Tag: CHARACTER

EAT FAT AND KEEP RUNNING

EAT FAT AND KEEP RUNNING

You may be amused to find that some scientists are coming to the view that we need to eat fat after all, including saturated fats. A BBC report notes that scientists from Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, amongst others, looking at the results of nearly 80 studies involving more than a half million people, were unable … Continue reading EAT FAT AND KEEP RUNNING →

UTOPIAN PASSWORDS AND OTHER OXYMORONS

UTOPIAN PASSWORDS AND OTHER OXYMORONS

  I’m writing to you from my bed today... No, I’m not ill, but when I attempted to get out of bed this-morning the “Start the Day” software prompted me to enter my “Get out of Bed” password, but I couldn’t remember it, and it wouldn’t let the sheets roll back. I couldn’t remember the … Continue reading UTOPIAN PASSWORDS AND OTHER OXYMORONS →

YOUR ONE TRUE FRIEND

YOUR ONE TRUE FRIEND

  How many of us know how to be a good friend? How many of us know the pleasure of having one? (SNUFMUMRIKO: "Some Distant Afternoon") Two years ago I wrote a post called “Profile of a good friend”, partly in honor of my good mate Terence Ruffle, who, unfortunately, lives on the other side of … Continue reading YOUR ONE TRUE FRIEND →

A BRIT’S VIEW OF GUN CONTROL

A BRIT’S VIEW OF GUN CONTROL

When I immigrated to the US from the UK, my views of gun possession and gun control were perhaps typical of yer average Brit.... I had been raised in a place of peace and relatively little crime, and at a time when most people had respect for each other and for the law, and a fear of God. … Continue reading A BRIT’S VIEW OF GUN CONTROL →

TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE!

TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE!

    “Two and two make five…If everybody believes it, does that make it true?” (Winston O'Brien-1984) “The Islamic State is not Islamic” (President Obama) “Truth is stranger than fiction” (Mark Twain) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/11/obama-says-the-islamic-state-is-not-islamic-americans-are-inclined-to-disagree/# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_%2B_2_%3D_5