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Continue reading →: Democracy’s not working
Great protest banner outside Belfast City Hall on last night’s news. Smacks of Saatchi’s campaign slogan “Labour isn’t working” with none of the subtlety or wit. Democracy isn’t working if we reject the legitimacy of decisions made by the majority vote of elected representatives. To suggest that an Ulster Protestant…
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Continue reading →: 2013 – climb every Montaigne
A very happy new year to everyone who takes the time to read these sporadic ramblings. Colds and flu got most of my immediate family this winter, which slowed things down a bit. Luckily mum didn’t succumb while we stayed with her over Christmas. I have just started to read…
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Continue reading →: cobnuts
Autumn is here and there are nuts to be had already. Cobnuts from St George’s Market Belfast present a culinary quandary. http://www.cobnuts.co.uk/recipes.htm has some helpful suggestions. I had thought that roasting would be a good start and then maybe adding them to ice cream or some sort of sauce. Click on…
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Continue reading →: Karaoke Christmas Chow Mein
A bit early for thoughts of Christmas? Not at all – the next big break, the carrot dangled tantalisingly in front of the work horses. So, where to go for the office shenanigans? Our lot have responded favourably in the main towards a Chinese restaurant with karaoke. You tube will…
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Continue reading →: European conventions
Europe has a wealth of cultural differences that blend into a pleasing melange. Whether it’s music, food, literature or philosophical outlook, we Europeans and many non-Europeans cherish those differences. Take the legal framework in the EU. We elect a whole bunch of European politicians and ministers serviced by thousands of…
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Continue reading →: Friday feelings
Oh what joy, what utter bliss. Thursday has given way to Friday like a courtier bowing in the presence of greatness. All powerful Friday needs no courtiers. It is the people’s champion raised shoulder high and carried into the arena of weekending with the roars and whooping of a feverish…
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Continue reading →: Can you hear me Neil Armstrong?
One small step, one giant leap…Neil Armstrong, the iconic figure, the perfect sound bite. David Bowie’s album in 1969 captured the feel of space exploration, the journey into the unknown with huge risks taken by pioneers such as Neil Armstrong. There was something surreal about sitting around the family television…
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Continue reading →: The quintessential 10 minute blog
Oh yes, loads of time this morning – so I’ll get stuck in… Friday from the Norse god Freyja who pillaged and raped her way around the Arctic Circle causing mayhem and panic among reindeer and Inuits. To appease her wrath young children were sacrificed, to no avail. Eventually some…
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Continue reading →: just a minute
Yes a one minute blog is all I can spare today, so the subject has to be space/time. If Albert Einstein had travelled in a Ferrrari at the same time as Heidegger’s cat took a taxi to the Brooklyn Bridge via Tipperary, how many sparrows would it take to change…
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Continue reading →: Jenga – Unofficial Rules
Jenga is a game played with rectangular wooden blocks that stack into a tower with 3 bricks per layer. The object of the game is to deconstruct then reconstruct in a way that makes the tower precariously difficult for the next player to remove a brick without the whole thing…
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