What kind of music do you like? Me – I’m sort of non-denominational when it comes to music although there are certain genres that I hate more than others. Rap for example is complete crap, not to mention a total rip. Every ‘song’ sounds the same and every singer sounds the same. [...]
Archive for May, 2007
If Music Be The Food of Love Play On..
Posted in music, rock and roll, west end concert on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pet Peeves Part Deux
Posted in cereal, monopoly, peeves, shoes on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I just thought of some more pet peeves – they’re unlimited really. Let’s, for example, discuss packaging. Can you tell me why it is necessary to wrap a CD, DVD, iPod, set of spoons, battering ram, rubber ducky – anything really, you name it – in four hundred layers of bullet proof hard-shell plastic that [...]
Pet Peeves
Posted in LED screens, bad drivers, peeves on May 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Got any peeves? I have – quite a few in fact. The other day I was driving to the store and somewhere along the way had to make a left hand turn [in Canada we drive on the right unlike all you Brits who just drive on the left to confuse invading armies [...]
It’s About Time
Posted in eternity, time - time machine, universe on May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wondered what it might be like to get your hands on a time machine and travel back to some distant past – or maybe even some distant future come to that? Ever since I became an H.G.Wells fan at the age of 13 I’ve pondered on this – usually while soaking in a too [...]
I’ll Be Seeing You
Posted in far away places, gardening, retirement on May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hubby and I were sorting out the den the other day in our annual Spring/Summer momentary cleaning frenzy. This goes hand in hand with the clean-up the garden and get rid of all the dog poop, plastic bags, weeds and rusty [unused] garden implements frenzy. Or clean out the ponds with all those [...]
A Real Horror-Show
Posted in portsmouth, second world war, violence on May 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was a kid at school in Portsmouth just after the Second World War. I grew up amongst burned out buildings, bomb craters and houses that clung to each other attached only by the wallpaper so far as I could see. Like many post-war kids I attended not one but many schools around town because [...]
University Blues
Posted in lifelong learning, university courses, university life on May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I began my university studies at the University of Western Ontario in 1968; Nothing so unusual in that of course except to say that I didn’t receive my Bachelor of Arts degree until 1994, some 26 years later. Slow learner or what? All joking aside I’m sure there are many people just like [...]
