A Self Portrait...

25 August 2014

Very Professional

Very good.

Looking back its easy, in fact its impossible not to see the great improvement.
Growing confidence and if not quite glowing good health then a fair facsimile.

Well done.  

24 August 2014

I've Written

About the latest crazy challenge raising funds for what Americans call ALS and what in the UK comes under the heading of Motor Neuron Disease.  Famous actors, singers and other celebrities, politicians and leaders of big business all getting drenched and/or signing a cheque to help what is a very good cause.

Today I was pleased to see members of my family getting drenched in the cause. Everyone knows the special feeling when you see your own family contributing. Its not the first time for us I think it was last year that the no make up thing happened and even I contributed and posted a picture, mind you that was a stroke of luck one of the few pictures of me and no make up.

This time it was the turn of a couple of the men in the family they got ritually soaked and were rightly praised for their efforts, then  later two little girls had a go as the icy cold water flowed one howled torn between laughter and shock the younger one she cried out but she had completed it such brave, beautiful girls.

So proud of them all.

20 August 2014

YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!!!

I don't see how you can be, such a daft set of questions for a scheme the only attraction to which is that you would be going to places you want to visit and since the bastards make you pay anyway what under heaven is the point?

The answer is a very firm unequivocal fuck off.

Having said that I do think a period in Europe would be beneficial. There's a smallish island just off the coast of Europe with for all its acknowledged faults an excellent health service, and would you believe the even smaller, really quite minuscule, and not entirely right in the head island next door, has not exactly great healthcare but at least healthcare does exist.

Thinking about it its fair to say that most of the countries in the EU have better healthcare provision than the USA. If you like French wine, and who doesn't? The French are said to have excellent healthcare and I doubt the Germans or Scandinavian countries lag behind.

The bigger, small island simply oozes history, the minuscule one also but since it held absolutely no interest to the Romans or as far as I know the Greeks, probably couldn't stand the rain or the bogs, anything Roman or Grecian to be found there probably fell off the back of a lorry or slave drawn carriage on its way to or from the rest of Europe.

No. Its a silly question. Go by yourself or with a like minded friend and pore over the artifacts to your hearts content.

Years ago when I was on a judo course the teacher said that teaching as good and enjoyable as it was actually prevented him learning and I don't think there can be much doubt that teaching done properly, how rare is that, must be a major distraction to further education.

I am as ever not entirely convinced that you're serious. The good thing though is I am entirely convinced that my opinion is the last one you would seek on any subject. Tough! Life's a bitch and then you meet one...

One of the 'good' things about teaching in either the bigger or smaller of the islands is that the cost of the teachers trip is usually factored into the overall cost the students pay. You can't seriously imagine any of the teachers on either of those islands would for one second consider paying for themselves...

15 August 2014

What Now

What now
Don’t talk to me in riddles
Don’t bother me with rhymes
Name it, shake it, fake it
But make sure you know its mine

I can’t
Hear the thunder roar
See the waves crash over
fear it, shame it, fake it
But be sure I know you lied

So What
The fear is yours
The pain is mine
The endless to and fro
Angry tears down weary years
A database of sorrow

14 August 2014

Someone

A very good looking boy and from what I read a popular one, and the two don't necessarily go together encountered serious health problems and - somewhere someone is having some sort of procedure related to diabetes.

That suggests the diabetes could have been around a while.  It also says very strongly that if medical insurance is insufficient a move to a smallish island off Europe might be advisable.

A witch casts a circle of health
She had a dream
And it was good

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The gods reach us,
Hold us to them
Complete us within them
.
May the Gods be with him,
May they encircle him
In strong embrace

Hold him steady
Through all times
May his gods
Keep him safe

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And having said all that let no mother fucker read more into it than there is...






10 August 2014

So it is

That a lot of stuff still begins here, more is brought here to feel at home or just to play with words.

This is where my blogging began and like a pair of old slippers its where I am most comfortable or would be if the stats worked properly.

I don't trust the stats here, but not to worry I'm damn sure they can't be trusted anywhere else, WordPress! either.

Stats are an avenue I must explore further I mean what's with the tumblr millions and the sudden loss of seven million the moment Yahoo take over. Hmm? And getting back to WordPress where exactly do they get their stats from?

To be explored and exposed is what comes next I think...

04 August 2014

Interesting

Reaction. It indicates that if nothing else they recognise how offensive such a thing is.