“I wish my cats were dead”
Sometimes you come across something so obnoxious, that your stomach churns. This little rant by Dave Hill is one such. I have three pet cats […]
General Rants
Saving the Suburbs
Hat tip to John for this little gem. A “think-tank” called Demos wants to rescue the community spirit of the suburbs according to this Grauniad […]
Wealth Tax
Ten years ago, Mrs Longrider and I set about improving our home. Over the next few years we spent several thousand pounds and an awful […]
Animal Wrongs?
There’s an interesting rant over at the Devils Kitchen by Tiny Judas on the rights and wrongs of peoples’ relationship with animals. Actually, the first […]
The Big Lie
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it,” Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) Today’s Guardian offers a […]
The Baby Boomers – 40 Years On
Rosie Millard has something to say about the baby boomers in Last Sunday’s Sunday Times. That is, those of us born between 1945 and 1963: […]
Health & Safety Culture
Having some involvement with safety management, I was drawn in when I saw an interesting comment in the Telegraph yesterday regarding our current propensity for […]
Bird Brained
I first heard about this story on Jeremy Vine’s radio show this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Cooper were interviewed about their recent experience when Mr […]
The Pet Police
As someone who currently lives with 11 cats and 4 tortoises, I know a thing or two about the husbandry of each species. I make […]
Immigration and Islam
There’s been an interesting discussion going on over at the Devil’s Kitchen on the matter of Islam – in particular, the nasty, violent manifestation that […]