Joe's Jottings

  • Whoops…no Apocalypse!

    So, all you Olympic / Illuminati / Alien Conspiracy theorists….how’s that ‘The 2012 Olympics will herald the end of the world with nukes, interdimensional portals and alien invaders’ idea hanging this morning? A few weeks ago I posted this item – https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/07/oops-apocalypse-or-get-a-friggin-grip/ – and as we’ve now crashed back to earth on the Monday after the Olympic

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  • How Danny Boyle accidentally saved the Coalition

    On Friday, 16th November, 2012 the General Election results reflected what had been the mood of much of the country since July of that year; increased support and continued mandate for the Coalition Government of David Cameron.  The early election had been called in early September by the 2/3 majority in the House of Commons

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  • Oops Apocalypse….or…..GET A FRIGGIN’ GRIP!

    According to some folks, the Olympic Opening cermony on Friday night is going to go with a bang.  Not figuratively, but literally.  Apparently a bunch of ne’er do wells called the Illuminati are going to detonate a nuclear weapon at the Stadium which will open up an interdimensional portal and flood the world with… well,

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-22

    Sir Alastair Burnet, newsreader, dies at age of 84. Another person from my childhood gone. # Oh great…to go with the cold and the sore throat, I think my July Gout attack is starting up….damn you, uric acid! #fb # Whoopydoop – raining…and warm. My least favourite weather combination. # News about the Games with

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  • Denver and the progressive knee jerk point-scoring…

    I rarely write about serious stuff like mass murders here on this blog.  It’s not that I don’t care, it’s just that I regard it as pompous and pretentious for me to pontificate on the bleedin’ obvious disasters that befall this world unless I’m somehow involved. The Aurora cinema shooting is just another tragedy in

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-15

    G4S – Greatly 4uckedup Stupidity? Pathetic and embarrassing. Can't even guarantee guards they did get speak English. http://t.co/hZFCmvj9 # #BankofDave if I were to be offered a banking licence, based on the current licensees I'd consider it a libel… Best of luck, Dave. # The G4s theme tune. http://t.co/3u2Ei0Dc Dire and embarassing – at least

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  • There’s one thing we got to get, Heyes….

    …and that’s out of this business!” One of the TV highlights of the week for me in the early 1970s was the TV series ‘Alias Smith and Jones‘, following the adventures of two outlaws on probation, Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, as they attempted to stay ahead of the law and out of trouble. At

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-08

    Just testing! # Billie the dog has been found on the other side of Sheffield – for a small dog she traveled far! Safe and well, owners collecting! # My Godchildren have lost their dog in Hillsborough, Sheffield – please RT – http://t.co/ij5hnPCD # If people have to build something like the #shard then they

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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-01

    #instagram – amateur night in dixie when a billion dollar company is knocked out because….the hosting company had a power outage. # .@DavidAllenGreen I'm also wary of anything containing 'Fact.' as a 1 word sentence! Especially at end of tweet! in reply to DavidAllenGreen # At 8-15 this morning my neighbours started demolishing their bathroom.

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  • I’ll keep my dreams non-lucid, thanks!

    I’m a dreamer….not in terms of Peace on Earth, winning the lottery, etc. but more in the line of trying to keep an eye on my own internal, nocturnal landscape.  When I wake up, if I remember a dream, I write it down.  I have dream diaries going back about a decade now, and take

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