Anniversary of Leaving

...the same house - something else that I had not imagined when I left.  I rented it for six months and then bought it from the landlord.  I could only afford to do this because it is in a 'downmarket' area of the town where house prices are historically depressed, and also it was just before the housing boom in the UK really took off.  And even with the recent sharp drop in house values, it is still...

Floored!

...we were staying the night because our floors were all sloppy with wet concrete and we couldn't walk on them. The "pub" is too posh for its own good.  If only it would go a little bit downmarket, with unlaid tables, so, if you like, you could just have a drink.  Add some slightly more traditional decor, fewer abstract paintings and more old prints, then, as it is the only pub in the village, the ...

Polyamory in the News: why such positive coverage?

...-warmer. The Shifting Meaning of the Word Polyamory . “When a concept goes mass-market it often gets cheapened and degraded. Even the most wonderful trend is liable to turn sour on going downmarket, much to its originators’ dismay....” Songs of Polyamory , including Penelope Swales, Gaia Consort, and the new one making the rounds, “My Boyfriend's Girlfriend Isn't Me.” “Dear Margo,” a ...

...-warmer. The Shifting Meaning of the Word Polyamory . “When a concept goes mass-market it often gets cheapened and degraded. Even the most wonderful trend is liable to turn sour on going downmarket, much to its originators’ dismay....” Songs of Polyamory , including Penelope Swales, Gaia Consort, and the new one making the rounds, “My Boyfriend's Girlfriend Isn't Me.” “Dear Margo,” a ...

Didier Drogba

... and Preston splitting up (I hope no one outside the UK gets this reference, I'd hate to think that we have been exporting this crap) but oddly I feel a bit concerned for her. She's a downmarket Victoria Beckham, although less famous and less talented, a wife who's had her fame with a husband who has actually got something to offer, although not to me. What is she going to do now? Another book, a ...