“It is a pinch of scribble not wortha bottle of cabbis.” James Joyce, Finnegans Wake (1939)
I enjoy many varieties of Scotch whisky, and I usually jump at the opportunity to try one that’s new to me.
That being said, Scots Gaelic, not being my native tongue, makes it a real challenge when I go to a bar and try to communicate an unfamiliar brand to the barkeep without resorting to pantomimes, […]
Does your snoring make others want to kill you? It may have already started the job!
I laughed when my friend told me his dad had just had surgery to stop him from snoring - I thought he was joking! This was many years ago, and long before I’d heard about the dangers of obstructive sleep […]
Welcome to the first of what we here at Scribblepinch World Headquarters aim to make a weekly Friday feature: A Pinch of Music!
Music touches nerves and pushes buttons. People passionately defend or deny their musical tastes and scrutinize such tastes in others with fanatical fervor. As with any art form, music can move and motivate […]