I do not normally take part in these memes that go flying around. Partly because I rarely get tagged, or do not notice when I do, but mainly because I can’t think of a non-lame response. I have decided to make an exception to this one from Jo. It is a photographic one, which makes […]
Entries from November 21st, 2008
Give A Little Bit
November 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Life
It is fast approaching that time of the year when the thoughts of a large proportion of the population turn to the age-old question of “what would Skuds like for Christmas?”  Therefore, as a public service, I shall put in a link to my Xmas 2008 wish list on Amazon…
Tags: Shopping·Subtle hints
Making Your Mind Up
November 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Politics
The Rev John Stanton gets about a bit doesn’t he? According to the Times he appears on the infamous BNP members list, but before that he had been a local party chairman of the Green party, had spent four years as a Lib Dem councillor, five years as a Tory and before joining the BNP […]
The Man With The Golden Gun
November 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Man With The Golden Gun · Life
At my age I shouldn’t worry have to worry about spots… and yet for some reason I had a real belter suddenly apear yesterday, and it has now grown to the point where I am considering adopting the nickname ‘Scaramanga’.
Tags: Films·Medicine/Health·WTF
Drinking For England
November 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
Hypothetically… would I be concerned if the leaked list of BNP members had one of them giving his address as a pub in Crawley?  Not if it was one that was already on my mental list of places where I wouldn’t go for a beer if I was dying of thirst is the hypothetical answer […]
Listed M.I.A.
November 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
The leaked BNP membership list looks like being a story that is going to run for some time now – the epitome of the ‘gift that keeps on giving’ – and looks like saving us from having the media totally dominated by some fuss about a dancing competition on the TV. The whole circus is […]
The Kids Are Alright
November 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life, Music
Apparently half the population thinks that children in the UK behave like animals. To give a bit of balance, here are three groups of youngsters who show that the ‘feral’ stereotype is not applicable:
Master Race
November 19th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Politics
What to make of the ‘leaking’ of the BNP membership list? I totally agree that putting the list of BNP members online (here) is a bad thing to do. It would be bad enough publishing the home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses even of something totally innocent like a local amateur operatics society or […]
Questions And Answers
November 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Questions And Answers · Life, Work
There is a saying in politics that goes along the lines of ‘don’t ask a question unless you are sure of what the answer is’. Today I discovered the hard way that it applies in other areas too.
Past Gone Mad
November 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
Today I finally finished Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips. That makes it sound like it was a chore to read which took forever. Actually it did not take long to read: it just took a really long time before I got round to starting it. I think I bought it back in January with […]
