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Continue reading →: Euros 2024
Most of the games I have watched on TV have been dull spectator sports hampered by the offside rule and endless passes with little attacking strategy. Germany vs Denmark was one of the few exceptions. Lots of attacking play and a real sense of urgency from kick-off. The inevitable goal…
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Continue reading →: Water, water everywhere…can you smell the stink?
Water companies in England have been pumping raw sewage into rivers and the sea for decades. The latest excuse is the wet weather. These privatised water companies have been paying their directors huge salaries and neglecting to spend money on updating the infrastructure. This year’s boat race on the river…
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Continue reading →: Property is theft
Not sure if Karl Marx got that quite right. Ownership doesn’t have to entail exploitation, but home ownership does seem to be a bit of a con. I have two nephews living in Auckland paying about 500 NZ dollars a week rent. To get a foot on the property ladder…
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Continue reading →: Flatpack continued
Not accepting defeat I had another go at assembling our garden chairs. Perhaps doing it indoors on a soft surface was always going to make it easier. In any case I still had to get down on my hands and knees and screw in bolts that needed careful alignment and…
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Continue reading →: Flatpack garden furniture
We finally got some rattan style furniture and a glass-topped table. Knowing my lack of manual skills I asked our youngest to give me a hand. Two large cardboard boxes were delivered. Curiosity got the better of me and I opened the glass-topped table box. It looked easy enough so…
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Continue reading →: Chance encounter
I went for a tootle around Belfast this morning to see how Saint Patrick’s Day was being celebrated. I went to St Anne’s cathedral in Belfast attracted by the listing of choral music which I am partial to. Unfortunately I had arrived late for the service so took myself off,…
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Continue reading →: Giving
There are so many charities that need our support. How do you choose who to give your money to and how much? We have picked: Red Cross, UNICEF, Oxfam, Greenpeace and Deaf Children. But what about Water aid, Medecins sans frontiers, Comic Relief and other worthy charities? TV adverts tug…
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Continue reading →: Putin – calling a rape a marriage
The Russian elections will give Putin six more years to wage war, suppress political opposition and reduce the human rights of Russian people.
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Continue reading →: Wet weather benefits
As a cyclist I don’t mind the rain. Strong winds are a different matter and blizzards a definite no no. To get a good cup of espresso before 11:30 has me heading into the city centre to a popular café called Neighbourhood. It’s popularity means that they quite often have…
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Continue reading →: Immaterial
Well, we’ve moved on from Knowledge to Mind in the 6 books of my distance learning course, Exploring Philosophy. Dualism seems a concept that is very dubious. Why should mind substance be different from physical substance? We can’t imagine something immaterial having mental states. So how does the material brain…
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