Reading time: 2 mins OK, so I’ve stopped writing… no I don’t mean here, I mean the other bits I used to do, the longer bits, the bits I used to think about before bashing away at the keyboard (hell I even edit them before posting). So, when I awoke at 3 a.m. last night, I wondered why? Well…
Reading time: < 1 min I’ll close out National Poetry Day with a classic from Scotland’s (and possibly the world’s) worst poet, William McGonagall. The following is an extract from his poem about Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns. I strongly suggest you follow the link and read it all in it’s magnificient glory. “IMMORTAL Robert Burns of Ayr,There’s but…
Reading time: < 1 min One slightly tattered and misused ‘will to live’. It has a distinctly yellow hue, and when prodded with a stick issues forth with a tirade of swearing that would make even the most extreme Tourettes sufferer jealous. If you would like it returned, I can arrange for it to be sent down an ADSL line,…
Reading time: < 1 min Mark your calendars, 10:15pm on Sunday, BBC 1, Panorama. It seems that the Vatican is claiming, condoms don’t stop Aids: “The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which the HIV virus can pass”. Yes, you read that correctly. Despite…
Reading time: < 1 min It’s National Poetry Day. Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee.Who shall say that fortune grieves himWhile the star of hope she leaves him?Me, nae cheerfu’ twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me. I’ll ne’er blame my partial fancy,Naething…