Mad dogs and Englishmen
At work recently, one of my co-workers was discovering the restorative value of what is colloquially known as ‘builders tea’. “You know.” She said to me. “I’m beginning to see what you Brits… Read More
Canadian wine
Sounds like a joke doesn’t it? Wine in the land of the frozen north? Bill, are you taking the piss? Oddly enough no. Mildly irreverent and contemptuous of fools as ever, but no… Read More
Anyone with me?
Took a break over to Canadian wine growing country in Kelowna earlier this week and had a rather grown up time sampling the local nectars. Canadian wine is growing up fast, and Okanagan… Read More
The new USSR?
An ex soviet citizen (Vladimir Bukowsky, writer and lecturer) talks about the differences between the old Soviet Union and where the EU is heading. His last words in this video are quite chilling.… Read More
World’s finest scientists?
Watch the whole video (Yes I know it’s 30 minutes long) as Donna LaFramboise deconstructs the idea that the IPCC consists of the ‘worlds finest scientists’. Rather there is a preponderance of students,… Read More
Neil Armstrong R.I.P.
The first human to set foot on another world has passed from amongst us, and this leaves me deeply saddened. He blazed a trail across the sky that those who dare to dream… Read More
The Tightrope Mendacity
Back in 1973, Desmond Bagley published a cold war thriller about a man who found himself part of the looking glass spy war between the West and the then Soviet Union. The book… Read More
So what did they actually do?
I see various upholders of moral rectitude like Madonna, and Paul McCartney (Yeah, right.) are up in arms about a three member Russian punk band called Pussy Riot being jailed for ‘desecrating’ a… Read More
Go to work on an – argh!
For those of you who can remember the old UK egg marketing board adverts, (I can, but I was very young back then) the latest twist is that a researcher in Toronto makes… Read More
