Have a great day today, celebrating the feast day of England’s patron saint, St Edmund The Martyr
The Last Piece Of Chocolate Cake Scenario
There it is, on the table, it is a chocolate cake, a good chocolate cake. There is only one piece left. You want it. I reckon there are four types of people. Selfish You want that last piece. The challenge is to persuade everyone else to let you have it. If the room is empty […]
Rubbish Christmas 2010 – Must Have Christmas Tree
It is rare to find an item which is thoroughly awful in concept, tacky in execution and utterly ugly. But then, there is always The Range. This year, they are offering a 170cm Cascading Snow Tree – Black, a snip at £99.99. This ghastly piece of festive tat awaits you at your local store, or […]
Rubbish Christmas 2010
Rubbish Christmas is back! I would say it was by popular demand, but it isn’t. For all the noobs out there who who haven’t partaken – this is Rubbish Christmas. And we are off to a flying start with not one but two suggestions as to how you can delight your nearest and not-so-dearest this […]
A Bit About PR
I have never been much of a fan of PR. For one thing, I would like to see truly local MPs, for another, in the past I had fallen for the “you will never get strong government” line. However, looking at the opinion polls this weekend, I think, makes it clear that we have to […]
Shape Of Things To Come
Scientists from Rand Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a “home computer” could look in the year 2004. However, the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now […]
My Kind Of Town
Officials in Pecica, a village town about 13 miles from the Hungarian border in the country’s west, ordered the bright red signs, complete with the phrase Attention – Drunks.
The Right of A True-Born Englishman
MP calls for burkas to be banned in Britain An MP has called for ministers to ban the wearing of burkas, branding it ‘offensive’ and ‘against the British way of life’. Dear Mr Holloborne, how I dress is my business. If I choose to wear a burka, that is my business. Yes, I am male, […]
Politics – Wish List – Electoral Reform
Proportional Representation I must admit I am not convinced by proportional representation, amongst other things I cannot quite see how it could be achieved without breaking the link between MPs and the localities they represent. At the moment, we vote for people, not parties. However, both Labour (Blaenau Gwent, Erith and Thamesmead) and the Conservatives […]
Books That Stuck
Winnie The Pooh – A. A. Milne Mein Kampf – Adolf Hitler Barbarossa – Alan Clark Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury The Sentinel – Arthur C. Clarke Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson Unordnung Und Frühes Leid – Thomas Mann The Empty Raincoat: Making Sense of the Future – Charles […]