How to make yourself unpopular
I have banged on a lot in the past about the sheer racket we now have to tolerate, and this …
Monthly Archives: September 2017
How to confuse Johnnie Foreigner. Reprise
I wasn’t feeling too inspired on Thursday, but a comment from a friend on Faceache had me rummaging in my …
How to inject a bit of human interest
Two stories about human foibles. One’s irritating, the other is amusing. Both are about the Midlands. First up, the prosecution …
How to think somebody might need a new job
I think I may have mentioned my profound liking for the state of Utah. But there are bits of it …
How to split an infinitive. A reprise
Lots of harrumphing in the papers today (Monday) about the decline in grammatical correctness. Given that one of the chief …
How to be a conman
Back in March I wrote about how you no longer see haggard old crones hawking lucky white heather. I also …
How there’s no zealotry like that of the recent convert
It’s long been held that recent converts are the most enthusiastic adherents to causes or religions. This appears to have …
How insomnia isn’t always a bad thing
Insomnia sucks very bigly. If you suffer from it, as I do, then you have my sympathy. But it’s not …
How to think there’s some odd stuff going on in the US
I’m not talking about that mad conspiracy theorist, David Meade, who reckons the world will end on Saturday*. The alignment …
How to realise that thirty years have passed
A short one today, for reasons that will become clear. Somewhat to my dismay, I realised on Wednesday that my …
