Holey War
The long awaited summer weather has brought one or two unwanted nocturnal visitors. As you can see…
Random Thoughts in a Random World
U is for Jamie Uys
This is my contribution to Round Twelve of ABC Wednesdayand again I am focusing on people, some…
Climate Change
The weather finally seems to have taken a turn for the better after the best part of a year of…
Let There Be Dark
John Gray over at Going Gently was making a point about light pollutionyesterday, prompted by his…
T is for Ignáz Trebitsch-Lincoln
This is my contribution to Round Twelve of ABC Wednesdayand again I am focusing on people, some…
Give Google the Finger
One of the things that is really, really getting my goat are the corporate giants like Amazon,…
S is for Shel Silverstein
This is my contribution to Round Twelve of ABC Wednesdayand again I am focusing on people, some…
That’s All Folk
I should say from the start that I’m no great fan of folk music and all the folky stuff that goes…
A Toast to Technology
Self-stirring Mug
Despite my antipathy to mobile phones and ambivalence to Kindle (as mentioned the…
R is for Hans Redl
This is my contribution to Round Twelve of ABC Wednesdayand again I am focusing on people, some…
The Past has Passed
Despite being something of a technophile, there are two ‘essential’ gadgets that I have never…
Star Warsop
Word play and puns are a great joy in life, or at least they are in mine. I’m sure my long…
Cheers ye an’ fareweel
I came across this photo yesterday of a much younger Alex Ferguson in his playing days. If it…
Q is for Harriet Quimby
This is my contribution to Round Twelve of ABC Wednesdayand again I am focusing on people, some…
Getting the Bird
Something strange happened yesterday – it was a bank holiday andthe sun shone which isn’t what…
