Category Archives: COVID

Since the introduction of inanimate mechanism into British manufactories, man, with few exceptions, has been treated as a secondary and inferior machine; and far more attention has been given to perfect the raw materials of wood and metals than those … Continue reading →

I’ve seen the trailers for Coming 2 America. I find it offensive. But what I find offensive is the stereotypes of black people created by two black men. Am I allowed to complain?

I’ve been to the Grand Canyon a few times, and I’ve hiked it twice. In places there are pretty big drops, over 2000 feet in places. One time I hiked the Bright Angel Trail the top was iced over and … Continue reading →

Ten years ago I was going to bed early – I had plans to rive into the hills the next day to catch the last of the low lying snow. I was going to snow shoe – and a colleague … Continue reading →

I saw a report on TV today. A number of women in a town have had nude photographs of themselves uploaded to some web sites. Those interviewed had said they had originally uploaded them to a private web page. The … Continue reading →

I’m under instructions to exercise more. So today, in addition to my 5 mile night walk. I managed a 20 minute breakfast walk and a 2 mile lunch walk. The problem with the lunch walk is that it took me … Continue reading →

Today, for some reason, the press seemed to think that the Royal family had something to do with COVID. At least you would think so with all the questions at the briefing. The press were coming out all guns blazing … Continue reading →

One of the things that people say of the original Star Trek is that it predicted modern technology. Things like the communicators, the computer tablets. Of course we don’t yet have warp drive, phasers or teleport (outside Area 51 that … Continue reading →

Religion has a lot to answer for. Not least some of our common problems. I was brought up in a non-denominational church. But it operated in a different way to a lot of churches. Different people from different denominations talked … Continue reading →

I had some symptoms some months ago. There were two main options – one serious – one painful. I found myself hoping for pain. Turns out option three was minor glitch so I missed both serious and pain. It has … Continue reading →