A seasonal poem

With apologies to the English language…

‘Tis the season to be jolly,
Lots of reason for acts of folly,
Turkey and ham, Brandy and wine,
Presents so wham, Gifts so fine,
T-shirts and socks, Handcreams and clocks.
Family and friends gather round,
United in blood by ties that bound,
Celebrate whats Yours…Ours…Mine,
Those past times, those past Father Times,
We remember where our loyalties lie.
To [...]

She was horrid when she was bad

I’m a pretty confident person but I’m modest enough to be, err, modest about it! Instinctively, I genuinely believe I can do anything or be anything I want, even though I’m in my thirties and the grey hairs are starting to poke through my magnificant mane of hair more and more everyday. When [...]

From me to you

In honour of The Screaming Lady, the Beatles have a song called From Me To You and the chorus is:
If there’s anything that you want,
If there’s anything I can do,
Just call on me and I’ll send it along
With love from me to you.
The Screaming Lady has done it again with her Help by The Bertles [...]

Funny epitaphs

I was up in Northern Ireland this weekend and it’s grim up North. Please excuse me while I use another cliche but nice place, shame about the people. I simply can’t understand why they insist in driving at 50mph in 60mph zones. Nobody overtakes, nobody gives way, and the end result is [...]

E pluribus unum

I recently mentioned, in passing, that I was a vegetarian. To be precise, I’m a lacto-ovo-vegetarian. So what, sez you? Well, the lacto and ovo got me thinking about Latin, and languages in general. My primary degree is in Developmental Biology*. Developmental Biology is a relatively new (hypothesis-driven) science, maybe [...]

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