The first road trip you simply have to do from LA, by law, is to Las Vegas. How can you not? Its so close. In that American way of being close on a really big map but hundreds of miles of endless driving to actually get there. Though its worth it. Even though I don’t – Read More-
I never believe I’m ill. Even when evidence may exist to the contrary (throwing up, fever, sweats) I just think ‘naahh’. Just soldier on, you’ll be fine. Cos I am Man. And therefore pretty stupid, by design. So when Saturday came, as it often does at the end of a week, rather than take the – Read More-
It was about this time that Steve’s girlfriend arrived in LA. She was a gel, whose name I’m struggling with at the moment, but it’ll come. But as a gel she was unhappy with the level of provisions in their flat. So she wanted to do a ‘shop’. A big shop. And neither Steve nor – Read More-
Donald Trump stood up yesterday, in the wake of the the latest of oh, so many high school shootings and said that the main concern for the nation was… mental health. Not guns, mental health. At which point I actually thought ‘he’s right’, this is an issue about mental health. The President’s mental health. Not – Read More-
Warning: food that’s really easy and tasty is gonna kill you. They’ve found the missing link. Possibly. Because they still say that eating ultra-processed foods MAY increase cancer risk. Crossing a road MAY increase the likelihood of getting run over. There again, it may not. Three-headed monsters, 9 feet tall who eat live babies and – Read More-
I like to read. I read books, I read newspapers, I read magazines, but only if they come with newspapers, and I read stuff online. But my favourite ‘read’ is after Spurs win. Or even if they don’t ‘win’ in any normally accepted meaning of ‘winning’ but it feels like they did anyway. And I’ve – Read More-
All men are not, contrary to popular belief and certain t-shirts, rapists. Some are very nice. But at times it does kind’a feel like its part of the male condition to ‘lead with yer nob’ and ask questions later, taking advantage of any and every person, sexually, that you can possibly entice, bribe, coerce, blackmail – Read More-
The Winter Olympics have begun. In Pyeongchang, South Korea. Not Pyongyang, that’s in North Korea. Who used to be ‘the enemy’ but now are best mates with their neighbours to the south, even sharing sports teams in a joint-Korea friendliness. Its like having a new best friend in the playground who has beaten and bullied – Read More-
Oh by golly, oh by gosh Arsene Wenger is full of tosh. His useless dilettantes lost, not a penalty in site Defeated by a Spurs team full of flair and might I’m not one to gloat, not one little bit but the Frenchman needs to realise, his poxy team are shit. Championship material, right through – Read More-
Must have been about 30 years ago. I took a call at work asking me to sponsor something for sick kids or contribute for ailing single-parents or donate to malnourished Africans or something. And I agreed. Sounded good. The charity had a good sounding name and this was not an uncommon occurrence. They said they’d – Read More-