Economics
UK Electricity Supply Bloodbath?
The Market A market is a place where supply meets demand, where wants and needs meet goods and services. A perfect market would be nothing other than that but, apart from thee ‘n me, nothing [more…]
Month: October 2021
Animals
Cnuteneering, Part Thirty
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
America
The Greatest Threat to the US Is NOT What Most People Think
Here’s a challenge for readers: Stop reading right now and write down at least five threats to the US. Rank them in order of most serious at the top. Ask family members or friends to [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 5
The air coming off the mountains was wonderfully cool. Because of its proximity to the equator, the mean temperature was a constant 27 degrees. It was an ideal country to grow crops, many kinds of [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirteen
Monday Good morning, another week starts and despite it being bright it’s getting cooler, autumn is definitely setting in. Very quiet here this morning, almost like a Sunday. Bozzie went off with Liz Truss to [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Three
A mystery album has fallen into my possession. The photos suggest it belonged to a wealthy, well-travelled but thus far unidentified family. No doubt Puffins will help me to solve the puzzle but first, two [more…]
America
What does it mean to be an American?
When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails. H. Jackson Brown Jr Today’s blog was written by a good friend of mine, Lieutenant Jason Redman, U.S. Navy SEAL, retired. His [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 190
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 189 and a GP [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twelve – The Monkees
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]