"Five score and one posts ago my father's son brought forth on this medium a new blog...." I could continue with the topical parody (last Tuesday marked 150 years since the original), but you get the picture, so I won't. 100 posts is a time for reflection. It was my wife who encouraged me to give…
Dallas, Taxus
According to a study in the influential "British Medical Journal", if you are looking for a safe profession (leaving aside Accountant or Lawyer), you would be better advised to plump for Bomb Disposal Expert or Formula 1 Racing Driver than Soap Opera Star. The BMJ informs us that characters in these B-TV sagas have three times the…
Shooting at goal
I love municipal elections. Two weeks ago the incumbent mayor of my sleepy town (population 70,000 - the locals insist on calling it a city even though they would not fill Wembley Stadium) was lawnmowered into political oblivion by his predecessor, who decided to stand for the only apparent reason that he could not think of anything better to…
Tax Break 