I appointed myself a cultural ambassador.
I didn't call myself an expert in the field, but I was, as one has to do when one is sitting in a five-man office and that is the opportunity, I appointed myself the expert.
"When I first moved to Acton," he writes, "I appointed myself the unofficial litter monitor on my street.
He said I'd need godparents, but I didn't like the idea of boys, so I appointed myself two godmothers: Joanna and Emma.
Meanwhile, Mr Livingstone told BBC News: "I will appoint myself chairman of the mayor's office for policing and crime, and focus on rebuilding morale, getting police numbers up and turning things around".
"Get Outta That Spaceship and Fight Like a Man," the Grifters (1994) So casually brilliant I wanted to appoint myself their new bass player.
He added, "Partly because of that, I can assure you that I am not going to appoint myself to the trial bench".
"I just appointed myself his campaign manager".
So I've appointed myself marketing director for nature, and spent the last nine months in my new role.
The Denver Cruiser ride was, to me, "the most unenlightened bunch of Philistines that our city has ever been forced to contend with," and I self-aggrandizingly appointed myself the Carrie Nation of cyclists, stating that "someone needs to speak up and tell them to go the fuck home".
