These are days of almost rabid inclusivity. If that is not a contradiction, probably is, which is why I’ve never seen it before. But if inclusivity is (doh) including everybody, regardless of differences, then it becomes rabid when people just stretch those differences to sometimes quite ridiculous levels. “Well that form wot I filled in – Read More-
A roadmap used to be… a map of roads. We called them ‘A to Z’s and everyone’s car was filled with them. Today we use Waze, or similar, which not only has every road in the entire world, moon and now Mars (2021 edition), but will also tell you how many cars lie between you – Read More-
Lila’s been reading books again. I’ve tried to make her watch tv but she bloody insists. And the books she loves, currently, are by the brilliant Alan Ahlberg. Its a little series, Mr Brick the Builder, Mr Cosmo the Conjurer, Mrs Plug the Plumber, lovely. We had them from when Lila’s mum was 3. Almost – Read More-
Last night was a pivotal moment in the whole pandemic world. Because Mel & I, after putting it off for almost an entire year, decided to go ‘the full British (in lockdown)’. We decided to get… a take-away!!! Holy shit, you think, we get those every day/twice a week/every Saturday/whatever, but you see, we don’t. – Read More-
OMG!! The Queen has… she’s… well, Harry and Megan have been… they’re… errrr… excommunicated! Severed! Unroyaled! F’rever!!! And I simply don’t know if I can go on without them being… well, being royal. But they are. He’s a fucking Prince; how much more royal can you get???? And yet, there are protocols. There are issues. – Read More-
Having so flippantly mentioned the other day about ‘going to Mars’, it would appear, as usual, that everyone is now jumping on my bandwagon. Mars is the place to be. It does in fact seem that Jezero Crater is the ‘new San Tropez’. It is New York for the next millennium. Everyone’s going there. And – Read More-
Where ya goin’ fer yer ‘oliday, then? Oh, I’m going to Dubai for a week, got a mega-deal, 965 quid including flights, meals, masks, tests, PPE and hospitalisation if required (ventilator option, add £225), and THEN, we’re gonna have 10 days in Heathrow for just 1750 quid. Plus meals. Or actually, plus the same meal – Read More-
Dateline Saturday, 13th Feb 2021 So we’re eagerly awaiting the ‘match of the season’ at 5.30 tonight. Spurs at Manchester City. Perfect time. Just after my afternoon tai chi session (online, obvs., that’s why my iPad keeps getting new screens after I punch the old ones out) but early enough in case we… errrr… need – Read More-
And long, long ago, at a time when no humans were around, our entire world was one complete land-mass. All the continents stuck together… for warmth. Like a brood of puppies all the nations clung to each other. This was in the days before mobile phones were invented. In fact it was 335 million years – Read More-
I don’t think we talk enough about state sanctioned murder. I really don’t. I’m not talking about those primitive countries who still impose ‘death sentences’ on naughty people, that’s just the result of unevolved, primitive societies, like America, where the ‘eye for an eye’ mentality overrides the ‘thou shalt not kill’ bible thing but only – Read More-