Saturday, 26 December 2015

If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly

15:33 Posted by The Thalesians (@thalesians) 1 comment
Christmas has come. Christmas has gone. The tree remains. The wrapping has gone. The decorations still sparkle. Christmas markets are still around (as above), but quieter. The days between Christmas and New Year are here, that odd period of limbo, where the last year, 2015, lingers, hanging on to...

Monday, 21 December 2015

Margin is too small

11:07 Posted by The Thalesians (@thalesians) No comments
Saturday mornings are perhaps not the times at which we associate that the brain is most awake. It is more time for slumber, than the gathering of thoughts. Unable to come up with anything remotely useful to say on an early Saturday morning, I tweeted the following: trying to think of something...

Sunday, 13 December 2015

Fed up of hikes?

19:06 Posted by The Thalesians (@thalesians) No comments
In recent years, Christmas in London has been accompanied by the sparkling lights and loud sounds of Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. I've never been to real German Christmas market, so for me this "faux" version is still a bit of a novelty and never fails to cheer me, even if it is somewhat hectic...

Saturday, 5 December 2015

Writing about nothing

19:24 Posted by The Thalesians (@thalesians) No comments
There's a certain deliciousness in writing reams of prose which in effect say nothing, using words merely to enhance the reader's vision of the scene. This sentiment might seem ridiculous but bear with me for a moment. Just as the richness of light envelopes the human eye to enable it to see, it is...