The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1961 is finally over, just 53 years after it began. The world can relax once more, phew. Relations of a diplomatic nature can be resumed once more between the largest of Caribbean islands and its massive, continental neighbour who lives about 50 miles away. And that’s a great thing. Its – Read More-
I have a cold. Such a bad cold, its actually approaching the lower limits of the dreaded ‘man-flu’, a terrible condition which renders the sufferer unable to function in any normal way and can lead him (always a him, doh: man-flu) to lie inert for several days watching re-runs of Match of the Day and – Read More-
There was a meteor shower on Saturday night. It comes every year on the same day, December 14, early in the morning. So I went outside at about midnight when our dinner guests left, stood there for about 2 minutes and was absolutely amazed by the sight. There was nothing there. Sod all. Not a – Read More-
1 Chelsea 16 23 39 2 Man City 16 19 36 3 Man Utd 16 12 31 4 West Ham 16 8 28 5 Southampton 16 12 26 6 Arsenal 16 9 26 7 Newcastle 16 -4 23 8 Swansea 15 3 22 9 Liverpool 16 -3 21 10 Tottenham 15 -3 21 I generally – Read More-
Cats. Not the animal, the show. Cats: The Musical. You seen it? If not I would check immediately for a pulse. Because everyone’s seen it. Its essential. Part of growing up. You reach puberty, you masturbate a lot, you go to your first football match, you go on your first date, you probably still masturbate – Read More-
We have house guests. Or had, they buggered off this morning, probably with half our silverware and the tv from the spare room. But what a joy to share one’s home, one’s house, one’s life, albeit temporarily, even with freeloaders from Australia. Yes, Bulawayo Johnny and Dr Bill (that’s a ‘she-doctor’ in case you’re wondering – Read More-
Was torture perpetrated on the inmates at Guantanamo Bay and similar detention camps by the Americans, and possibly the British, upon Al Quaeda suspects? And were the US and UK governments aware it was happening? These are the ‘big questions’ that are being asked. Though why they’re being asked now when the term ‘waterboarding’ entered – Read More-
Do you ever read about trials and sentences and just think: ‘what the f-??’ In South Africa, land of the wife-killer (I know Oscar Pistorius wasn’t actually married to the woman he murdered but he probably would have chosen to marry her at some point if he hadn’t put a few bullets through her instead), – Read More-
Interesting article the other day about why ‘we’ all fucking hate ‘tests have shown’ and ‘surveys’ and stuff because we can’t trust them. I can’t remember the specifics but the gist was; whoever pays for the study/survey/whatever, generally gets what they want to show/prove. Climate change was a big culprit/victim in this. And a senior – Read More-
Yesterday afternoon it got dark early, ahhh, life in the northern bit of the world in winter, so I sat in front of the telly with a nice cup of tea and fell asleep as Aston Villa beat Leicester. Two teams I have no care nor contempt for, in fact, no nothing. They’re too weak – Read More-