Just to come back to the theme of beards for a moment: I got seduced into setting up one of those Facebook quiz things: ‘how much do you know about…?’ – in this case me. And one of the questions I posted was: How does Malachi trim his beard? The options included, biting it, plucking [...]
Archive for May, 2009
That Hairy Old One..
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Christian Brothers should be banned and their property impounded.
Posted in Culture and Society, Religion on May 27, 2009 | 28 Comments »
No one took responsibility for the rape and brutalisation of children by religious orders when it was happening but there are more ways to respond now than simply by being appalled and swearing it will never happen again. For a start, the orders which were responsible should be disbanded. This will only have token value, [...]
Who’s Left to Look Up To?
Posted in Culture and Society on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Who do you respect? Set aside for a minute the individuals you look up to, because they have impressed you. What category of people do you think deserves a respectful nod, being – by virtue of their work or standing – more important than you? None? Well, that’s good. But until very recent times, it [...]
My Father’s Noises
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
At the ancient campfire, it was probably a warning to all dangerous animals to stay away, for the man is never more bestial and appalling than when he is shuddering from deep in his throat up to his sinuses. Snoring was nature’s guard dog.
The end of the world as we know it.
Posted in Culture and Society, Uncategorized on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It might be that most of us will survive swine flu and that the world in six months from now will not be greatly changed by it. Or maybe the world will be more radically transformed by something we haven’t noticed. We did not, after all, seem to think global warming would bring us down [...]
Feeding time in my garden
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
