Breaking Up is Hard to Do – Chapter 4

Saturday 12 July 2008 – 3pm
Pilot:  Attention all passengers, this is your Captain speaking.  I’d like to advise that American Airlines Flight 69 will be touching down at JFK Airport in ten minutes time.  Could you please switch off all electronic devices including laptops and cell phones, stow your hand luggage in the overhead compartments, [...]

My Friends Wedding (or the most romantic wedding I’ve been to)

And that folks, is saying something because I’m the least touchy, feely, romantic person I know.  However my friend Coreena’s wedding made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Coreena and I have been friends since we were 11 and in our first year of high school.  In a previous post I mentioned that we dropped [...]

Just Some Stuff….

I have to confess that I am suffering from quite dreadful Whorelando / Dingo overload.  For the last few weeks I have lived and breathed almost nothing else whilst I have penned one and a half spectacular works of literary genius for your reading pleasure.  I’m exhausted and I don’t know where I’m going to get [...]

Breaking Up is Hard to Do – Chapter 3

Friday 11 July 2008 – 2am
Somewhere in the North West of the United States a young woman sits at her desk in her office and finishes writing up a report on the apprehension of a suspect of dubious gender.
Her phone rings, jangling her one remaining nerve.
Busty:  Busty St C….
Caller:  (urgently)  Busty St Clair??
Busty:  Yes?  Who [...]

Breaking Up is Hard to Do – Chapter 2

 Thursday, 10 July 2008
In a small condominium in Chelsea, West Manhattan, three people are getting ready for their evening meal.
One is chopping organic vegetables, another is stirring a bubbling pot of something and a third is struggling with the finer points of an electric can opener.
Dingo:  (tossing can opener to one side)  This iz y [...]

Breaking Up is Hard to Do – Chapter 1

Wednesday 9 July 2008
Nestled deep in the English countryside is an ecologically friendly mansion built far enough back from the gravel road that it is almost invisible to the human eye.  This is just the way the owner likes it.  His professional life sees him in the public eye, so he prefers his private life [...]

The Ex Bride

Since I finished writing Operation Abduct Orly I’ve been feeling strangely empty, at a loose end.
Yesterday I went to the wedding of my close friend Coreena.  She finally got to marry her Canadian import fiance, James.  It was just beautiful and made me feel all warm and fuzzy – not an easy feat let me [...]

Operation Abduct Orly – The Epilogue (Happily Ever After)

One Year Later
A large group of people are milling around a picturesque backyard reminiscent of an English Country Estate.   There’s quite a party atmosphere.  Yep, there’s a celebration going on here.  And it’s a bit of a formal do.  The ladies are dressed in gowns, the men in tuxedos.  You could be forgiven for thinking that you’d [...]

Operation Abduct Orly – The End (I promise – except for the epilogue)

The new day begins with Joders, Anners, Wanda, Ali-ers and Jaded sitting around the dining table having an animated discussion.
Jaded:  You didn’t!
Joders:  Yes, I did.
Ali-ers:  I don’t know how you did it Joders, but you rock!
Wanda:  I’m really gonna get my 36 minutes?
Joders:  Actually we each get an hour
Anners:  I think I’m going to faint
Joders:  [...]

Operation Abduct Orly – The End of the End (almost)

On hearing Whorely call for assistance Wanda, Anners and Joders all rush for the bedroom at the same time.  They are stopped in their tracks by Daners.
Daners:  You think that you’ve got a chance?  I don’t think so!
Anners:  But…
Daners:  I’ll untie him, you three stay out here and try not to get into anymore trouble.
Daners [...]