RandyDandy, an American Expat in London

I finished reading Richard Russo’s well-structured and brilliantly funny novel “Straight Man” a few days ago. My friend Mitzi Scott gifted the book to me a little over a year ago as we were browsing through a mammoth “Half Price Books” store in north Dallas, and it took me far too long to crack it [...]

Why do London Facebook events end in violence, knife attacks, etc? I’m dreaming up a new Facebook application as I type this . . .

Cue the creepy music.

Pubs and stuff.
God bless the British:
I am helpless to resist
one more pint of ale.
One more pint of ale:
Can’t think of a better way
to loosen the tongue.
I composed the second haiku whilst on my third pint of a lovely summer ale called “Burning Gold” from Wells, the Bombardier folks. The last line of the first poem [...]

I owe quite a bit of blog material to Tara, aka Airstream Diva. Her periodic haiku entries never fail to delight me, and I’ve been itching to write a few of my own. In my efforts to mine my experiences for writing and creative material, I’ve thought recently about starting a dream journal. Too bad [...]

Had a bit of a rest last week from blogging, lest I bore you with more groaning and moaning about allergies and useless medicine and what-not. The fog in my head is clearing, as are my chest and ears, and beautiful days are ahead.
Speaking of beautiful days, Jay and I braved a grim weather forecast [...]

Mega allergies once again. No brain power for a thoughtful post, a Phriday feature, etc. But Tara reminded me of the super cool Wordle application, which I used on my Flickr tags a few days ago. Here’s how Wordle sees my website content as run through the search engine spider simulator at webconfs.com.

I finished reading a marvelous novel, a fable incorporating adaptations of several fairy tales - “The Book of Lost Things” by John Connolly. Set in World War II London, the book follows the adventures of its main character, a twelve-year old boy named David, as he seeks to make sense of loss, jealousy, and hatred. [...]

Maybe you saw this one on the Daily Show last week:

Lots of love from the *ist world this week. Houstonist featured this Art Car Parade After Party photo on Friday the 13th (Perhaps they found it frightful?).

Londonist featured a couple of my Naked Bike Ride photos on Monday, 16 June . . .

and Londonist again with this Bush protest photo on June 17.

Thanks, *ist-iverse.
And [...]