genius

As a blogger, one tries to do one’s best in the daily post, if for no other reason than it helps to pass the time. I like to think in my small way I have provided some diverting reading in the last 12 months, even if 90 percent of it has been fiction.

But there are times when one has to stand back and acknowledge a true master of the form. Frankie Valley is a blogger from South-East London, who writes very loosely on the topic of my English soccer team, Charlton Athletic.

Now, you might say provoking a bunch of mindless football hooligans into, er, spirited discussion is like shooting fish in a bucket. Not so. Frankie is a professional shit-stirrer, a veritable olympic standard smartarse.

And his barbs are not restricted to anyone in particular. He doesn’t discriminate. See today’s blog, about a Charlton player called Jerome Thomas who was arrested in a pizza joint in Bournemouth:

JT - a true working class hero

To quote:

There are some people that see Jerome Thomas as a free-wheeling show-boating spineless poseur who needs a good kick up the arse - but I couldn’t possibly comment….

And he’s one of our players!!

Running
A lunch-time run is scheduled today, in the good shorts.

As an aside, I note Em went out and bought two new pairs of shorts yesterday. Also, Jaykay claims to have about 50 pairs of coverings for the lower reaches of her body, including “running skirts”, whatever they are.

I am beginning to suspect I’m in the minority.