A Pocket Full of Grumbles

That 40’s speach again in full

So my surprise fortieth birthday was a tremendous affair and shame on you for not being there if you weren't and double shame on you if you were. Anyway this isn't facebook so there are no hilarious photos of me in a hat and besides which there were way too many of you present to make any meaningful fatuous or sarcastic comments about the event. What I do offer instead is the transcript of a  speech that I had planned to deliver. I had hotly anticipated a chorus of "Speech Speech Speech" after I...

Hooray I’m 40 ?

Surprisingly I have had a splendid day. I actually found cause for celebration in turning 40. No mean feet given my propensity for drama and nihilism . It has been instead something of a joyous revelation that I have bothered to stay alive for so long. Paradoxically, this entire entry should have been given over to the frustrated musings and embittered ramblings of a life gone woefully astray. I could, should and indeed always intended today to stand as an emblem of sadness, a towering monument ...