Author Archives: Rod
The Amazon Basket Case
When I was as old as some of you are now… my mother – in the interests of educating her naïve, yet scintillating progeny – advised me never to place all my eggs in one basket. Well, the years …
The Tempero Tattle: July 2013
In a glorious month where the relentless heat of summer has punished my not insubstantial face by turning it a deep shade of burnished crimson and my axillary perspiration has permanently defaced my collection of jazz polo-necks – I was …
The Tempero Tattle: June 2013
After an ill-deserved leave of absence, I returned to the relative serenity of Exmouth House to hold myself in readiness for Tempero’s 10th Anniversary Party. Ten years is a long time in social media and as it turned out, the …
The Tempero Tattle: April 2013
This month – where I was no doubt reported to the Plain English Campaign by my mum (and only reader) for the impenetrable opening paragraph of my last submission – I am going to make a concerted effort to curtail …
The Tempero Tattle: March 2013
I normally embark on these fustian tirades with some meteorological non sequiturs, then attempt to segue into the evisceration of my first victim with prose that strains at the very leash of credibility. Unfortunately, this month, the formula of my …
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