Previously on Man Writes Blog...
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Hombre Escribe Blog
About this time last year I introduced Blovember - a solid month of blogging on Man Writes Blog. This year I'm attempting, albeit with a slightly late start, a variation on the ... -
Waiter, there's a fly in my soup...
The other day I got halfway through a salad in a local eatery before discovering a soggy piece of blue tissue nestling under a previously rather tasty-looking lettuce leaf. A year ... -
What are your fitness goals?
My local gym has recently had a fresh influx of personal trainers and they're all on the prowl for new clients. This has turned what used to be a fairly relaxing ... -
Mummy, why's that man walking funny?
A few weeks ago I came back from a very chilled out holiday on Gozo (sister island of Malta). I slept lots, walked lots, read half a dozen novels and had ... -
Man Writes Blog Rebooted
The first day of a brand new month is as good an arbitrary landmark as any to start blogging again after a gap of some considerable time. It all feels familiar and ...
Vintage Entries
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Wrong, wrong, wrong
In the North London community centre where my Monday night improvisation workshops are held, there is a poster on the wall (of a room usually used for a childrens' playgroup) that is ... -
The End Of A Half-Arsed Era
The branch of Woolworths on St John's Road near Clapham Junction station is closing down and I confess I have mixed emotions. On the one hand it's such a familiar sight on ... -
The Airline Seats and the Juicer
Okay. I'm going to share a couple of fairly random and seemingly unrelated facts about myself, and I need you to keep them both in your head at the same time, otherwise ... -
The Barge Story
Firstly, I feel I should apologise for the lack of activity on Man Writes Blog over the last week or so. I confess I've been suffering a little from blogger's block and ...
The Full Monty
- 17/05/10: Caravanning with Prince Vultan
- 24/11/09: Adios Mex y Gracias Amex
- 24/11/09: Hasta La Vista Mexico
- 13/11/09: The Adventures Of Platero the Donkey
- 04/11/09: Llego en Mexico
- 02/11/09: Hombre Escribe Blog
- 02/10/09: Waiter, there's a fly in my soup...
- 16/09/09: What are your fitness goals?
- 08/09/09: Mummy, why's that man walking funny?
- 01/09/09: Man Writes Blog Rebooted
- 12/05/09: It's Not Dead, It's Resting...
- 16/03/09: Open Letter to Tinchy Stryder
- 09/03/09: Tell Tales
- 02/03/09: Pass The Urban Dictionary
- 23/02/09: Spoilt Stupid
- 16/02/09: Late To The Tea Party
- 09/02/09: Can we just lose the (insert main idea here)
- 03/02/09: A Plague Of Snowflakes
- 02/02/09: Disruption to normal service
- 26/01/09: Typed with my fingers
- 25/01/09: Four and twenty blackbirds
- 19/01/09: (Air Force) One In, One Out
- 11/01/09: Blue Touchpaper Shoes
- 05/01/09: Breastfood
- 22/12/08: Fighting Talk
- 19/12/08: A Pun In The Oven
- 18/12/08: Nativity Word Play
- 17/12/08: Reindeer Games
- 16/12/08: Crackers In Need
- 15/12/08: The Man Writes Blog Readers' Charter
- 09/12/08: Post-Blovember Navel Gazing
- 30/11/08: Hangover Honeymoon
- 29/11/08: iPhone Therefore I Am
- 28/11/08: Eye Need To Know
- 27/11/08: Does My Crack Look Big In This?
- 26/11/08: Undiplomatic Immunity
- 25/11/08: The Littlest Hobauer
- 24/11/08: Phone Like A Butterfly, Text Like A Bee
- 23/11/08: Guns and Bums
- 22/11/08: The Dog and The Wire
- 21/11/08: Captain, I Think You'd Better Come And Take A Look At This...
- 20/11/08: Can I Use Your Toilet Please?
- 19/11/08: What's Wool Worth?
- 18/11/08: It's A Colour Issue
- 17/11/08: Monday On My Mind
- 16/11/08: Why Do Bats Knees Bend Both Ways?
- 15/11/08: I Am Exceptional
- 14/11/08: The Da Family Guy Code
- 13/11/08: My Alpha Bet
- 12/11/08: Rules and pregulations
- 11/11/08: Remembrance Day 2008
- 10/11/08: Laugh a lot?
- 09/11/08: Who wants to be an auctioneer?
- 08/11/08: Premergency, Realmergency, Unmergency
- 07/11/08: There's no urgency, it's a non-emergency
- 06/11/08: Susan, get Hollywood on the phone
- 05/11/08: The Real Opportunity for Barack Obama
- 04/11/08: Wrong, wrong, wrong
- 03/11/08: Calling All The Huskies
- 02/11/08: Who's the boss?
- 01/11/08: Introducing Blovember
- 26/09/08: Who You Gonna Call?
- 16/09/08: The Return Of The Baron
- 25/08/08: Edinburgh 2008 Highlights and Lowlights
- 17/07/08: The End Of A Half-Arsed Era
- 09/07/08: The Airline Seats and the Juicer
- 18/06/08: Post-operative wisdom
- 23/05/08: Barry Norman's Pickled Onions
- 12/05/08: First Week Under Boris
- 06/05/08: When is a door not a door?
- 01/05/08: BJ at CJ
- 25/04/08: The Mayoral Campaign Hits The Prime Time
- 23/04/08: The Truth Behind Biometric Passports
- 11/04/08: The Real Spearmint Badger?
- 09/04/08: Exotic ingredients at the local Italian
- 04/04/08: The Barge Story
- 25/03/08: Post-Easter library update
- 17/03/08: What is in a username?
- 12/03/08: Date with a partwork publisher
- 06/03/08: BBC meeting post-mortem
- 04/03/08: Sitcoms ideas for Radio 4
- 28/02/08: The Nazi Hunters' League of Great Britain
- 26/02/08: Oscar predictions part deux
- 25/02/08: The Oscar results are out
- 24/02/08: Oscar predictions
- 23/02/08: Nanodating
- 14/02/08: Having a gas with The Baron
- 11/02/08: Cigarette Break Spanish
- 06/02/08: Dr Jekyll (and Missing Hyde)
- 04/02/08: Junk mail
- 01/02/08: Upping the noise ante in the library
- 31/01/08: Cloverfield
- 29/01/08: Rancid Santa
- 24/01/08: First meeting with ActionAid
- 23/01/08: The Laughing Stockbroker
- 22/01/08: No Country For Old Men review
- 21/01/08: The Chugger Wars
- 20/01/08: Wave hello say goodbye
- 17/01/08: Me want sucky sucky not bang bang
- 15/01/08: Problem sponsor child
- 14/01/08: The Gangsta Unwrappa
- 13/01/08: Russian Winter Festival
- 11/01/08: Supermarkets on the Rise
- 08/01/08: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
- 07/01/08: Day of the Dead (Christmas Trees)
- 06/01/08: The Donnie Darko Ginger Rabbit
- 05/01/08: The Baron's right-hand man
- 04/01/08: Are these your pants?
- 03/01/08: Introducing The Baron
- 02/01/08: Mixing it up at the gym
- 01/01/08: New Year's Resolutions 2008