Reading time: 2 mins I mentioned platitudes yesterday, and my dislike of them. Of course with hindsight being 20:20 I realise that I wasn’t actually talking about platitudes… Now, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, a platitude is: “A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant”. With that in mind,…
Reading time: 2 mins Just do it tm So proclaimed the advert. ‘Just’ – as in merely, only, or ‘it’s no big deal’. Not as in righteous or true.‘do’ – as in execute, perform. Not as in beat up or shag.‘it’ – impersonal verb. All in I can’t stand that damn slogan. It’s so patronising. Akin to someone telling…
Reading time: < 1 min As promised: The OscarsI’ll be honest. I’m not sure why she does it. She doesn’t do it every year either. Odd. Either way, she went to bed at 10.30pm and got up at 1.00am to watch the Oscars. She said it was good. Well it was good except for the BBC coverage with ‘that bloke…
Reading time: 2 mins Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, and looking up I noticed I was late. Found my coat and grabbed my hat, made the train in seconds flat… Well I would’ve if the damned thing had been on time! Pity really, I…