Micro-blogging on words and the 'unwordly'

No offense to Pulitzer pundits, Booker boors, and assorted highbrow but the most delectable writing may well be about sports and within that, cricket writing. "What do they know of cricket who only cricket know" "Cricket is the least harmful of British colonisation's 'civilising' influences"


One reason to enjoy writing is I can complete my train of thoughts. Look around you - talking is no longer civil, you are interrupted even before you can start. 


Now, don't get me wrong but a mini-resolution for the year is not to use the word awesome in honor of and till such time as the awesome thing really comes along. Cool? Awes ... Er ... Cool.


"(nudge and wink)"
"(laughter, like bells)"
"(sigh, deafening)"
"(arched eyebrows)"
"(pause, so pregnant)"`
Conversations with 'you say it best when you say nothing at all' quality to it. To die for, to live for.


Means or ends ... journey or destination ... here's another thought: joy of the argument or urge to have the final word?