Animals and Pets
Monkey Business
Iknow I shouldn’t laugh, but honestly what these Baboons got up to was no man’s business. Seriously though can you imagine coming home from a nice day out or feeling dog tired from a heavy day’s work, and having to face this? It is so easy to sit here and laugh at the mayhem these mischievous […]
Assisted Suicide
Assisted Suicide….
Ihave been following the case of Tony Nicklinson and how is family are still fighting the system so that people with terminal illness can die with dignity and when they choose. No-one wants their loved one to die.. but knowing that your loved one is living a life of misery and there is nothing you […]
Beauty
Get knotted…
Yep I know you thought I was being rude.. but I am not honestly. But do you have long hair or hair that just tangles and gets knotted, beyond belief? Do you have daughters or long-haired sons for that matter, that dread having their hair brushed and the tangles and knots removed? Where my hair […]
Book Reviews
Goodbye Dearest Holly – Ten Years On
August the 4th, 2002, was a day where we were still packing and getting to ready to move home. Our removal had been originally planned for the Friday before but events led to a delay of a few days and we were due to move on the 7th August 2002. Little did we know that […]
Crime
Woolwich Attack
Today blood returned to our streets, with the killing of a man in Woolwich.. at the moment there is no confirmation either way as to whether the young man killed was a soldier or not. Tonight a mum has lost her son and a family are trying to come to terms with what has happened. […]
Health
Two men take on labour pains simulator to experience child birth
Reblogged from Metro: Two brave male volunteers were left screaming in agony after ‘experiencing’ child birth while attached to a labour pains simulator. Walking confidently into the hospital, one of the men announces to the camera: ‘According to women child birth is the worst kind of pain there is? ‘But did you know according to […]
Inspiration
Inspirational quote of the day – May 19th 2013
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. ~E L Doctorov
News
Northern Lights from a different view
We are all used to seeing the Northern Lights on video whilst standing on the earth and looking up. But this is the view from the International Space Station. Absolutely amazing footage captureed of the Aurora Borealis which was recorded by the crews of expeditions 28 and 29 using a special low-light 4K-camera 240 miles […]
Politics
Definition and Dissent
David Cameron along with many other MP’s are all too willing to tell us our society is broken. They promise us day in and day out, they will mend society.. and they will get us all living back in harmony with each other.. They tell us to stand shoulder to shoulder with the man that […]
Royalty
We don’t need another Diana..
Nobody can forget waking up on the morning of the 31st August 1997 to the news that Princess Diana had died in a car crash. It was just unbelievable, the whole world was shocked rigid at the news that was breaking on our TV screens. Apart fromt the death of Diana news was also reach […]
Satire
Why men should not be agony aunts?
Yes they say men should not be agony aunts and here is a perfect reason why: Dear Jim, I left home for work last week and after less than a mile my car stalled and wouldn’t start. I walked back to our home, to find my husband in bed with our 19-year old babysitter. They […]
Showbiz
TV series and their new tricks/stars
I was just reading a Daily Mirror article where it states that Tamzin Outhwaite will be replacing Amanda Redman in the new series of New Tricks.. My lord I didn’t even know that Amanda Redman had quit the show… now where have I been? And if you think Amanda Redman leaving, is bad news.. well […]
Thoughts
Welcome to the world of Propaganda and Brainwashing
Iwill never forget those history lessons we had at school, especially when they covered World War II. I left school in 1974, but the message was still the same, we can never allow another World War II and the horrors it brought, not to just Jewish people but homosexuals and communists. In fact anyone that […]
More Articles
Legalised Loan Sharks
That is what my opinion of these Payday Loan companies is. And it is so easy to fall into the trap of borrowing from these types of firms without realising how much debt you are actually getting yourself into. Payday loans.. yes we keep seeing the ads on our TV’s and in the papers… which […]
They call it an Oven
So I am told. Anyone who knows me will tell you straight, me and that cooker don’t get on. No matter how much I try to get friendly with it, it ruins everything I put in it. It is the most unfriendliest white goods I have ever known. Well tonight I thought my prayers were […]
Owning Your Reader: Your "Pet" Topics
Reblogged from The Daily Post: We’ve talked about exploring the WordPress.com Reader and making it your own — customizing your topic listings, and trying new search terms to find blogs that speak to you. Not only is it fun, but making connections with other blogs is the best way to draw people back to yours. Since […]
Daily Prompt: Morphing
Oh my what a challenge, we have for the Daily Prompt today, yes WordPress are asking the following: Language evolves. The meaning of a word can shift over time as we use it differently — think of “cool,” “heavy,” or even “literally.” Today, give a word an evolutionary push: give a common word a new […]
Memory Lane …. Sunday bathtime and Monday lunch
J ust laying there relaxing in the bubbles with all the troubles of the world being soaked away.. Pains and aches start to diminish, as you lay their soaking in the hot water, with the bubbles tingling your skin. All your cares just drifting away, and relaxation sweeps through your body.. It is your time, […]
Yesteryear..
By chance today, I followed a tweet that was written by Kent Police Roads.. and their tweet just gave a list of people to follow… well as many of you might know on Twitter every Friday are the #FF tweets, where tweeters recommend to other tweeters people to follow. Now, as I follow 809 people, […]
Beyond "Contact Me": Engaging Your Readers with Forms
Reblogged from The Daily Post: Bet you never knew there’s a whole world of creative possibilities hidden right in your blog’s contact form. Get ideas for new posts, go deeper than just “likes” and comments from your readers, and have some fun (really!), all with a few simple tweaks. Used in new and creative ways, […]
Quick Tip: Embrace the White Space
Reblogged from The Daily Post: You could write The Great American Blog Post (or Australian, or German, or Vietnamese…), but if design and layout issues make it difficult to read, it’s not going to get read. A busy background, oddly-placed photos, and colored text can all get between your message and the reader, but one […]
Daily Prompt: Landscape
W ordpress’ challenge for today’s Daily Prompt is Landscape and they ask When you gaze out your window — real or figurative — do you see the forest first, or the trees? So what do I see? Well first you need to understand what the meaning of can’t see the wood for the trees.. and it […]
Daily Prompt: Success!
Y ep it is that time of day again… the traditional Daily Prompt and today the topic for WordPress Daily Prompt: Success! and they ask us bloggers to write and Tell us about a time where everything you’d hoped would happen actually did. Now my moment of great success would have to be when that kind man with a clipboard said […]
