oh dear, now add a funeral tomorrow some time. an uncle who lived in the same road as me. I was so pleased I got to the hospital last week to see him and my girls, who were very fond of him, also had the chance to say goodbye.

Margaret- that must be a topical reference you are making and I must be slow not to understand it. Wedding, £10 million? Explain please.

Oldboy, scary violent at times, not that great.

ha! deadline Monday 9 pm. do you know what sort of weekend I have ahead, Lizzy??!! off to cinema in 30 mins time to see a Korean thriller called Oldboy Sunday morning walk dog, then work on murder case Sunday afternoon, work on different murder case Sunday evening, cousin's wedding Monday morning, d...

I turn my back for just a month or two and look at you all, arguing away! Here is a poem I posted on this forum some months ago. I can't remember if it had a title. I put Sigmund Freud in a toothbrush mug arms high, waving his knowledge and his confidence, after all, only fools or niche psychoanalys...

The Guardian Review today headlines with Cohen at 70, full photo on the front cover as well. The article lists 70 things "you may not know about him". And No. 58 is as follows!! "online, the faithful congregate at LeonardCohenfiles.com. The webmaster is a Finn named Jarkko, who keeps ...

could you give me just a rough idea how long you will be trolling this forum for? and whilst here is there any chance that you could improve the quality of your writing, maybe talk to a knowledgable friend, read some decent literature? your standard is distractingly poor. please don't count every re...

*I will be glad if anyone could give me a hint if anything is wrong* Yes, the poem is junk both according to my tatse and yours as well. In English it is junk. Pa Dansk ogsa, tror Jeg (sorry, no Danish punctuation on this keyboard) In any language it is junk. For minor league trolling you deserve 1 ...

I remember saying that. You got the name right.

How sad I am that I can not attend this time. I was especially looking forward to the opening of the Event by the famous Cohen academic D. Niklow from Uzbekistan.

possibly the worst poem I have ever known

anyone staying at the Plaza? It's my first choice but is a distance away and I don't want to be the only one there.

anyone staying at Southgate thingy?

I stood myself up, can't believe it.

the zippo-giver wanted her to have something to keep, a momento, for when it ended. he didn't really know it would be just a week later.

whoops, forgot to add. Isn't that 2Strictly_Confidential good. Lovley poem about the Zippo lighter. Now I would love to meet him. I'm going to make a date straight away.

let's call it a draw and move on somewhere more interesting. I am guilty of chasing people I don't like- for example the soft Dutch ninny Benders who occasionally goes onto the Cohen newsgroup. I normally behave like that when I am seriously bored or have my own problems. There are other, probably d...