Mirror Mirror On The Wall – Ghost Stories, Philosophy and The Power Of Coincidence
Today, I’m going to try some philosophy. It’s not going to be the philosophy of Socrates or Plato or Aristotle though. And that is the correct chronological order of those particular philosophers, by the way. Though I only know that because I’ve seen Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure so many times. Read More…
Yes, It Fucking Did Hurt When I Fell From Heaven – The Conversation That Led To Lucifer’s Fall From Grace
Bugger!
It’s a lovely morning in Heaven –as it always is – and God is working at his Celestial Drawing Board. Lucifer comes in to bring him his morning pot of tea.
God : Hello Lucifer. You’re looking particularly luminous this morning.
Lucifier : I am merely a prism who refracts your blinding magnificence Lord. I’ve brought you a plate of ginger biscuits with your tea this morning
God: Oh, excellent. Do feel free to help yourself to both. Pull up a seat. There’s something I want to show you Read More…
MADAME LAURENT’S SYNDROME – Why We All Love Complaining And How Most Of What We Complain About Is Our Own Stupid Fault
The entire world appears to be suffering from Madame Laurent’s Syndrome. Read More…
Occam’s Razor Fight – Why Beethoven Has A Lot In Common With Punching Someone Unconscious
Just One Of Many Tattoos I Never Got. Plus, I’m Not A Girl.
I don’t have any tattoos. This isn’t because I find them distasteful or have a fear of needles or anything. It’s just that my tastes are far too fickle to mark any of them permanently on my body. Read More…
The Wages Of Sin – How The Economic Downturn Affected God In His Heaven
The year is 2008. It’s a lovely sunny morning in heaven, as it always is, and God is sitting in his study. He is at his computer, but looking wistfully out of the window. Read More…
Future Imperfect – How Writers Have A Tendency To Predict Things And Why That Can Be Very Very Bad
Tomorrow’s World Successfully Predicts The Blackberry Torch
When I was a kid, one of my favourite TV programmes was Tomorrow’s World. A brave new vista of Science and modern wonders laid bare in your living room at 7 O’Clock every Thursday evening, just before Top of the Pops. Or was it 8 O’Clock, just after Top of the Pops? I can never remember. Read More…
LITTLE SPECKS OF BLOOD AND BONE – Why You Are Actually A Serial Killer And How Society Is Definitely To Blame
Meat is murder. Well known fact. Morrissey banged on about in some album back in the Eighties. Thankfully I only know that information second hand. Nature and nurture have endowed me with many psychological flaws, but the urge to listen to anything by The Smiths has never been one of them. No over rated Johnny Marr janglings in my iPod. Read More…
RIBBON WORLDS – Why Isaac Azimov Can Teach You A Lot About How To Live Your Life.
Isaac Azimov : Noam Chomsky For Geeks
Isaac Azimov, the Grandfather of Science Fiction, invented some very interesting speculative concepts in his long and distinguished career. One of them is the idea of the ribbon world. Read More…
All I’ve got is this pen
At that awkward age – too young to be a grumpy old man, but just acerbic and downtrodden enough to have an opinion. Read it here.
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