Soon after getting back from Spain I booted up my PC, turned on my ADSL router and went about downloading the emails that had arrived in my absence followed by a bit of web-surfing to catch up on events. Not looking for anything in particular but merely entertaining myself for a while. After a few [...]
So you think that rising oil prices are due to hurricane Katrina? Or maybe even political instability in the Middle-East? Think again. There is enough oil under the ground worldwide to choke us all to death, its the refining capacity with is causing the squeeze and it just may be done simply to drive up [...]
Its yet another hot sunny day in London. As I made my way over to the local market to get some Sea Bass I passed young Mothers by their score basking in the sun and playing with their young children. It seems like this uncharacteristic warm English weather is going to go on for ever. [...]
The mainline media and the general blogosphere is abuzz with opinion surrounding the handling of events leading up to and after Hurricane Katrina. I really feel there is nothing more I can add to this, it is a seminal moment in the history of America and the backlash I’m sure will be terrible. The complacency [...]
At the end of time, billions of people were scattered on a great plain before God’s throne. Most shrank back from the brilliant light before them. But some groups near the throne talked heatedly. Not with crying shame, but with belligerence.
“Can God judge us? What can he know about suffering?” snapped a pert young brunette. [...]
The US government has issued a guide entitled “How to Identify Misinformation” where they rubbish conspiracy websites and urban legends (or any other shoddy reporting). Strangely enough, no mention of going to war and killing thousands of civilians in a foreign land over a misinformed premise of having weapons of mass destruction. Their links to [...]
So take a bunch of marketing boys down the pub and give them a crate of beer with the remit to come up with a load of silly words for things that happen around the office and then call the BBC and tell some naive reporter that the English language is mutating and bob’s your [...]
The other night we watched the movie “Enemy at the Gates” (Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris), set in war-torn Stalingrad. I would rate it as a good film and worth a watch. If that is you can get past the overwhelming “lovey-ness” of the cast which right from the outset hits you [...]
