Positive T-Shirts For Negative Times

To cheer myself up, I bought a new T-shirt. It's the most money I ever spent on a T-shirt, but I'm not going on holiday this year and I only filled my car up with petrol twice in the last three months.

Mark Radcliffe says that men over a certain age shouldn't wear T-shirts with bands or movies or comic book characters on. I couldn't disagree more. But I've taken to buying ones that don't obviously spill their allegiances and will only be recognised by a select few. This one joins my Little Lebowski Urban Achievers, Blue Moon Detective Agency and Overlook Hotel T-shirts. I'm waiting for another Bruce fan to stop me in the street and give me the thumbs up.

I'm obviously rubbish at taking selfies, and frankly I look pretty rough on that, don't I? I thought about waiting till the sun was out and doing some artful pose in the sunshine - or putting a healthy, sparkly filter on it... but this blog is supposed to represent my life, and that photo gives a pretty good indication of how I feel right now. Washed out, bags with bags under my eyes, in desperate need of a haircut... not much to smile about. (Then again, I rarely smile on photos because I always think I look an idiot when I smile.)

I took another, more flattering picture, and thought about sending this one to John Medd... but I couldn't face ending up in his rejects folder.

There are many great songs on that debut album, and this probably isn't the most obvious choice. But it's the one that most fits my mood right now...

And somebody said, "Hey man, did you see that?

His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud"

I wonder what the dude was sayin'

Or was he just lost in the flood?

Well, hey man, did you see that?

Lord, those poor cats are sure messed up

I wonder what they were gettin' into

Or were they all just lost in the flood?