Category Humour

Monday Morning Rant

Their teachers will thank you! I had thought about a rant for today, but the picture is sufficient.

Manifesto

Introverts get very little respect. If we banded together we could do something about it. But then we wouldn’t be introverts, would we?

Words of Wisdom

I spend a portion of my day reading online newspapers and news sites. It’s part of the “media monitoring” component of my job. Or at least that’s my justification. I try to avoid the comments sections that frequently accompany news stories. Rather than being a forum for reasoned debate they are generally places for people […]

The Sign Says It All!

It is actually meant to encourage men to have a checkup for prostate cancer. If you’ve ever had one you understand why some people avoid such a simple procedure. If you haven’t, well, you are fortunate.  

Sometimes A Picture Really Is Worth A Thousand Words

  There is so much more I want to say. Social commentary. Theological insight. But I think the picture does say all I need to.

Life On Mars

They say real estate is always a good investment; the price of land always goes up. So maybe I shouldn’t pass on the offer. From what I can see the property does have pretty much limitless potential. But investing in anything always carries with it a certain amount of risk, and I tend to be […]

The Award

Recognition is nice, especially when it comes from your employer, but Spanish civil servant Joaquin Garcia would probably have been happier if his name hadn’t come up for a long-service award. If not for that, maybe no-one would have ever asked the question as to where he was. Garcia had managed to do what many […]

No Post Today – You are Imagining This

I had several ideas for today and have decided that all of them are too controversial for a Thursday. Either that or I have writer’s block. Yes, that must be it.