alvi is two

what a star ! ... rory stewart, a tory who really does know, biffs the foreign office, who can only pretend to ... fast forward to his speech at about one hour and thirty minutes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/house-of-commons-22891120

walkabout

http://www.agentprovocateur.com/beach/view-all/info/mazzy-swimsuit~tutti-frutti

my favourite things ... ten versions in no particular order

John Coltrane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI

Pomplamoose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvYZMqQffQE

Julie Andrews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33o32C0ogVM

J rabbit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BqRoCwkH0M

Brad Mehidau

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gClg7L_vqes

Sarah Vaughan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dusavln6Cjw

Dave Brubeck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43T0HdVNOD8

Bobby McFerrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wqplKtzWpI

Jessica Roemischer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvi10mmwAFk

Stephen Hough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pih_W62LOVc

remember, lads ... as long as you wash the cheese grater thoroughly after the pedicure, she'll never know ...

peddunts' korner ... two accademias sepparayted by a kommon langwidge

... my blood boiled ! wouldn't yours ?

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4676

shopping hell ... of course, you ageing rock stars already knew that chappell's of bond street is half a mile away in wardour street

... i arrived at the same time as some rich folk who indulged their daughters, aged six and eight i'd guess, by setting them up with a karaoke machine and some posh speakers ... they jumped in to a gleeful rap whose punchline was "you're just a dirty old pervert" ... management soon arrived to adjust the volume control and have a little word

http://www.chappellofbondstreet.co.uk/index.php?page_id=-200000000

clash of the alienated titans ... from conversations at the workface ( part 99 )

sez burly and heavily-stubbled fork-lift driver ...

     "If you think i'm unloading this now, you can kiss my arse"

reply from self, equally unkempt ...

     "Wot ! With MY stubble ?"

recorded in the year i was born ... and probably the first song that "moved" me, five or six years later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjvHg9cBriw


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_the_Wind_Southerly

i pass this sign most days in ashdown forest but it is besides a fast stretch of road and i never felt i could spare five minutes until today

today's applied geography tutorial ... tread softly ... or you tread on my dreams

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/map-us-mexico-migrant-deaths-border























http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohono_O'odham

http://humaneborders.org/news/documents/hb_all_deaths_20120428_tabloid_download.pdf

and this link to a fine photographer, David McNew ...

http://www.davidmcnew.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=1&p=1&a=0&at=0

other people's heartaches, even italians 'ave 'em ... "pickaxe, beat softer ... "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXN-fwl-5s

http://www.italyworldclub.com/italian-songs/regional/liguria/piccun-dagghe-cianin.htm

sunday morning multi-tasking ... writing a letter to Linda whilst perusing Ruari McLean's Thames & Hudson Manual Of Typography ( ... as you do ... )

...NB. not every lexicographer has a clean certificate of mental health ... my online dictionary suggests the existence of an hyphenated adjective ... QUASI-PERUSABLE ... well ! I ask you ... would you adam and eve it ?

easy to listen to but very hard to sing ... one of my mum's favourite songs

... often aspired to, but never quite equalled ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Y7TpNi3x0&feature=share

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BOFj1F1yRA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omyZpImndc4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fFVeWper4M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAiMhP6bEJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_hXZhEWPTg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaBCsei72Js

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6umKv23-ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-MDntetkw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiW0ANvFpKA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLiGngS3i4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2qbmMfNYtk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4F4OCBDogo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLjkpwyuhVo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MrlQ-8Ri_s
lovely picture of sinead o connor by jill furmanovsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Furmanovsky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HyLa6a7j6M


... but ella's still my choice, too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Y7TpNi3x0