HUMOUR
A PARTY FOR A POTHOLEI was glad to see, this week, that the British sense of humour, even among government employees, has not totally succumbed …
DUMBASSERY IS EVERYWHERE
ABSURDITY PERSONIFIEDIn awarding my second Golden Fleece this week, I was reminded of the new word I introduced to the site in April of last …
OUR DISINTEGRATING PLANET
After years of discussion about our disintegrating planet, and our seemingly hell-bent intent on speeding up that process when we know the outcome will …
THE US ELECTORAL COLLEGE SHOULD DIE
The US Electoral College should die. The process through which U.S. Presidents are elected is convoluted, undemocratic and has little, if anything, to do with …
LONDON LAV AFFAIR
London lav affair goes back a long way. It’s one of the City’s many fine and famous firsts: the first one-way street; the first commercially …
IS NEW ZEALAND CRAZY
Is New Zealand crazy? In 2012, New Zealand’s Aoraki Mackenzie community successfully applied to the IDA (International Dark Sky Association) to become an accredited dark …
THE WHOLE SYSTEM STINKS
“The whole system stinks”, is the best description I can think of for the way the United States elects its president. The process is undemocratic, …
THE END OF MANKIND
The end of mankind sounds like the title of a horror movie about a massive comet collision with the earth, or a malignant worldwide pandemic. …
MOYENNE ISLAND
The history of Moyenne Island, which is an archipelago of 115 islands that make up the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean, reads like an environmentalist’s …
THE FUTURE OF KAMALA HARRIS
The future of Kamala Harris could be the future of the United States. I have said in previous blogs that the U.S. political parties …