Category Archives: COVID

Life in a pandemic

Mischief

The new rule of six means you cannot gather in a group of more than six. It struck me this opens the door to some mischievous behaviour. Just find a random group of six people and walk up and join … Continue reading

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Visions and dreams

Interesting thinking about the difference between the two. To me the idea of a dream is the sort of “I want to be an astronaut” that people think about when they are young. Something you can imagine achieving. The idea … Continue reading

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Self belief

I just read an article where Trump is reported to have said “I don’t think science knows actually” after telling people what he thought would happen. I mentioned the other night that the ER demand for a citizens assembly to … Continue reading

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Online stress out

I’ve noticed a few of my friends struggling with being online. It seems to be stressing them out. A couple of things happened over the last few days that made me think about this. I noticed that there were several … Continue reading

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Mixed messages?

As new restrictions are about to come in there were a lot of sporting events restarting today – and some even had crowds. Not only that but we had last night at the Proms with lots of people singing. Listening … Continue reading

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The Apes can have it

Watching the news that a skin care shop in Bootle has decided the virus is a hoax I’ve come to a conclusion. Planet of the Apes had the right idea. Time for the apes to taker control of the earth … Continue reading

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The trouble with average

Extinction Rebellion called for a peoples forum to oversee the government response to climate change. So the government said they would set up a peoples forum. It has now reported back. Extinction Rebellion say they have not gone far enough. … Continue reading

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Not front page news

So the rule of 6 now applies. Listening to some people you would think it is the Rule of 666. It looks like this will mean absolutely no change to my life. But my guess is this is not the … Continue reading

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For whom the bell tolls

It wasn’t that long ago that there were major ructions about the ability of Big Ben to ring in special occasions (not that it ever did in the past). It struck me today that this has disappeared into the mists … Continue reading

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Chocolate

I gave in. I ate some of the chocolate. I brought it back from Nicaragua waaay back toward the start of the year for a chocolate tasting night. But it doesn’t look like it will happen any time soon. 70% … Continue reading

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