It's nothing at all

So it seems that September is the month for two mighty endeavours to be undertaken by us ordinary people. Should we manage to achieve these ...

For most of my adult (and latter teen) life, I was a smoker. In times of duress, whether sad or stressed, or even just bored, I would smoke ...

Competitive parenting combined with competitive sob stories is something else. There's a thing doing the rounds, and it may not be new...

Humph. So Jeremy Corbyn sat on a train floor and the world has gone mad about it. Does it matter? Oh, probably it does. Apparently having ...

No, this isn't a nihilistic depressive piece. Every year at this time I am perplexed as to why daddy long legs exist. They are probably...

Crikey, I was still on the young side of very old last time I wrote this. Still, it's easier than starting over. Does anyone still use/r...

On September the 18th 2014, I shall be marching to the polling station and proudly marking my X next to Yes. I do think Scotland should be ...

I'm starting afresh. Come find me at   http://ostensiblyowl.blogspot.co.uk/

Tragically this morning, a helicopter in London crashed into a crane and subsequently burst into flames, killing the pilot of the helicopter...

Yeah, I'm late. Checking into Twitter, I find some amount of venom aimed at Ms Julie Burchill. So I Google her name. So, we don't ...

Ok, it's not a new day, dawn or life, and it's not quite new year any more either. But I haven't blogged in a while, no, really,...

Ooh. Today is the day the world ends, except it doesn't. According to Mayan calendars, December 21 2012 marks the end of the 13th baktu...

How gratifying to see Bradley Wiggins win BBC Sports Personality of the Year. A truly deserved win. First he won the Tour de France, the fi...

RIP innocent children in Newtown, Connecticut. There are no words for this tragedy other than sending thoughts to those who have lost thei...

No, not that one. The date today, being 12/12/12, marks the last properly matching date in our lifetime.  Which is sad, if you're sad li...

Have I mentioned before how great Firebox are? I should have, so we'll assume I have. So, reasons why they are great: I love most of t...

It is indeed a miracle. The Duchess of Cambridge is in fact the first woman ever to conceive a baby. Ever. Who knew there was so much gossi...

Ok, not quite, but in a revisit of an old post I am delighted to bring you the predictions for the coming year. Yes. December has just beg...

I've encountered this thing mentioned that December is special as it has 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays and 5 Mondays, which only happens every ...

After much deliberation and a woefully disappointing new product from Apple in the form of the iPhone 5, I have made the move. I was awaiti...