So what is this fascination with Big Brother – the show that all you Brits are gaga about – if the tabloids can be believed that is? I haven’t actually watched it myself I must admit but I get the general idea that it’s like all those other crap reality shows – people marooned on [...]
Archive for June, 2007
To Tell You the Truth..
Posted in big brother, existentialism, jean-paul sartre, reality shows, truth on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Young and the Breastless
Posted in coronation street, holloywood north, tv shows, victoria bekham on June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m getting a little tired of the young. All I ever see on TV are actors young enough to be my kids – ditto with movies. Well it’s not so much their ages as it is that all of them are slim, toned, and stunningly beautiful with improbably straight white teeth, perky tits and perma-tans. [...]
Bring me your tired, your hungry, your poor….
Posted in Ireland Park, asylum seekers, immigration, irish on June 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I migrated to Canada 40 years ago at the end of the sixties when I was fed up with everything but mostly bored and the grass was greener on the other side; thus missing the Beatles revolution, Carnaby Street and Vivien Westwood [pre-Britney] turning up at the Queens’ tea party sans knickers. However, I [...]
Vacations to go
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Vacations to go
Posted in holiday, iraq, tax, travel, vacation on June 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Film Faves
Posted in films, lawrence of arabia, moonstruck, movies, psycho on June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OK class – today let’s talk about movies – sorry, films for the Brits among you. I was watching TV this morning while pounding away on the treadmill – well, strolling along the treadmill – well alright standing on the treadmill – when they started discussing the top ten films of all time. [...]
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Posted in doctors, operations, samuel pepys, surgeon on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ok now – hands up all those who love going to see the Doctor? All those Hypochondriacs and weirdos among you put your hands down; I’m talking to those who – maybe – might be counted as ‘normal’ in the bunch. Har Har. When you get to my age – ahem – 25 or so, [...]
Adam and Eve and all that..
Posted in adam and eve, garden of eden, religion, serpents on June 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time there was a young woman who lived in a garden with her boyfriend Adam. She didn’t have any clothes on but then neither did he. Nobody seemed to notice [mostly because there was no-one else there – she could have been wearing [...]
A Hot Topic
Posted in al gore, arnold, climate change, global warming on June 11, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Last week Al Gore rolled into town – closely followed by Arnold who was out to deter Canadians from consuming more than their fair share of non-renewable fossil fuels and urging them to do their bit to save the environment. No matter that he arrived in his king-sized Hummer that gets 2 miles to [...]
Schadenfreude
Posted in paris hilton, sadism, schadenfreude on June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever heard of Schadenfreude? No? Then you’re obviously not a Boston Legal fan – but I digress. Schadenfreude is the unpleasant delight that some of us humans take in the sufferings of others. Hitler, I’m sure, would have been a major proponent but then of course he never [...]
