Tag: Life

MY TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES 7: LAUGHING WITH MATES

MY TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES 7: LAUGHING WITH MATES

Some of my favorite experiences are not once-only events but types, and one of the best and most memorable pleasures of life so far has been having a laugh with some good friends... My idea of a real friend is someone I can relax and be myself with-not someone I have to force myself to … Continue reading MY TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES 7: LAUGHING WITH MATES

MY TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES 9: LARKS’ TONGUES IN ASPIC Part 1

MY TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES 9: LARKS’ TONGUES IN ASPIC Part 1

 MY TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES, 9: LARKS’ TONGUES IN ASPIC Part 1 “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic”! A delicacy, no doubt, and to this day I’m not sure if it ever was a real dish actually eaten by anyone... but the significance is in the concept of its rarity. At the tender age of fifteen I traveled fifty miles from … Continue reading MY TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES 9: LARKS’ TONGUES IN ASPIC Part 1

TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES, NUMBER 10: MY FIRST FLIGHT

TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES, NUMBER 10: MY FIRST FLIGHT

The Lord has blessed me with a rich and full life already, so here begins a little series noting some of my favorite experiences... (Readers, please note my new domain name) I was almost sixteen, and I was travelling to the US from London to visit some family. Boarding the plane from Heathrow I managed … Continue reading TEN GREATEST EXPERIENCES, NUMBER 10: MY FIRST FLIGHT

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

I’M AN APE-MAN!

I’M AN APE-MAN!

Since the Nick and Knack Fisher-Fasher  Research Facilities in the New Mexico desert made the earth-shattering discovery that apes evolved from humans and not the other way around*, I’ve found myself being  attracted to the concept of swinging around in the jungle for a living.... Apes and monkeys relax in the trees eating fruit and socializing … Continue reading I’M AN APE-MAN!