Introspection

  Today’s post is a little introspective. It started out as one thing and morphed into another. You see, I’ve been pondering this…

Guilty pleasure

  I have a confession. A secret. It’s pretty shocking really…..I love watching X Factor! Now normally, I don’t watch much TV, if…

Cigarettes and alcohol

Friday I went to the docs. I’d been earlier in the week for the nurse to take even more blood. I was surprised,…

Oil and petrol

The smell does funny things to me. It brings back times and situations of my youth. The growl of engines, you can almost…

Loosing my religion

Death to the infidels. Oh, that’s me. I’m an Gai-jin too. A barbarian. Things are not looking good. I lost my religion. Or rather,…

Swimming through treacle

Some days, you get up and your get up and go has just gone. Today has been one of those days. Sleeping in…

Love, hate and evolution

My daily morning routine includes catching up with various blogs as my bleary eyed body slowly decides to rejoin the human race. This…

Quickie at the clinic

In and out. Quickly. This is exactly how it ought to be. Arrived at the cessation clinic at (high?) noon. Quick chat, carbon…

Register to be a donor

Years ago, I picked up on of those flimsy paper organ donor cards that used to be left laid around in doctor’s waiting…

Happy Friday

Thank crunchie it’s Friday. What does Friday mean to you? The weekend approaches. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job, mostly, when…

Fly away and be free

This entry has the alternative title of “Ouch! Bloody hell!” I have come off my motorbike a few times. I admit. Though it…