Tales of early playground bullying? The Torah and the Bible recount a time when humans were far much more immature and, literally, younger. Very rarely
Month: July 2013
Why can’t they predict the weather?
The BBC bullied me into using their weather app. But it is always wrong. Ok, they didn’t actually bully me. They made it look oh
Jingles jangle Radio 2
Years ago, I was very very stupid. As a symptom of my stupidity I used to collect jingles. Radio identification jingles. Yes. I know. Whilst
Scousegulls
They are mistakenly called Seagulls, but they are just Gulls, and they are putting on a show of wonderment. If you want to spend an
Whatever happened to the ozone layer?
Whatever happened to the fear and wailing about the ‘Ozone Layer‘? In the 1970s and 1980s the ozone layer was being depleted and we, yes
More radio redundancies on the way
I’m not stuck in my ways. I’m not old. But I am very sad. Jack FM has announced that it is going to expand its
Andrew Neil is an excellent fact checker
The climate change ‘debate’ is sadly no longer a ‘debate’. There is climate science, spewing out a regular stream of valid theories via peer reviewed
Heavy Gravity
It’s not just me is it? Gravity changes, doesn’t it? And it does it when the weather changes, right? It’s been seasonably hot, right? And
Yes, a woman had a baby
One of the most fascinating things surrounding the birth of the baby Jesus Windsor (to Kate and Wills) was how conveniently for the whole of
OMG A woman has had a baby
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OMG A woman is going to have a baby
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Stop teaching our children those lies
Do our children stand a chance to grow up without feeling stressed and depressed? I think there’s a misguided perception that childhood is a cotton-wool
What if Simon Cowell was openly gay?
Of course, I’m not even slightly saying Simon Cowell is gay, after all he has recently been engaged to be married, is constantly seen with
The mobile phone is killing real life experiences
Why doesn’t anybody actually watch anything any more? I mean, once upon a time one sat at the cinema or theatre and allowed the director
Ever decreasing attention spans
It might be a good thing that modern generations are increasingly multi-tasking, but it does seem that they are also increasingly unable to concentrate on
What? The Met Office adjusts temperature records down … again?
Here’s the thing. If you want to measure how much cash is in your pocket, you count it. Right? If you count 48 pence, then
Stamp down on the letter of public ownership
(A guest article by Bemused from Bermondsey) At long, long last, the Royal Mail is going to be privatised. Somebody, somewhere has actually grown a
Don’t infect the brain with religion
For some poor children, religion is forced upon them. Pre-chosen by their parents, whose parents pre-chose it before them, and their parents parents before them.
My sofa trouble with a 27 year old girl
The other day I ended up sitting for a while with a petite 27 year old girl on her leather sofa. I was slowly feeling
The flies, the flies, the flies
They want me to believe odd things are happening. Gulp. Maybe they are. It’s true that birds have been singing all through the night where
Zombies surround my car
I sat in the car for a couple of hours with the radio blaring out. Rather than the superior DAB I’d normally be listening to,
I might live on The World
So, life changing decisions are tough. And where we live and what our home is like is so very important. I mean, I’m not one
Street fountain time
INSTALLING SUMMER… ███████████████████████████ 100% DONE Installation complete. Season recovered from July 2006 backup. It’s summer in Liverpool, and that means it’s water fountain time. The
Living amongst real racists in Liverpool
I’m only a slight racist. Everybody’s at the very least a slight racist, even though people will protest loudly with the phrase, “I’m not a
Test your English pronunciation
Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. will keep you, Suzy,
John and Scott do it again
I have had a slight man crush on John Barrowman since he first appeared spectacularly on Doctor Who. His character, Captain Jack Harkness, just grew
The Illusion of Choice
Although American product biased, this ‘infographic’ holds true for most of the stuff in the UK as well. There’s really no ‘choice’ is there? ~
Why treat other criminals differently to paedophiles?
It is a general rule of societies in the ‘civilised’ world to despise and ostracise paedophiles. We want them castrated, branded, not living among us,
The T-Shirt of Trouble
I was reading (on Google+ naturally) the disturbing words of an ordinary Liverpudlian who was wearing a T-shirt. As far as I can make out
Shock, horror, the Daily Mail speaks the truth
Fascinating. Back in March, a long specialist article by David Rose was published by the Daily Mail. It was titled, “The Great Green Con no.
Unavoidable death by power cuts
Within a number of articles over the years I have made reference to the coming winters of power outages. We are not just talking the
England's England 