Observations on the world and its inhabitants
I’ve written before on The Matrix in 2021. Of late, I am revisiting many clips from YouTube. I think this is probably related to the unreal state of affairs in health and social services that I see everyday. So I decided to consolidate some ideas about the movies – originally it came out in 1999. … Read more
Right – so I don’t really know exactly why I come up with topics like these. It’s probably about ‘stuff’ that I’ve come across and have been thinking about for some time. Then something happens and I get some sort of inspiration to write. So, with the recent warm patch of weather I was having … Read more
This post was originally created on 02:56 AM 20th November 2011 – just over 8 years ago. It was retrieved from a database of the original website which I owned. It is now re-freshed to the current date, with only minor editing. Some initial clarifications only because this is some kind of social media where … Read more
Yes – I said “2020”. I do not mean 20/20 vision. It’s the year 2020. I’m behind a keyboard, in some part of the Midlands in the United Kingdom. 30 years ago, I could not have foreseen that I would be in ‘this place’, ‘this location’. Life throws us whereverrrr! Forty years ago, I recall … Read more
Why do people make decisions at all? What to cook, when to cook, what car to buy, what phone, what action to take, what job, when to give notice.. and so on. Life is full of decisions. Ultimately most people in their ordinary lives make decisions because they wish for some advantage to themselves or … Read more
Well, I’m making breakfast this morning – around 10:00 AM – and I hear the doorbell ring. No – I didn’t think that the ‘authorities’ had come for me, finally. So I step into my storm porch and see a man and a child. He’s smartly dressed in suit and tie, and of a slim … Read more
Even if you’re in a minority of one, the truth is still the truth. – Mahatma Ghandi
I never read English Literature in my early days. That’s sad. It was a choice between ‘Sciences’ and ‘Literature’ – a very sad bifurcation over which I had no control. However, now in these later years I can appreciate what I missed. “To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether ’tis nobler … Read more
I often hear things of that nature from people e.g. “I’m not a computer person”, or “I’m not a driven by money sort of person”, or “I’m not a Nigela Lawson fan”, or “I’m not a Paxman person”, or “I’m not a Russell Brand person” or “I don’t like Tory philosophy whatever that is.” The … Read more
‘The Edge’ – is a film screened in 1997. No – I’m not about to do a film review, so calm down. I had completely missed this film and only viewed last night on Lovefilm which is now ‘Amazon Prime’. Recently I’ve become rather saddened that most Sci-Fi films these days have lost the plot … Read more