If only it required The Commitments then that would be fine. Now that was a movie
Wednesday, September 07, 2016
The problem with blogging
It requires commitment. And thought. There's so much competition around these days - so many people throwing out a witty bon mot.
Monday, August 29, 2016
Nominative determinism
Today is the start of a new term, and the kids are getting to know new classmates. We got the list of names through last week, and one jumped off the page.
Alia Akbar.
Whoops. I reckon the teachers will keep a close eye on her as that's a name you don't want to have to shout out at a bus or train station on a school trip!
Saturday, August 13, 2016
The Daily Mail
Unbelievable as this may appear to be, it seems the Daily Mail is now a mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/aug/12/mail-online-teams-up-chinese-newspaper-peoples-daily
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
NASA
Amazing announcements from NASA that they've found oxygen on Mars, and also found over 1,000 "exoplanets" that might harbour life.
Brings to mind the Monty Python song...... You'd better hope that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, because there's bugger all down here on earth.....
Monday, March 28, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Russia
Russia pulls out of Syria just as the budget starts to get really tight.... Coincidence? Methinks not. They're screwed and have to tighten their belts.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Rugby World Cup
I've said it before and I'll say it again - The only thing better than watching Scotland lose is watching Scotland lose in the last minute to a dodgy refereeing call.
Finally something at RWC2015 has put a smile on my face