When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away! Young blood must have its course, lad, And every dog his day. When all the world is old, lad,…
Author: Daniel
Prisoners
As we welcome home two people who were imprisoned in Afghanistan we should do well to recall how Russia arrests and detains people, how countries around the world will hold people who break the law and how long it takes for the UK to get them out. We would do well to recall that some…
Astonishment
On linkedIn a good many people have banded the word genocide around and recently I suggested the person did not know its definition and they should read up on it. The response was ‘if you have something to chare why don’t you?’ to which i politely replied the charter on genocide was adopted in December…
Real Conspiracies
We know multi national companies are bastards, no argument. They manipulate and defraud for profit. The cigarette industry knew in the late 1930s that cigarettes caused cancer. How many died bringing that to public notice? We know all engines can run on ethanol but the oil barons needed a market to sell their oil into…
9 Days
Without the internet and I went back to reading – a very interesting book by the American Harold Rosenberg, whose sensitivity to the visual artists in remarkable. I wish I had that depth of aesthetic. In the outage I worried about emails but did not miss them. Strange really. Now it is all repaired and…
Dawn
Walking the beach at dawn this morning with my friend and the dog I am looking after until Tuesday. It was fresh and obviously the beginning of autumn but at that time in the morning and this later holiday time, the beach had a very few people on it. two ladies went shimming and I…
Oh Little Taxes
I don’t know why the human mind needed to create money or why our imaginations are so completely overwhelmed by thoughts of it, but I do know it has led to a state where we are all farmed. Not only is there nowhere to go to live without it because all land is owned. Worse…
Ghostbusters
I just watched most of the movie Ghostbusters 2 which I haven’t seen for years. I think some of the Ramis shots were used in the last movie where he was supposed to have died (the actor having died in reality). It was overblown but at least the comedy actors were committed to the ludicrous…
People Always Ask
but one cannot always give. Then they make decisions and ask again expecting you to have the time and space to give despite not being in the decision making time-frame. It is very frustrating to know that people have had conversations with you without you being there. Have drawn some conclusions based on how they…
Shakespeare’s World
It isn’t always as difficult as people make out to read Shakespeare. His world is very different to ours. If you don’t own a horse you walk everywhere so must have strong shoes as there are no tarmacked roads just dirt and Roman stones. No lighting after daytime but firebrands. there was a lot more…