the emotional blackmailers handbook

of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !

and after you've hoovered ...

proust ... two down ... ten to go ... no, five, depending which way you look at it

peter porter writes about lawrence durrell in this week's tls

lime without the coconut, ( you're such a silly wo-oman )

daniel jung's slide show ... preparing the basura sagrada before this year's burning man

take notice ... in dennington church in suffolk

the bardolph tomb at dennington church in suffolk

dennington church in suffolk ... the sciapod, a desert creature from the medieval bestiary with enormous feet with which it shaded itself from the sun

whacking a sprocket in to place at the end of a drive shaft for woodbridge tide-mill

fancy another cuppa ?

'twould have been difficult to fit fifty nine candles on this one

a rainy day in suffolk

please don't drop too many crumbs ... it only encourages them

wewuzzaway!

tls

semi-enigmatic dreams

kermudjens' kwiz ... who was this incorrigibly facetious ne'er do well ?

... and who was his tailor ?

some card holders were unaware that tooting is not an adjective

professor esoterica conjectures ... was paolozzi's vision subliminally referencing a fatal incident in graceland ?