This whole week I have been trying to be really disciplined and get into the mode of working 9 to 5 (what a way to make a living) but the distractions are just too numerous. The three main culprits are: – Youtube.com – curse your metal body. The whole internet is pretty frickin distracting. My […]

Some of the things I learnt on a recent trip to USA 1. It is never OK to call nine eleven, seven eleven by mistake – ever. 2. Ask for the restroom or bathroom not toilet. 3. US toilets are lower and shallower than ours. I discovered this while wiping front to back – as […]

The Great Global Warming Swindle, Channel Four’s infamous documentary caused uproar, bringing home how strongly many people feel about the threat of catastrophic climate change. It was riddled with inaccuracies and shoddy science, but it did get one thing right. Some people are so convinced about the dangers we are facing that they are no […]

Yesterday I was practising my surfing at Godrevy, the beach was empty and I was the only person in the whole stretch of white rolling waves. I had just got out and was lying on the wet sand next to my board to catch my breath. Everything was perfect, the warm sun on my the […]

I’ve been thinking about the guy who shot all those people at Virginia Tech. Loner, that is how he is being described. I know I’m a bleeding heart, dyed in the wool, liberal, pinko, guardian reading twat in many ways. I also know that what that man did what he did alone and if he […]