Actually this should probably be titled "BBC News and the Blatant Shameless Lies", and would probably make for a better paperback release.

I recently commented that BBC News was my former resource as far as news of the world was concerned, and that still remains mostly true. However, there are times when giving Silvia breakfast that I stumble on to the horribly laid out web portal that is BBC News and see if things have improved. Sadly, no they haven't. ...click to continue...

Since I don't have enough focus to write a proper blog entry right now (or most days, for that matter, judging from the lack of content on my blog), some random thoughts that came to me at lunch.

Musical Greeting Cards: While these can be amusing for all of 3 seconds, and I'm sure that some people must like receiving them, there surely must be an unwritten rule that states that it is unacceptable to stand in WHSmith and spend more than 5 minutes trying out as many as one can, especially if older than the age of 5 (let alone 40). ...click to continue...

I've somehow always found the idea of blogging to be extremely complex for something that is seemingly so simple: "Write what you want to write about when you want to write about it, irrespective of having anyone reading it" pretty much sums up the overall premise of the task at hand, but at the same time we still want someone out there to read it, which forces us into writing something that we think will be entertaining to someone else, but can also impede from writing either what we want to write, or writing it when we want to write it. ...click to continue...

I hate moving, with a passion. I've only done so 1 more time than years I've lived in the UK! The positive side of it, though, is that it gives me a chance to rid myself of clutter, clear out old paperwork, and find items that I thought I had lost, or in this particular case, items I forgot I even had, and yet weren't supposed to have. ...click to continue...