Wishing a great 2010 to one and all.
When I was a youngster my parents bought me a pair of braces to hold up my new trousers. Of course these were 'Trousers to grow into' and without such support I would have been running around bare arsed. The braces were blue and had pictures of planets and rockets and, in the box, was a genuine ticket to the Moon.
I know, because it said so.
Somewhere in a landfill site, many many years ago...
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Monday, 28 December 2009
Sunday, 27 December 2009
A thought for a Sunday

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind".
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(1869 – 1948)
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Merry Chistmas
This is the best Christmas song ever!
Have a wonderful time - love you all...
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
Have a wonderful time - love you all...
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Sunday, 20 December 2009
A thought for a Sunday
The real reason for the poor outcome of the climate change summit?
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Via The Real MFG, credit Joel Pett.
-----------------------------Via The Real MFG, credit Joel Pett.
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Brrrr - it's cold

The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow,
And what will poor robin do then, poor thing?
He'll sit in a barn and keep himself warm
and hide his head under his wing, poor thing.
Anon (C. 1600)
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
A memory jogger
There was some of the 1990s where the music hit the spot. I love this song but I can't remember if it's the original video or not. Anyone have a better memory?
PULP - 'Live Bed Show'
PULP - 'Live Bed Show'
Sunday, 6 December 2009
A thought for a Sunday
"The mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with similar energy. It would not perhaps be too fanciful to say that a new idea is the most quickly acting antigen known to science. If we watch ourselves honestly we shall often find that we have begun to argue against a new idea even before it has been completely stated".Wilfred Batten Lewis Trotter (1872-1939)
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Dead, ill, abducted by aliens?
No, still here. Thanks to everyone who's been asking if I'm OK; I'm fine.So what's happening? A couple of weeks ago I caught a cold and felt a bit down, I had no concentration or enthusiasm and couldn't be bothered with the blinking box on my desk. As a result things began to slip. After a few days I was back on my feet but I still had no interest in things online. It's strange but I felt that, after spending the best part of 20 years in front of a screen, I'd had enough. "I'll blog and do my emails later on" was a regular thought, but it never got done. So, apart from DVDs, audio books and the occasional computer game, the PC has been off (I never realised how many programmes on Radio 4 are repeated through the week).
In the last day or two I'm feeling different and bouncing back. I still have old emails to catch up with and, even though I'm normally a very lazy Facebooker (don't bother), I have a surprising backlog of requests and whatever to respond to. I will get to it all soon.
Cheers all, I'm not far away.
