SJWs | Going Postal

Humdrum and proud!

28th January 2017 Going Postal 0

I can’t really moan about my lot – I have a good middle management job, a teacher wife of 15 years and three kids under 8. I think we have done a reasonable job with [more…]

Well, you asked for more icky stuff, so here is some. Don’t complain to me afterwards! Anyway, if you think all this ‘gender fluidity’ and transgenderism is some weird newfangled thing invented by bored Millennials [more…]

A History of Pop Music – 1955

12th October 2018 0

Featured song: Bill Haley & His Comets with “Rock Around the Clock”. This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more...]
SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 2

2nd March 2020 0

I’m not a happy author right now. On Thursday night (27th), I put together a preliminary article on COVID19, surmising the outcome if the Pope catches the bug. 48 hours later, and he is currently [more...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 25

10th August 2019 0

Where should an escaped prisoner escape to? You can’t go to the obvious place as, if it’s obvious, that’s where they’ll be looking for you. Some other places spring to mind, Paraguay, Switzerland? On receiving a letter [more...]
The Holly and the Ivy

23rd December 2019 0

The words of the carol occur in three broadsides published in Birmingham in the early nineteenth century. An early mention of the carol’s title occurs in William Hone’s 1823 work Ancient Mysteries Described, which includes [more...]
Travails of a Volunteer

2nd February 2018 0

I work for a very enlightened employer, it is as companies should be, and how most were 20 years ago, working in a patrician, supportive environment where employees are valued. Among many career opportunities and [more...]