<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from barns.blog-city.com</title><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 barns.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:27:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from barns.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>The Way Of Things</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/the_right_shape.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/the_right_shape.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fright%5Fshape</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An old diary sits isolated on an old wooden desk, covered in dust.  The pen sitting next to it has dried out.  The floorboards creak warmly; a static protest.  Only the desk is illuminated, a shaft of thick light penetrating the heavy]]></description></item><item><title>from an allegory</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/allegory.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/allegory.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=allegory</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... in which I describe something without seeing it ...]]></description></item><item><title>from land&apos;s end back to our tee pee</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/landsend.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/landsend.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=landsend</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... in which I travel for 5 and a half hours to be as far west as I can, prove that chicken can fly, see the best sunset, be secretly attracted by and to someone, drink beer, eat the best breakfast, and still fail to throw an aerobie even once ...]]></description><category>england</category><category>secret admirer</category><category>famous five</category><category>sunset</category><category>cornwall</category><category>lands end</category><category>holiday</category></item><item><title>from a good vantage point</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_a_good_vantage_point.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_a_good_vantage_point.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fa%5Fgood%5Fvantage%5Fpoint</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... in which I detail, in brief, all the things I haven't done with my life up to this point, and a few of the things that I have (at least, the ones I'm most happy with) ...]]></description></item><item><title>Andalucia, Spain June 2005</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/photo_album.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/photo_album.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=photo%5Falbum</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Photo Album]]></description></item><item><title>from the top of a large dune</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_top_of_a_large_dune.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_top_of_a_large_dune.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fthe%5Ftop%5Fof%5Fa%5Flarge%5Fdune</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... in which I disrobe a lovely blonde girl by accident, complain about Iberia and being busy, and sing the praises of Benahavis, Andalucia.  Todo bueno, mis amigos. Es agradable estar detrás. Te quiero todos. Vaya con dios.]]></description></item><item><title>from LHR to AGP</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_lhr_to_agp.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_lhr_to_agp.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Flhr%5Fto%5Fagp</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... in which I make scientific breakthroughs years before scientists, depart for Spain, and become Director of Civil Service for Blog City.]]></description><category>2198</category><category>science</category><category>bbc</category><category>spain</category><category>fishnets</category><category>holiday</category><category>timetravel</category></item><item><title>from 9:30am yesterday until 9:30pm today</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_930am_yesterday_until_930pm_today.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_930am_yesterday_until_930pm_today.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5F930am%5Fyesterday%5Funtil%5F930pm%5Ftoday</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... in which I extoll the virtues of being awake for 36 hours, spend the night talking to friends, listen to the Singing Courgettes of Sleeplessness, and England beat Australia in a version we invented of the game we invented.]]></description><category>cricket</category><category>diary</category><category>fishnets</category><category>amdram</category></item><item><title>from a fascination with diametricals</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_a_fascination_with_diametricals.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_a_fascination_with_diametricals.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fa%5Ffascination%5Fwith%5Fdiametricals</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... in which I coin a new word, and explore the minds of the people who pass by.]]></description></item><item><title>from the post office to the supermarket</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_post_office_to_the_supermarket.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_post_office_to_the_supermarket.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fthe%5Fpost%5Foffice%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fsupermarket</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... in which I lose my keys because of a wedding a year ago, spend the entire night talking to someone when it felt like 5 minutes, fall asleep at 6am, run on a stomach full of Eggs Benedict, uncover my sister's lack of faith, and find my keys.]]></description></item><item><title>pictures of things</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/blogpics.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/blogpics.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blogpics</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Photo Album]]></description></item><item><title>from two until six</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_two_until_six.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_two_until_six.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Ftwo%5Funtil%5Fsix</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator></item><item><title>from the beginning</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_beginning.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_beginning.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fthe%5Fbeginning</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There are two ways of telling a good story.This is, of course, a generalization.The first way is to ensure that there is no way that your listener can work out what is going to happen next.  This is based entirely on the originality of the destinati]]></description></item><item><title>from one sweet moment to the next...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_one_sweet_moment_to_the_next.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_one_sweet_moment_to_the_next.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fone%5Fsweet%5Fmoment%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fnext</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[... the sound of rain never ceased.  The irregular, familiar sound gave form to the thoughts running through my mind.  The different shapes and patterns of droplets distorted images that seemed contained within each one, present for a fleeting memo]]></description></item><item><title>from a small seed</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_a_small_seed.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_a_small_seed.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fa%5Fsmall%5Fseed</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BARNSAre you still here?UNIVERSEThat's funny, even coming from you.  I should be asking you the same question.BARNSYou're asking ME where I've been?  You're the universe, remember?  Now who is being funny.UNIVERSEHumour me.  Sometimes people like to]]></description></item><item><title>from a conversation with the universe</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_a_conversation_with_the_universe.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_a_conversation_with_the_universe.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fa%5Fconversation%5Fwith%5Fthe%5Funiverse</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UNIVERSEHello...?The UNIVERSE knocks the microphone.  The loud banging reverberates around the infinity of creation.UNIVERSEIs this thing on?BARNSYes.  And it's loud.UNIVERSEOh! You're there.  You haven't been, though.BARNSWhere else can I be?  As th]]></description></item><item><title>from the pub hear the sound of sand</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_pub_hear_the_sound_of_sand.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_pub_hear_the_sound_of_sand.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fthe%5Fpub%5Fhear%5Fthe%5Fsound%5Fof%5Fsand</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm off to the pub.  I wanted to thank you all who have moved me after my 2yr anniversary occurred with 666 comments, and I felt that I needed to tell you all about last week, which was seriously one of the more incredible weeks I've ever had the fo]]></description></item><item><title>from the darkness</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_darkness.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_darkness.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fthe%5Fdarkness</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have 666 comments right now.  Please someone help me raise that number!!It's February, and I'm gradually coming to terms with the fact that it's 2005.  I've been a bad blogger, really.  Never really started 2005 well.  I became rather angry wit]]></description></item><item><title>from the bard comes inspiration</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_bard_comes_inspiration.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_bard_comes_inspiration.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fthe%5Fbard%5Fcomes%5Finspiration</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.Shakespeare
is a smart fellow. But that's the trick, isn't it? Being true to
yourself. Circumventing self-deception. Tellin]]></description></item><item><title>from house to home</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_house_to_home.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_house_to_home.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fhouse%5Fto%5Fhome</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last night was the 15 year anniversary of our house, since my family
moved in.  I've not always lived here, university and a flat in
Kennington intervened, but I'm here now, and I make no bones about
still living with my folks.  If the truth be kn]]></description></item><item><title>from the words of Jesus</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_words_of_jesus.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_words_of_jesus.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fthe%5Fwords%5Fof%5Fjesus</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hi.  My name is Barney.Diana told me something earlier today which was both such an amazing compliment, and a shock, that I felt I needed to do something about it.  Those who know me, know that &quot;affirmative action&quot; has always taken a lower]]></description></item><item><title>from boots to nought</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_boots_to_nought.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_boots_to_nought.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 19:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fboots%5Fto%5Fnought</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I don't believe it.  I told you 2005 was going to be bad.  I've just recieved an email from the company that I ordered the boots from.  They said that when I placed the order, the website said they were in stock.  Apparently, they weren't.I won't be]]></description></item><item><title>from the start of 2005</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_start_of_2005.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/from_the_start_of_2005.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fthe%5Fstart%5Fof%5F2005</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[2005 didn't exactly start on a high note for me.  In fact, it was the worst New Year I can remember.  Despite being with a &quot;friend&quot; and my best friend D, in my head and in my heart I was empty and alone.  Thank you EVERYONE who left comm]]></description></item><item><title>with apologies to the brass monkey</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/with_apologies_to_the_brass_monkey.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/with_apologies_to_the_brass_monkey.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=with%5Fapologies%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fbrass%5Fmonkey</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An allegory - first published on The Brass MonkeyThere is a small corner of a large forest. Sheltered by the strong,
knotted roots of two large Oak trees, moss flourished on the rock in
the centre. Beams of sunlight occasionally broke through the c]]></description></item><item><title>with plans ethereal</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://barns.blog-city.com/with_plans_ethereal.htm</guid><link>http://barns.blog-city.com/with_plans_ethereal.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://barns.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=with%5Fplans%5Fethereal</comments><dc:creator>Barns</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay - I'll say it.  I don't like New Year.And I should warn you that there is some pretty gratuitous self-pity in this blog entry.It's complicated, but its mostly to do with being self-consciously single, and trying desperately to hide the fact tha]]></description></item></channel></rss>