I think I'm officially decrepit...
The other evening I dropped in to the local Asda on the way home from the office in order to purchase the stuff that I was advised at my 'Well Man' appointment this morning to avoid; bread, danish pas…
Michael Meacher - another of the old school leaves us
I was sad today to hear of the death of Michael Meacher, left wing Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton. He was one of the last of the 'old school' Labour politicians who showed true Socialist convict…
Mid-life crisis? Don't mind if I DON'T...
I've recently concluded that I couldn't handle a mid-life crisis. Apart from the fact that I would have had to have had an arithmetically accurate mid-life crisis about 14 years ago, I just don't thin…
Ideas mean shit...it's doing it that counts!
In my last post I described how my mortality had snuck up on me and dumped a rather large poo in my living room in the fact that in 15 years time I'll be pushing 70. See here for my thoughts...they h…
Where did all the time go?
— The other day I was sitting, drinking tea, thinking of nothing in particular when the following thought entered in to my head. "In less than 20 years you'll be 70 years old. When did THAT happen?" …
The Ring of Gyges and the cat's backside
The Ring of Gyges is a magic ring discussed by the philosopher Plato in his Republic. It granted the wearer the gift of invisibility, and was used by plato to explore what would happen if an intellige…
Back in to the fold
From the mid-1980s until 1995 I was a card carrying member of the Labour Party. Not NEW Labour - old Labour - the Red Flag singing, Socialist leaning, nationalising party that I grew up with as a chil…
...the laughter of our children
As an regular readers of my Blog know, I'm an irregular and typically infrequent poster. But, I concluded that I really need to pull my finger out again and on entry to my Blog was greeted by a remin…
Single Sex Marriage....
Well, you know what they say about fools rushing in where angels fear to tread....here I go. Normally I don't post too much on social issues, but this grew out of a Facebook post I made on a friend's…
Seven of Nine and the Illuminati
This blog post started life this summer, after the Olympics. It was a time of great celebration in Britain; after all, according to some people we'd dodged at least three bullets over the Olympic per…