Recent posts - A Thin Volume

Here I am again! Am I in danger of losing my mojo? From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (12 days old)

Gosh, where does time go? Its about time I brought everyone up to date with what's been happening. Mind you, I don't know if there's many of my long-standing blog friends who've followed my adventures… more

Have a naughty Xmas From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (700 days old)

And if you can't have a naughty one, have a good one. And if you don't feel like being good, and have limited chance to be naughty, have a pleasantly pissed one. And if you are a Moslem and don't do e… more

We give aid and education and they want to kill teachers From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (718 days old)

This little rant is about Moslem fundametalists. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the west's ways of protecting its oil interests in the middle east, there is absolutely no call for these ignorant sh… more

Hill From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (751 days old)

I was raised on the side of a hill. No, not like a sheep, silly I was just a normal kid, feeling different As kids do The hill dominated my life As a small child I would hold my mothers hand P… more

Ages of man From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (793 days old)

When is a youth a man? it seems to me that according to the news coverage, a 17 year old male, if a victim, is termed a youth, whereas if accused of a crime he becomes a man. Anyone else noticed this?… more

Party pooped From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (803 days old)

Well, it was all a bit of an anti-climax really. Mrs D's party was fine, Sir A and slave didn't turn up, but she had invited her first extra-marital lover and his wife ... so I suppose she'd got the f… more

Sex - not for amateurs From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (814 days old)

Sparked by Sidejump's recent blog, and also Sienna's ... For many of us sex / lovemaking is something we learn from another amateur - usually a juvenile; we have little direct experience to judge … more

She's invited Sir A and his slave to the party! From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (828 days old)

Mrs D phoned me yesterday. Me and Mrs K have been invited to her wedding anniversary party, and she wanted to tell me (warn me) that she'd invited Sir A and his slave along to the party as well. The l… more

Destined to be celibate now? Dilemma advice needed From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (829 days old)

After 4 years of incredibly intense and adventurous sex it seems as if I'm destined to be celibate. Almost. As my friends know, Mrs DoItToMeHard and I had an incredible, fantastic sex life explorin… more

In which I did a good thing From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (851 days old)

I'm inspired to write this following a childhood reminiscence from Lonemum. I stood out at my second primary school because of my very different accent, and was teased a lot because of it. Today i… more

Miracles From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (854 days old)

Inspired by my new found athiesm, but still interesed to some extent in matters religious, I started thinking; if I was Derren Brown, how might I re-enact a miracle? Take, for instance, the loaves and… more

On religion, or , "Illegitimate, moi? From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (861 days old)

A friend PM'd me wondering whether my apparent bias against religion, deduced from my previous posting and something I'd written a few weeks ago, was perhaps because my mother had received bad treatme… more

Shoot the single parents From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (863 days old)

Lonemum has an interesting post about the issues faced by lone parents, but more importantly the bias that government and the press has about them. She's saying, essentially, that if you are a lone pa… more

Displacement activies From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (869 days old)

Displacement activities. That's those things that you find to do when you should be doing other stuff, like instead of cutting the grass you really must have another chocolate bar. Or instead of doing… more

Call me unsympathetic, but From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (869 days old)

Call me unsympathetic but … I just saw a television news item about the recent flooding in the north of the UK, and one resident said something along the lines “We want the prime minister to come here… more

To the forest From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (871 days old)

Let me take you to the forest Through nature’s lush cacophony And solitude Along paths well trodden And less See the horizontal trunks Rotting, fuelling The thrusting ones, vigorous Pushing… more

I Tag-U-tag From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (908 days old)

Oh dear, Phinebooty & Sidejump have tagged to to give 7 random facts about myself. so here goes: 1) Quite frequently between ages 8-12 my mother used to dress me in a skirt, I didn't really lik… more

When god's on your side From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (911 days old)

I have a friend, a decent law abiding bloke, who happens ... well who happens three things, really. He happens to be a strong believer in "God", he happens to be married, and he happens to have had a… more

And another thing that annoys me From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (955 days old)

Those people who are obviously doing something else when on the phone to you. Then I end up feeling that I'm not as important as their dishwashing or television watching or keyboard tapping. To me it … more

Standing in the wrong place From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (955 days old)

I know what the explanation is (later) but I'll just rant a bit, aboout people who stand in the wrong place, such as: At the entry or exit of escalators (exit is worse, because then the people foll… more

Stupid Man! From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (980 days old)

Stupid? Moi? Certainly! I don't know if its testosterone or what, or just plain stupidity, but I just did such an idiotic thing! I was speaking on Skype with a lady friend, both of us with webca… more

A night away From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (980 days old)

I must admit to a certain degree of trepidation as I walked to the hotel desk, for the simple reason that when I booked a couple of days earlier I didn't have my credit card with me; I'd promised to c… more

Finally Curvee! From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (981 days old)

Finally Curvee and I managed to get together ... it's been a long hard drought! I'd arranged to pick her up from a mutually inconvenient station, initially we'd agreed on 3.00pm, then I realised t… more

Sex at a distance From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (1013 days old)

It's about time I did a bit more blogging. I have been around blogland but mostly reading and making the odd comment or two (as you know, I do odd quite well). I've not touched much on sex recently, a… more

Slow web? From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (1023 days old)

Yesterday, Wed 31st, I noticed that web access seemed very slow. Was it just local, my system, national or international? And if it wasn't just me, then I wonder if any of it had anything to do with t… more

Those crazy, anarchic Germans! From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (1024 days old)

I'm sure its a fallacy, a stereotypical accident of history, and this is a massive generalisation and we are all very wary of those, right? but there is a tendency to perceive Germans as, well, somewh… more

Time to get rid of .9p From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (1038 days old)

Why is it that some organisations charge us in a coinage that doesn't exist? It's all well and good if commercial organisations, conducting business between each other (selling thousands of barrels… more

Is it wrong to watch Saddam's hanging? From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (1039 days old)

I've just had quite a heated discussion with Buxombird, about the rightness of things. Her view is that if she had the opportunity to watch Saddam's hanging she would do so, she'd want to do so, and s… more

Answering my own question From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (1048 days old)

Some time ago I asked about the nature of heartache at the loss of a loved one, the physical pain that is felt at death, or at the (let's say sudden) end of a love affair. I was mildy surprised that n… more

Pick-up artists & Mad love From KandAmoist in A Thin Volume (1049 days old)

I'm clearing out my desk at the moment and come across a couple of items in The Week, from over a year ago (yup, its a deep pile of paper!) I don't know if I wrote about them at the time, but I though… more