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Continue reading →: The joys of idleness
To truly enjoy idleness you have to witness the frantic rushing about of others going about their daily business. I joined a queue at Waitrose to buy croissants and was nearly grateful that their till wasn’t working so that I would have to stand in line again. The bus journey…
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Continue reading →: Cowboy stuff
Jethro was holding two pairs of tens, and that’s a mighty hand For a man who’s pushing forty to grasp and understand. He looked at the dealer and gave her a nod He’d take one more card and then pray to God That his hand was a winner that no…
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Continue reading →: Learning curve
It was pointed out to me that my business website should be on WordPress.org not WordPress.com. WordPress is Open Source software, so there are plenty of developers as well as users. I made the mistake of thinking that my user’s knowledge of WordPress would help in the building of a website.…
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Continue reading →: The mother of all cupcakes
Dipping into various slimmers cook books, I came across a low calorie cupcake recipe. This turned out well and was appreciated by the mother in our humble household. The Hairy Bikers’ recipe called for low fat yoghurt and blueberries, but I had to substitute those items with plain chocolate and…
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Continue reading →: Hands across the sea
Cameron held the phone at arms length as the bellowing from the other end continued. Snatches of inanity reached his ears, such as “special relationship” and “a shitloada changes”. The bombastic claptrap from President Trump was relentless. “Pootin won’t know what hit him” made him hold the phone a bit closer. “Mr…
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Continue reading →: 5.5 an unexpected normality
With one expert prick and application of the blood spot, I was rewarded with my first normal blood sugar reading of 5.5 since I got my gizmo. I have never been so excited to be normal, and I am somewhat puzzled. I didn’t think I had been particularly abstemious. Last night’s…
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Continue reading →: Ego, Id and Superego
I may have got the emotions all wrong, in terms of the philosophy of mind. There is an interesting concept put forward by a psychologist, Paul MacLean, that the brain stem and cortex are responsible for our cognitive and rational thoughts. The Freudian idea of Ego and Id puts forward…
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Continue reading →: Soul Searching Over
What is the soul? is a question that philosophers have debated for centuries. To look at a picture that details precisely the soul’s location is miraculous. Many thanks to Descartes for bringing us this rare insight. The drawing of a dissected brain shows the pineal gland at the centre (the hanging acorn…
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Continue reading →: Shatter loses his seat
Cameron woke to the headlines he had dreaded “No Clear Majority in Sight”. The election was over, and the counting was in progress. Kenny’s Fine Gael party, which had been in coalition with Labour, looked as if they were heading for a hung parliament or Dáil. Despite Cameron’s letter of…
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Continue reading →: A shot in the dark
Cameron lay dead on the floor of the House. This was an unexpected ending to PM’s question time. The exchanges between the opposing party leaders had been predictable; government cuts in public spending and seven day working in the NHS had both leaders running for their mammies. “My mother didn’t…
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