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For all the bad press and the flak that the British people get across the international spectrum, it was satisfying to see recently that the UK is the only one of the G8 Nations, and only one of 6...
The idea of the Third Reich was something that we became expressly familiar with through the second quarter of the last century. The German Empire was established by a power hungry megalomaniac...
The modern press want us to believe that it is a free, adaptive and resilient press core that report on issues that fall into the category of public interest. They want us to accept that they work...
So, Space is the last real place that mankind is engaged in real pioneering exploration right. So does the idea of space inspire you enough to want to get involved in this exploration? Does the...
Picture courtesy of http://www.drawntonature.co.uk submitted by kjhayler I am lucky enough to have grown up in a place where I was able to be close to nature and bare witness to some of the most...
So last year I spent some time going through all the adverts I could remember from 2011 and shared my top 5 selections with you. Hmmmm, well I think I started something that would just be totally...
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,700 views in 2012. If...
For me personally, the last two weeks have been a quietly controlled spell of manic activity in the bigger scheme of things. For a while, I have been locked down in a world of woe, wondering what...
This is a funny old world in terms of friendships, relationships and how we interact with people. I have found over time that my outlook on life, and how I value my friendships has changed so...
I love to keep busy. It makes the days race by, and all of a sudden, look, it is Saturday, and I am left wondering to myself where the hell did the last week go? The plus side of being a busy bee...
There is one thing in each of our lives that affects us in some fashion regardless of how we might try to avoid it, fail to understand it, or seek to find it. It can be illusive, it can be...
We have always been rather blessed as a family, as comedy for our entertainment through the years has kind of always been provided by my mother. Mom is a wonderful woman, but takes fright really...
So the London 2012 great Summer of Sport came to a close this evening as the Paralympics came to an end at the Olympic Village. It has been a fantastic display of achievement on many fronts. Not...
So it has been a tough couple of weeks for me which culminated in a bit of a disaster yesterday. Here is how it unfolds… As a person I tend to be a pretty private person, but when I find I like...
It is a basic principle of life really. Whatever effort you put into something is what you reap in reward. There are a million different sayings that reflect it, its something we are taught to...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUUSz54G6jc Our very cosmopolitan world is so driven by consumer focus and the image of perfection, that in many ways it is almost as if we have lost sight of our...
How many times a day are you told that your special? You know something, its not something we share with people very much. We pass each other, often as silent ships sailing through the night, never...
We all love to see a picture of something cute. It puts a smile on our face immediately and makes us feel all warm and fluffy inside. Part of our human nature is to feel endeared and protective...
I watched 5 Days of War today, and while i was watching a portrayal of the war in Georgia unfold, I was struck by a powerful emotion of sadness as I watched the soldiers stories unfold in the film....
Africa smiled a little when you left. “We know you,” Africa said, “We have seen and watched you. We can learn to live without you, But we know we needn’t yet.” And Africa smiled a little when you...
I saw a Tweet on Twitter this afternoon that got me to thinking. The Tweet from a guy called Scott Hurst said, “Refusing to just accept certain premises ‘on faith’ doesn’t make me closed minded, it...
I came across this through twitter yesterday, and I was really touched by the impact that such a simple gesture had on the lives of people who are missing one of the fundamental senses that the...
It’s lovely when you find a peice of art that moves you. The feelings we draw from a peice of art are wide and varied. I often sit and think about what exactly it is that draws us to art in such a...
