suppose it matters.
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