Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people pretending they are the centre of the universe has me reaching for the Glock — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. I'm too good to be tweeting.
The problem with policy
· 631 words (eats up about 3 mins)One week to go until December’s UK general election. Will anyone we put in office make a difference without being prodded? I’ll give you a clue: the answer rhymes with low ducking pay.
Logical park life
· 184 words (sucks up less than a minute)Gotta love logic statements. They open up all manner of wonderful loopholes which can be exploited.
Wetter get a bucket
· 1494 words (kills about 7 mins)What links the weather, hose pipe bans, the stock market, children, and the environment. Why, housing. Probably.
Smoky and the binned it
· 181 words (devours less than a minute)Light. Drag. Chuck: The three-point programme of the smoker when out and about.
Stop recycling at the back
· 105 words (vacuums up less than a minute)Councils have a duty to cut land fill waste, right? And to encourage people to do so in their homes, right? Perhaps not…
Corporate tautology
· 286 words (vacuums up about 2 mins)Why use one word when two or more identical words will do.
The incredible shrinking foil
· 58 words (kills less than a minute)Cheese goes in. Cheese comes out. Cheese doesn’t fit. Ug?
Recycling is rubbish
· 522 words (wastes about 3 mins)What is the point of recycling while greedy corporations run the show?