Whilst Jesus was just coming up for resurrection, at the same time of year (but a thousand or so previously) Moses was leading his Jews out of Egypt. Out of bondage, slavery and the whole 50 Shades thing but on an industrial scale by the rotten, evil Pharaohs (boooooo). Which is why this time of – Read More-
You know what they say; get a life; or a granddaughter. I’ve chosen the latter. And I’m evangelical. Not about grandchildren in general, just mine. Because she’s special. Born after an immaculate conception. Every bit as believable as ‘the other one’, I mean: come onnnnn. And the morning she was born, 3 wise men arrived. – Read More-
I have some questions, a few issues, just to clear up before we go to war and the nukes start flying and nuclear winter takes over for the next 12 million years. The questions concern the total hypocrisy of the entire political world. Saudi Arabia has been bombing the Houthis in Yemen for years. No-one – Read More-
Are babies addictive? Should they be given a ‘class 1’ rating? Like heroin and cocaine? Have they set up support groups for tragic grandparents who swoon over any and every photo of their sleeping progeny? “My name’s Andy and I haven’t seen my grandchild for 35.72 hours”; “HELLO ANDY!!!!”. Because last night I went to – Read More-
Lila Sophia was born last Saturday morning. Other than being April 1st I thought no significance to the timing. Natalie did, as she’d been struggling and suffering and bleeding and being surgically intervened with for the 2 days previous. But its not about her, women deliver babies all the time. How hard can it be? – Read More-
Do you like pizza? The ‘strict’ answer is ‘of course not, bodies a temple, blah, blah, excessive fat, unnecessary carbs, too much salt, blah, blah, foodie-blah’. But of course the real answer is ‘FUCK YEAH!!!’ But generally when you go out to eat its a question of ‘do you want to go for a nice, – Read More-
the omens were good. Lila was born and a mere 7 hours later Spurs won at Burnley. Obviously completely down to her. The very next day, yesterday, the day when, had she the power of speech, she could actually say: ‘do you think I was born yesterday??’, that very day Arsenal and Man City drew – Read More-
I’m new to this grandparenting lark. From what I’ve seen so far, its fantastic. I get to stare at the most gorgeous baby in the world, as long as I like. And I do like. She’s wonderful. Not that I’ve seen her with eyes open yet, but there’s time for these things. No rush. I – Read More-
So the biggest ‘worry’ at the moment is the plight of the ‘misplaced Europeans’. We have millions over here and thousands of our good, British, post-Brexit workers ply their trades and live their lives ‘over there’. The status of these people was suddenly, on the day after the referendum, put into question. ‘Can we chuck – Read More-
At 12.25 yesterday, GMT, Britain’s Dear Jean (French for John, innit) letter was submitted to the European Union. By 12.29 I was bored with fucking Brexit. I have no idea about the significance of that particular time. It was a totally ‘un-Kennedy’ moment. In that, no-one will ever remember what they were doing at 12.25 – Read More-