Watch this, muted, whilst listening to the Benny Hill theme in the background. You will not be disappointed at the results. Right, that’s it. I need lotsa sleep for an early shift at work tomorrow. I may listen to some Podcasts before I go, which I’ve recently discovered means I’m going to Technotranscend. Oh dear.
Yup. Sorta. If you’re reading this, I’ve probably sent you here directly, an action for which I apologize. Gonna sort out the site fairly soon, getting content and similarly pretty stuff up. Links n’ photos n’ such. So yeah. I’m not going to label this as ‘under construction’, of course, but that’s because in the media of the internet, everything should be under construction at all times, and this site certainly will. That and I’m philosophically opposed to those little animated workman gifs. Oh, and you should all check out my friend Fleur’s flickr feed, because it’s awesome. And I just Alliterated. Oh dear.
Wherein Hawkie Discovers Something Interesting
So I was standing in a bookshop, flicking through a book and trying to make sure none of the store assistants didn’t realise I wasn’t buying anything because I didn’t have any money (I’d forgotten my wallet. I’d love to produce the traditional mystic air of the starvin’, financially under-endowed artist, but I’m just forgetful). The book was a Penguin dictionary of first names, it contained some nice etymology. Now, I was aware of one root of my first name (Which, by the by, is Samuel) - ‘Heard by God’ or ‘Hearkened by God’ or something like that. Interesting, but I’m agnostic, so not enormously relevant. But it turns out there’s a second root, coming through Old Norse into Scotland and Ireland - ‘Somhairle’ or ‘Summer Wanderer’. Which is ace.