Philosophy
A Question
all my life I have been thinking “You know, there is something here that doesn’t quite add up” I examined myself. “Could it be that I am ill ? Nobody else seems to think there [more…]
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Arts
Media Favourites
You have probably noticed by now that the media likes to play favourites. Certain groups get far more attention, and praise is lavished upon them. Indeed, in some cases it seems that they can do [more…]
Arts
My word is my bond
“File:Handshake (16671886014).jpg” by Mark Morgan from Trinidad is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Much has been made in recent days on “bond rolls” and “gilts”. As a technologist working in the financial sector I get [more…]
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Fifty
He was lost, could be walking in circles in this featureless desert forever, neither hot nor cold, no real sensations here other than the ones he felt in his mind, no perception of time at [more…]
Fiction
Tilda and the Witches 4.3
ACT 4 SCENE 3 Aboard the Pirate Ship. Night. Enter TILDA and ETTY in Sailors’ Garb, FELIX, VISCUS, KEVIN and PATRICK, with PIRATES. They speak in hushed Voices.
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Forty Nine
Later that morning ‘old’ Ted left what was becoming part of his daily routine, another COBRA meeting. They were starting to get properly scared now, especially when he told them that the arson attacks were [more…]
Biography
The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire
When I left the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 2015 I joined a shipping company operating out of Barrow-in-Furness. It was a very small outfit which specialised in carrying nuclear cargo between Europe, the US and [more…]
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Forty Eight
It was bad, not inevitably terminal, but beyond her ability to fix properly. No trace of heart damage, but the bullets, as these modern horrible ones seem designed to do, had fragmented on hitting the [more…]
Arts
The Bid Process
In every bid process it is important to identify who you are dealing with, the first is pretty obvious – your customer, or potential customer at least. Keep them sweet, give them what they want [more…]