moanday agin

Impossible to do

 this using just your imagination

These are two bits of wood. They are identical in shape but photographed from a different angle. There are six of them all together. What do you think they look like once the puzzle has been symmetrically assembled? and more to the point, Why would you care?

I haven't been in communication mode for a few days and the main reason for this is that I have a 9000 word translation on the boil. The uninspiring working title is; "Firm Sector". Here is a sample to set the nerves jangling: " In spite of the potential applications for strategic analysis arising from the postulates of I.E., this study looks only at the most immediately relevant factors (threats and opportunities) and their influence on strategy and performance." If that doesn't set the pulse racing (over the edge of a cliff possibly) I don't know what will.

Life's a Beach 

 Of course, if you live in a seasidy kind of place you should expect to spend a fair amount of time on the beach (eating sand, falling over, running away from incoming waves etc.) 

Graze anatomy

And, as you can see, diving onto a hard floor is good training for an incumbent stuntman, but the beach is kinder to one's skin.

Some concentration required for having a good time

And even more

This video is not so recent perhaps a couple of weeks ago or more. 


You may have heard that here in Spain there is a crisis.

More than half the population under 29 out of work, old people back to work, in 1 out of every 10 households nobody is working, half of the unemployed are long term dole fodder

 This is what the paper says. And the printed word cannot lie. We went out briefly a couple of nights though and the city centre was throbbing with holiday vibe. But this may have been because I was wearing my summer shirt.

A good shirt

This is an anti-crisis shirt.

This is the centre of the city. Not too sure if it's crisis-proof though

More soon.


Poem of the day:


You and me we were the pretenders
We let it all slip away
In the end what you don't surrender
Well the world just strips away
Girl, aint no kindness in the face of strangers
Aint gonna find no miracles here
Well you can wait on your blesses my darling
I got a deal for you right here
I aint looking for praise or pity
I aint coming round searching for a crutch
I just want someone to talk to
And a little of that human touch
Just a little of that human touch

Aint no mercy on the streets of this town
Aint no bread from heavenly skies
Aint nobody drawing wine from this blood
Its just you and me tonight
Tell me, in a world without pity
Do you think what Im askins too much
I just want something to hold on to
And a little of that human touch
Just a little of that human touch

Oh girl that feeling of safety that you prize
Well it comes at a hard hard price
You can't shut off the risk and the pain
Without losing the love that remains
Were all riders on this train

So youve been broken and youve been hurt
Show me somebody who aint
Yeah, I know I aint nobodys bargain
But, hell, a little touch up and a little paint...
You might need something to hold on to
When all the answers, they don't amount to much
Somebody that you could just to talk to
And a little of that human touch
Baby, in a world without pity
Do you think what Im askins too much
I just want to feel you in my arms
Share a little of that human touch
Feel a little of that human touch
Give me a little of that human touch