The Major
The British Empire c/o The United Kingdom
Male
About
With heavy heart and heavier, albeit tightly-waistcoated girth, I have risen from my dusty tomes and sallied forth to dabble with the digitally displaced who inhabit the internet. As my batman* prods the keyboard at my command, the thoughts and fears of The Major are apparently, transmitted into the ether where they will be viewed by few, despised by most and cast forever into the electronic equivalent of the River Lethe. Or am I being a tad pessimistic? No, I thought not...
*that's the manservant not that cape-wearing fellah
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Sep 11, 2007
Painting myself into a corner
I have been absent rather a lot lately. Somewhat unsociable of me considering that this is a respected outpost of internet society. But I had my reasons. No, really! Read on and do try your very best to sympathise...
I am not good at time management. I mean well but …
Jun 8, 2007
The perils of computer illiteracy
Sorry chaps but I need to blog news of my personal inadequacy. Apologies to all for tardiness in replying of late but things have been rather hectic back at Major Manor and I have scarce had time to tinker with the internet. My confusion is such that I have …
May 11, 2007
Friendship and the necromancy of networking
As a comparitive newcomer in the field of online communication I find myself somewhat bemused by the concept of 'networking'. I am quite familiar with the term 'network of spies' but as there are very few men in dark glasses and homburg hats in evidence nowadays, I …
The humble cinematograph and associated performers of merit
The Third Man, The Lavender Hill Mob, A Matter of Life and Death, Gregory's Girl, Vénus Beauté Institut, The Draughtman's Contract, Belly of an Architect, Svankmajer, Brothers Quay, Night at the Opera, Cinema Paradiso, Orson Welles, Peter Greenaway, Fellini, Marx brothers, Terry-Thomas, The Brothers Quay
Phonographic amusement
The Beatles, Barry Adamson, Bjork, The Divine Comedy, Depeche Mode, Exile Inside, Nick Drake, Françoise Hardy, Kate Bush, Matt Monro, Madness, Mediaeval Baebes, Scott Walker, John Renbourn, Esbjorn Svennson Trio, Fotheringay, Yann Tiersen, Michael Nyman, Vaughan Williams, opera
Crumbling tomes
Master and Margarita, Cold Comfort Farm, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Stageland, The Devil's Doctor, The Queen's Conjurer, The Secret Agent, McCarthy's Bar, Diary of a Nobody, Jerome K Jerome, Pete McCarthy,
Comestible considerations
Taking tea, buttering crumpets, dunking digestives, custard tarts and the consumption thereof, Sussex Pond Pudding
Interests - obsessive and otherwise
High Gothic, The Victorian Age, Victorian, Rizzoli, Dali, Max Ernst, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Fornasetti, Hiremy-Hirschl, Stenberg, Poster design, Abram Games, Apple Computers, The Swinging Sixties, Genealogy, Celtic, New Age, Organic Gardening, Green Living, moustache wax, opera, Chivalry, good manners, British eccentricities, Vienna, Franz Xavier Messerschmidt
'isms' I admire and some others included for ornamentation
Surrealism, Futurism, Romanticism, Symbolism, Environmentalism, Prisms, Schisms, Antidisestablishmentarianism
Televisual delights
The Prisoner, The Avengers, Department S, Brass, Desperately Seeking Something, Jeux Sans Frontieres, Eurovision Song Contest, Father Ted
Vivian Circle , Sep 10, 2007:
Hello Sir, Sorry for the lack in communiqué. We've been moving through underground away from most of the aggravating violence, and imagine me wanting a break from the all the fighting. lol. As a storm moves through the area I thought i would fire off a quick communiqué until the band and I go back to our bunker and make our next move. Currently we've manage to extort three controversial pieces under the airwaves of the establishment, but they are drawing ever close we fear. The sounds of the war dirigibles hum and shake the walls of the bunker, the ringing that tickles the inside of your head, like a trapped insect in your head. We shake, but commit ourselves to moving onward for the cause, for the good of it all. We bid you farewell Sir. until we surface with our new faces firmly set, this is but a taste of the food instore.
If... , Jun 25, 2007:
MAJOR SIR, please listen to the new track on my page - Meghdoot.
Would like your thoughts, good sir.
moo - giving it another go, Jun 21, 2007:
I believe we haven't met previously, but I am informed by jo that we are in the minority of all people here, afflicted with pedantry concerning the English language.
It is a curse and a terrible burden to bear but keep up the efforts - we will prevail!
The decent American, Jun 17, 2007:
Good Day sir!.......Hope alls well in your world.......
Scott McKane, Jun 10, 2007:
My dear Major, it is so good to see you fully functional again. Have no fear of any ill will felt by your colonial cousins. If we can forgive taxation without representation, tyranny from across the sea, and a friendly little skirmish, surely a slight little computer mishap can be overlooked. Feel free to have a crumpet , my compliments.
Carly, Jun 9, 2007:
Yes, yes they are.
The Major, Jun 8, 2007:
And in a curious way I have rather missed myself...
allisonberryart, Jun 3, 2007:
Where are you? On holiday? We miss you :-D
If... , May 21, 2007:
Cheers for your thoughts, good sir. Appreciate it and value your comments. :) Maybe we should meet for a drink if you are in London?
The decent American, May 21, 2007:
just passing thru........did you leave out the "Fedora' as essential hats?