A youngster tried to convince me recently that Paul McCartney is actually dead and who we see is a lookalike. Evidence for this startling cl...

It's been awhile since I did a geek salad, a mixed bowl of quirks and questions, so here goes. A kid recently said to me that he had a l...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I've posted some prezzies and written some cards for the family and after going home ag...

I was gobsmacked to hear today that NASA had succeeded in making a small amount of oxygen on Mars. Perseverance did it using a device onboar...

Nearly everyone I know here in England have been vaccinated [or should that be 'has'?].Me and the Missus are just waiting our turn n...

Its a dark time for sure. Lockdown. Coronavirus. Masks. Staying at home.  Still, it can get young minds thinking. My grandson Moonbase Junio...

Another paperback I found in a charity shop this summer was The Hiss. Its a sort of monastic Sixth Sense involving a young novice monk who p...

I keep dreaming about school dinners, especially one: a big hamburger bun with well done chips all drenched in gravy. This wasn't availa...

A pot-pourri of stuff here. My mind is a cluttered loft so I'll just babble. I'm currently reading a paperback called Wolfen by Whit...

I've heard about a worrying trend for cooking food in kettles. What? Yes, the lowly kettle we boil water in for our cuppas has becom...

I was chatting with a friend on the phone and we discussed re-discovering Lemon Curd this Lockdown. A nostalgic spread, its something we bot...

Just been listening to Elton John's Rocket Man. I like the realistic lines about space in it, especially the line 'In fact its cold ...

Now that I'm relaxing on my summer break I can reflect on some of the interesting and pleasant conversations I had with young people la...

Its been a funny old week. Not the best. I get home from work and just can't be bothered to do anything. I wonder if you ever feel like ...

I've noticed recently the rise of the unicorn. Unicorns appear to be everywhere! Its clearly a new craze and it came home on Saturda...

Its been a year of new thingies. New words and idea thingies. Some have been received from the distant past and some from modern yo...

I was a glasses-wearing long-haired geek at High School. Back in 1971 when I first landed in the 'first year', things will have se...

Domestic matters gave ascended in my personal firmament of late so I've been absent from commenting on MB. Bill B has kindly taken ...

I've noticed that I moan when I dry my face after washing it. In other words I groan involuntarily when I'm rubbing a towel over my...

Well the start of Advent is round the corner so I've started watching my traditional brace of seasonal movies I watch every year. I...