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Continue reading →: Mobile blog #3
Happy Christmas from leafy Surbiton. It is mild and sunny here in blighty. I have had my morning stroll to justify the excessive gorging to come. The spuds are peeled, the sprouts prepped and the timings calculated for a stress free roast dinner with all the trimmings. The living\dining room…
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Continue reading →: All I want for 2015
The Guardian carries a story today on 10 things that would improve life in 2015. Toilets are representative of poor sanitation and they report that in India 665 million people do not have access to a private toilet. A vaccine for Ebola is being fast tracked as the death toll…
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Continue reading →: Mobile blog #1
I will get the hang of this eventually, but right now it’s a bit frustrating trying to figure out which icon does what. I should also go and get my reading glasses, but that would be too sensible.
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Continue reading →: Curmudgeonly behaviour
Having cooked a pre-Christmas dinner I had probably quaffed my share of Barolo ( a bargain at £12 a bottle). So my grumpiness had a root cause, although alcohol consumption and a poor sleep pattern do not exonerate me from my surliness. Obviously I’m not going to accept the full…
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Continue reading →: Sugar crush
Against my doctor’s and dentist’s advice, I am shovelling in the boiled sweets again. Is this somehow linked to my playing Candy Crush? Without the benefit of a Psychology qualification I am going to take a punt at it anyway. The comfort food sweetness with all its childhood associations is…
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Continue reading →: Quantum error – it was Schrödinger’s cat, not Heidegger’s
Our youngest came home from university in Glasgow yesterday and we sat at the dining table catching up with his news and his thoughts about his future studies. During all the chat he pointed out a serious error in one of my early blogs – it’s not Heideggger’s cat it’s Schrödinger’s.…
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Continue reading →: Different people
I am constantly shocked that there are those who perceive difference with fear and hatred. The latest jolt to my system is the killing of albino people for their body parts. Witch doctors in Africa claim that potions made from an albino person’s legs, hair, blood and hands can make you rich. The murder of…
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Continue reading →: Morning gastronomy
Having filled my espresso cup in the morning, the only thing that could improve my enjoyment is something sweet to go with it. I am now a fan of the chocolate doughnut. I had always thought that a custard doughnut was tops, but the dark gooey chocolate filling is a…
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Continue reading →: Why use austerity measures?
Is it just me or does anyone else think it’s daft to scrimp and save to pay off debts caused by the banking crisis of 2008? If it cost a bundle to prop up banks who had made stupid lending decisions, why should we continue to slash the budgets of…
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Continue reading →: In search of perfection
Last week my routine mid-morning espresso break was disrupted. The café’s coffee machine was out of commission for three days. Undaunted, I visited several of the alternative cafés in the neighbourhood. The results ranged from disgusting to disappointing with nothing approaching the high standard of my regular haunt. This poor standard in catering is…
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