Anxious Times

I don’t recall a time in my lifetime when the world felt so surreal. Schools are closing, business is slowing right down, and we have ‘advice’ from our government when we need concrete instructions to avoid mass layoffs. Shelves in supermarkets are bare, as people panic, creating additional problems for others, and we lack any […]

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The Callousness of Modern Conservatism

I’d love to believe this was a satirical site, but in my experience of conservative folk (not all, it must be said, but many), it’s usually all too true. The website Conservative Woman is a new one to me, and I suspect it won’t take long for me to find many articles filled with disagreeable […]

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Knees

More than ever, the act of bending my knees, kneeling (obviously) and standing up is a source of pain. I’m thinking this is an inevitable consequence of A: ageing and B: chasing my daughter around. As I once said to my wife, I’m no spring onion anymore. No, that isn’t a typo. Well it is, […]

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Covid-19

It’s pretty much impossible to avoid this subject, as much as I would rather avoid it. Sporting events that I follow have been postponed, conventions that interest both my wife and I have been delayed, and the slow start to the new store I work in has most likely been prolonged by all this. This […]

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Not Panicking

Only those of us living under a rock will be ignorant of the Coronavirus, which has spread right across the world and is potentially highly dangerous (and it is dangerous to anyone with underlying conditions or weakened immune systems). From what I’ve read, this is something we should take seriously, at the very least to […]

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Don’t Buy the Sun

I have a number of reasons to hold the Sun newspaper in contempt. Their treatment of Liverpool fans in the wake of the Hillsborough tragedy was beyond appalling, and the city collectively decided that they wouldn’t stock the paper from then on, with most outlets continuing to refuse to do so even now. In fact, […]

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Racism is out in the Open

Well this is some bullshit right here. https://t.co/PHslyl7fm2 — Ben Berwick (@darth_timon) February 8, 2020 Follow the thread, you’ll see what I mean. Warning, it’s a long thread.

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‘Slut Shaming and Star Trek’

As with this post (what I’m writing now follows on from it) there may be minor Star Trek: Picard spoilers. There will be some content that misogynsts will find offensive, but oddly enough, I can live with that. After my brief conversation with Wes, I discovered another Twitter user, Kodai, had been weighing in, but […]

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Wanting Sex makes a Woman a….

Well, the answer should be a normal person. Apparently, having sex makes a woman a slut if it’s a one-off thing that’s purely about the sex. Now, some warning, there is discussion here about Star Trek: Picard, so expect spoilers. They made Data's daughter sluts… — Wes Moody Webcast (@WesMoody10) February 3, 2020 When I […]

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A Sensitive Snowflake…

@SirPatStew if you want me to not watch a show is to make it political it's why I didn't watch #StarTrekDiscovery and it had poor writing and threw out the #StarTrek lore. I was looking forward to #StarTrekPicard but your latest interview kills it for me. — Andrew (@pcwizard7) January 13, 2020 It’s without a […]

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