In two separate avenues, I have seen two very different takes on the notion of ‘body counts’. This… shall we say concept, relates to how many intimate partners someone has had. To some, this is of considerable importance. To others, it is an irrelevant, out-dated concern. My question is, does this idea have any validity? […]
What happened on the 21st of January? Well, throughout history, a lot has happened. In 1911, the first ever Monte Carlo Rally took place (not to be confused with the F1 Grand Prix by the way). In 1951, Mount Lamington (previously not known to be a volcano) erupted, killing nearly three thousand people in Papua […]
I don’t really know where to begin here. My social media activities don’t particularly lend themselves to lengthy blog posts. I don’t tend to follow trending posts either. As of the day of writing this (the 27th of December), Boxing Day is trending on Twitter. I’m not participating in Twitter threads on that trend. Piers […]
I’m annoyed with myself. I found a post, and promptly lost it again, via this site, that spoke of ‘miscegenation’. miscegenation is defined as sexual relationships or reproduction between people of different ethnic groups, especially when one of them is white. It is intended (at least according to some sources) to be a derogatory term. […]
The most obviously successful industry trend, over the course of the last couple of decades, is the smartphone. It can be argued that Blackberry is where smartphones began, but they truly became popular and mainstream with the iPhone. The first iPhone was launched by Apple on the 29th June 2007, and it did away with […]
It seems religious fundamentalists are incapable of grasping irony. We expected to get a response from one of the two opposing views that seem to watch our website on a daily basis. Sure enough, the owner of the MM website came through and stated his faulty opinion. We are not going to address his opinion […]
Where do I begin with this one?! There are so many current events, both at home and abroad, that I have no clue how to begin. Do I talk about the energy bill crisis? The general inequalities of our social-economic system? Shall I rant about the failures of our cruel and callous Conservative government? What […]
Well, I sort of covered this in a previous prompt, but I guess this time, we have to mess with history? What would I do? I guess that’s more important than the how, because I have no idea how I’d do this. Provided this was the only change, I’d shift history in such a way […]
Today is the 16th of January. What can be said about today? A lot has happened on this date in history, though that can be said about any date. As the 16th of January 27BC is said to be the date that Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus became the first Emperor of Rome, ending the rule […]
Hopefully, this will succinctly tell the story I want to tell.
In the not so distant future, I will have been blogging at Meerkat Musings for TEN years. That's sort of scary. I never set out to reach a milestone like that, but ten years on, Meerkat Musings feels like my home-on-the-web, so to speak. #BloggingCommunity
Now, this I find difficult. Of those I have tried, which admittedly is not many, I am rather fond of McDonald's fries, though Burger King's have grown on me.
Do you vote in political elections? You can bet your ass that I vote! Ever since I was a young meerkat, I have regarded exercising my right to vote as an important civic duty. I always vote in general elections, and try to vote in local elections too. I can understand why some people abstain, […]
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