On Ink, My Skin, And You..
On May 17, 2013
An open letter to the men of London, specifically male cashiers and baristas..
Dear, … Oh I’m terribly sorry – I don’t appear to know you?
I don’t know your name or how to address you, this is awkward!
Where to begin? I couldn’t be more clueless as to your mood or state of [...]
The Skinny Conspiracy
On April 11, 2012
This is an admission and a revelation and I believe it deserves to be shared.
It isn’t tidy and it isn’t subtle, as neither am I, but it is true. Of that I promise you.
As long as I can remember I have believed it to be the case that thinner is [...]
The Price Of Ink.
On January 7, 2012
A good few folk in my orbit seem to be considering getting tattooed this year. As one of the more inky people they know (8 tattoos, ~18 hours of work) I am regularly being asked my opinion on a few stock bits and pieces. This is quite lovely, and I am more than happy to [...]
Rules for New Years Resolutions
On January 3, 2012
New Years’ Resolutions1 are an odd thing on the face of it.
That we wait 365 days to think of ways to better ourselves seems foolish; the idea that something about an arbitrarily changing date means we’re suddenly capable of achieving these new, fantastic, things – unlikely.
Well, maybe not exactly.. In the depth [...]
The Fraud Police
On November 22, 2011
Amanda Palmer’s Commencement Speech to New England Institute of Art
“I am going to tell you today about something that my friends and I call The Fraud Police.
The Fraud Police are this imaginary, terrifying force of experts and real grown-ups who don’t exist and who come knocking on your door at 3am [...]
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax..
On May 3, 2011
[Originally posted Aug '09]
So I have a confession to make.
As I mentioned, I have recently moved house and during the process of boxing up my material goods I threw away:
6 black sacks of clothes
2 black sacks of shoes
1 black sack of coats
1 black sack of [...]
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