Travels, Thoughts & Techie Things
A couple of days back I was reminded of something I did in the run-up to Christmas, 2015. At the time I couldn’t write about it publicly, for fear of discovery, so I posted about it in a private forum I frequent. It’s still as funny now as it was three years back so I …
As you may or may not know, I travel a lot and a fair percentage of this traveling is done by car. Inevitably, when I’m on the road I do tend to frequent Walmart on a fairly regular basis. Because face it, Walmart is nothing if not consistent, and when you’re in a strange town …
Over the past few months I’ve seen a growing number of posts on social media, challenging/shaming followers into sharing religious or political ideologies with increasingly passive/aggressive statements. Common variants include such gems as “All y’all ain’t gonna share this, ’cause you’ze ain’t real Christians.” or “This li’l kitty’s gonna be boiled alive, but you won’t reshare, ’cause you …
…which brings me quite neatly to the point of this post. Headlines must be sensational to fulfill their purpose. 175 years have passed since Edgar Allan Poe penned the above passage in his sequel to ‘The Murders of the Rue Morgue‘. And yet his words still ring as true in the 21st Century as they did in the …
On January 19th, 1809, one of the most mysterious and misunderstood figures in English literary history was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Orphaned before his third birthday, Edgar Poe lost both parents to tuberculosis and was subsequently raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. It is the adoption of this family’s surname alongside his own, which …
Having now spent the past four months back in England, I’m rapidly becoming reacquainted with the kind of linguistic arrogance which initially amused me, then wearied me beyond measure after I first set foot upon Britain’s shores some thirty-odd years ago. If I had a Pound for every time I’ve heard such gems as “It’s Tom-Ah-Toe, …
Some time back David Farrell, a fellow Google Top Contributor, drew my attention to some of the health benefits of beer. Thanks to Dave’s timely advice I’ve created a new daily regime that should keep me in optimal shape more or less indefinitely. After all, taking care of your health should always be a prime …
So I was unpacking my Summer clothes when the gods-awful truth dawned upon me:
Thought of the Moment: “Of all my childhood indoctrinations, the ‘Obligation to Respect my Elders’ was the hardest to shake.” In comparison, reasoning out the logical impossibility of a score-keeping Christian God’s existence was