There are few moments of clarity more profound than those that follow the emptying of an overcharged bladder. The world slows down, the focus sharpens, the brain comes back on line. Huge nebulous diff...
Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.
Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but that's my problem.
Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.
New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else.
After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?
. . Birmingham City Council was playing third time lucky with the design of the city's celebrated Victoria Square . . .