Archive for November, 2006
Books Lately Read
November 19th, 2006 books
Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus containing The Mating Season, The Code of The Woosters, Right Ho, Jeeves – I’m astonished no one has ever told me about P.G. Wodehouse. A genius at language and comedy.
The First Ladies Detective Agency by Alexandra McCall Smith – I didn’t like it.
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry – a few really good passages on love.
Also read an Agatha Christie – one of the Poirot stories. Can’t recall that I enjoyed it.
Reread: The Discovery Of Heaven by Henry Muslich
Unoriginal Sins
November 19th, 2006 Uncategorized
When I go out with M – an old friend – she makes us feel like two forty year old men: lonely, single, bore out of our fucking minds. The restaurant is a collaboration amongst thieves: no menu therefore no prices, suckers will order the expensive items. You can hear them rubbing hands in glee.
Around us, well dressed yuppie couples were red with sake. I ordered tea for both of us. Presently the first course arrives: indeterminable innards of an indeterminable animal. Absolutely delicious. Other’s people’s conversations were difficult to ignore. The beng next to me was speaking to the chef in Japanese, trying to impress a girl. “What are you saying?” the girl sang. The restaurant was busy. Conversation hummed all around but her screeching was hard and the beng’s voice was loud. I sneeked a glance at them. The beng has red eyes and scoffing sake. The glasses on the table were for politeness: if there was no one, he would have drunk from the bottle. I saw a name card passed hands.
“Macdonald manager,” he said to the chef, grinning.
Milton Friedman
November 16th, 2006 Obituaries
Passed away at age of 94. A lecturer once told us a frightfully dull story how he sought out Mr Friedman to shake his hands when he was visiting a university in America in the 80s. Then, it was a surprise to me that Friedman was alive.
