The Outfits Come And Go But There

My Sister-in-law Believes That Few Narratives Are So Tightly Constructed That You Can't Skip Boring Bits And Still Keep Abreast Of What's Going On.

Global Warming, The Ongoing Destruction Of The Planet, Third World Debt, The Uselessness Of The Railways, The Takeover By The Corporations, The Scary George Bush Person: All These Things Are Important And Should Be Animating Me Into Outrage. Yet Somehow They Do Not.

I Read 'crime And Punishment' Years Ago And Don't Recall The Details Of It, But I Do Retain A Strong Sense Of The Creeping Paranoia And Panic.

It Is More Interesting To Be Compared To Someone Famous, Because It Lets You Gauge What Perceptions People Have About Your Appearance.

It Was Julie Burchill Who Decreed That, Beyond A Certain Age, A Man Should Not Be Seen In A Leather Jacket.