Witnessing the US's prevailing social and political divide over the past year brings to mind I'm watching an updated version of the 1961 movie West Side Story. Recent events giving Ernest Lehman's screenplay a 2020/21 revamp to reflect the 'warring' MAGA and ANTIFA gangs; as opposed of the original disenchanted hordes, the Sharks and Jets.... Continue Reading →
Happy Christmas COVID’s Not Over
To the tune of Happy Christmas War Is Over...... With apologies to John Lennon:- So this is ChristmasAnd what have you doneA year dodging COVIDAnd not reading The SunAnd so this is ChristmasI hope you have funEven Boris and DonaldDespite being incredibly dumb A very merry ChristmasAnd a happy New YearLet's hope it's a good... Continue Reading →
Fake Noos
There's rumours abound we in the UK maybe soon under nationwide lockdown again. I'm not gonna panic too much at the moment, though, as the bulletin emanated from the unreliable lips of our village idiot.... No, not Boris Johnson; moreover my locale's resident dimwit Vernon Plough. Vernon's fake news including a series of preposterous suggestions.... Continue Reading →
Dante’s Inferno – 2019
In my attempts to dodge situations adding strain on my still recovering cardio system I'm currently striving to avoid TV news bulletins. An approach purposely taken to evade the journalistic millstones capable of dragging even the most positive individuals (of which I'm not one) into a pit of despair. Stories that transport you from the... Continue Reading →
Diction Addiction
After a week's respite from sub-zero temperatures, the scene through my living room window once again mimics that of a snow globe after a thorough shaking. Consequently afflicting West Yorkshire's long-suffering populous with yet more flurries of the white stuff. In the Collins English Dictionary*** under the word 'frustrating' it wouldn't be inaccurate to supplement... Continue Reading →