I wrote this post simply because there was so much interest in whether he was or not, hoping to lay the matter to rest. Instead, it’s got worse, with the post getting a whisker under 100 hits this evening.

There does seem to be a gene for gay creativity – how else to explain it?

I suspect Gordon Ramsay might be secretly gay – he just tries too hard! (Joke, Gordon – calm down…)

Ron.

I didn’t know that Nigel Slater had ‘come out’; but I did keep thinking – Nigel Slater – Alan Bennett – David Hockney: at a sub/semi conscious level there was a connection, bit like that association game.

But now that one has been put to bed – thank you Next!

Very pleased you like it. Oddly, it seems to be sick or disabled people who respond most positively to it (I suppose you’ve gotta be there to understand).

It’s a shame I’m not able to write more poetry, but it really is an extremely intermittent “talent”, rather than something I can do on demand. Being depressed helps, but since I found the cause of my depression (one of my meds), that doesn’t happen now (not that I’m sorry about that!)

Right now I’m sitting here wondering why I’ve never got around to buying snow-spikes for my crutches, because it’s snowing like hell. Oh, well, never mind the weather – I’ve got soup, and bread, to make (just bought a mixer for bread-making, so I need an excuse to play with it).

Take it easy.

Ron.

Despite their TV ads, I’d be wary of their broadband service. I ended up with Sky and – against my expectations – the service has turned out to be very good.

Ron.