My Parents Have Been Dead For Many

I Can't Think Of A Bigger Waste Of Police Time Than Chasing Somebody Who Has Said Something Offensive On Twitter.

And So We Stayed Out In The Garden Of The Old House Until We Couldn't Kick A Ball, Laughing In The Gathering Twilight, Making The Most Of The Good Weather And All The Days That Were Left, Our Little Game Watched Only By Next Door's Cat, And Every Star In The Heavens.

My Teenage Years Were Spent Trying To Look Like Rod Stewart - I Ended Up Looking Like Dave Hill From Slade.

Tattoos Are So Widespread, So Ugly And So Very, Very Permanent. You Can, In Theory, Have Them Removed - But A Large Chunk Of Your Living Flesh Will Go With It.

It Felt Natural. That Is What I Remember Most About Becoming A Father Halfway Through My 20s. As If Mother Nature Was Giving Me The Big Thumbs Up.