I was such a grandad's girl growing up that his death hit me very badly. I couldn't believe that he would never be with me again. We would never walk the dog in the park, or go along the town to 'Lows' for the 'messages'. We would never faff about the garden I would never learn any more Latin names for the flowers he had. I would never play in the Volkswagen Beetle again or sit on the towel rail bumpers. He would never be making making soup for my lunch from a small cube packet or collect me from the Br...
Ill admit that I watched 'Black Mirror: Be Right Back' last night. While part of me thought 'how cool' and wished my mum had a version of my dad up the loft, there was a part that was deeply disturbed by how much personal information I share on the World Wide Web. I probably give away more personal information in my writing than I think I do, for example, you wouldn't have to be Sherlock to guess my age bracket, country of origin or social and cultural background. However I do try not to be too open an...
I'm not so good with American Football, as far as I can tell some guys with a load of padding on and wearing helmets run with a ball over some lines to score a 'touch down'. Oh and there are goal things like our rugby. Anyway, this isn't really about American Football, it's about an American football player. Now, before I tell you the story, bear in mind that more and more details are appearing every day. So, what was thought to be fact today, may not be tomorrow. So, here it is, as far as I can gat...
Wow, what a day today is. Not only is it my birthday, where I am now 'the answer to the ultimate question' but I share the day with 2 of my friends. How cool is that? Ok, ok, if you are switched on you'll also realise that it's Katie's birthday too and no, I haven't listed her as a mate. Why do we still call her Kate Middleton anyway? I don't get that. I suppose Kate Mountbatten-Windsor is a bit of a mouthful and 'The Duchess' makes her sound like a Siamese cat, but since she shares my birthda...
It has been some time since I blogged or in fact, wrote anything, so now it's a bit like I'm now scared to. For someone who could write around 6 different news type blogs a day this lack of writing is a bit strange. Realistically it because I've totally lost confidence in my ability to actually write anything useful, relevant or indeed interesting. Don't get me wrong, I've tried. Ive researched information on wide ranging topics from the anniversary of 'Casablanca' which is one of my most favourite ...
When I read that unemployed people in Aberdare were to be given free fake tans to boost their employment chances, I actually thought that the world had gone bonkers. I mean, it's right up there along with the guy in China who sued his wife 'cause she's ugly. (He won the case by the way).Surely, the government had completely lost the plot somewhere along the line. I mean really. Would being tango'd increase your job prospects?So, I had a laugh about it, a small rant about 'tax-payers money' and how even m...
I have put so much research into this blog that it would frighten you. I normally like to get a few different view points, read some other versions of events and make up my own mind. So, as normal, I read some newspaper articles, watched some TV and then as Morpheus says in The Matrix ‘You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.’ When it come...
If we see a police officer carrying a gun, we automatically think that something really BIG is ‘going down’. To the point where when you travel to the US it seems very frightening to see guns all the time. I’m not going to get into a gun debate, that’s not what I’m writing about. What I am writing about is the small town of Vaughn in the state of New Mexico. It’s about 100 miles or so East of Albuquerque (which I have heard of) and with a population of about 450 it’s even smaller than my wonderful ho...
Today, I awoke to the news that Professor Sid Watkins had died. That may, or may not mean anything to you; it depends on whether or not you have knowledge of F1. Without Sid, F1 would not be as safe as it is today, working practices for track side safety would not be as they are. I am going to try not to mourn his death, but celebrate his life for the 84 year old was a great man who pushed hard for improvements to safety on the track and worked hard at his ‘day job’ at Whitechapel Hospital in Lon...
So, there you have it. Larry Wachowski is now Lana Wachowski. To begin with, my thoughts were ‘yeah, whatever. Big deal, Lana/Larry as long as she is happy does it really matter?’ I didn’t really care, it wasn’t a big deal. Well, let me quantify that a bit, see, I don’t care what someone looks like on the outside, it’s who the person is inside that matters most. Some are tall, small, stocky, thin, no hair, loads of hair, blue eyes, whatever. You get the picture though, we all look different (...
