You know,

…there are times when I think I possibly am a slightly odd person.
I was reading this cartoon site, based on the recommendation of cellar-door.  It’s very funny, and you should definitely read it.  While I was flicking through it, I came across this cartoon:

A tale of two signs

The area of the city I live in is the part of town where immigrants have typically come to rest.  There is evidence of successive waves of immigration all around, in the form of places of worship, shop names, and so on, and this ability to read the social history of the area is one [...]

Today’s tiny achievement

I was commenting over at Katherine’s excellent Intermittently Rational blog (what do you mean you don’t read it?  You must!  It’s wonderful), and I managed to spell the word bureaucracy straight through, without pausing, and without getting it wrong.  (Obviously I had to check the spelling to be sure I had got it right, but [...]

I’m dreading this programme

The programme in question is Benefit Busters, which starts on Channel 4 tomorrow *checks clock* today.  Why am I dreading it?  Because I’ve seen the trailer.

It’s ok, I can do this

Right, well, it’s dawned on me that I was somewhat ungracious in my reaction to your comments on my last post.  (In other words, I was a prick.)  Apologies if you were caught up in the middle of it.  (In other words, I’m sorry I was a prick.)  The thing is, I was on my [...]

My experiment: An interim report

Edited to add:  Well, judging by the comments received thus far,  some people need to attend a brief refresher course entitled ‘Recognising Irony’… ;o)   (Or perhaps i need a refresher course in ‘You’re Not Funny, Aethelread.  Give up the attempt’…)  For the absolute avoidance of doubt – if something in this post appears to [...]

Swimming against the undercurrent

If you’re ever watched Mock The Week, you’ll know that the final round each episode involves the contestants being told about a particular situation, and coming up with (theoretically…) funny things to hear in that situation.  I’ve just finished watching last Thursday’s episode, and one of the situations was ‘Bad Things To Hear At The [...]

America, I love you. But…

…there are things about you I will never understand.
I mean it when I say that I love you, America.  I love you because you are, more than any other country, the embodiment of Enlightenment values, because things like equality and justice and liberty are among the values that you honour most highly.  (And never mind [...]

Be gone, you foul biscuity fiend!

Ok, so away back in the mists of time I used to enjoy a convivial drink or two.  Over time, and with much dedicated practice in hangover suppression, I came to enjoy a convivial drink or twelve.  It gradually became apparent that, while I wasn’t the heaviest drinker in my circle of friends, increasingly the [...]

I’m conducting an experiment

Introduction
The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the responses of local Mental Health services under certain controlled circumstances.  It is hoped that the data emerging from this experiment may confirm or refute the hypothesis that people who work in MH services demonstrate a high prevalence of behavioural traits that can be classified as ‘difficult-case-avoidant’.