I was once sat in a doctors surgery, rather bored, waiting for my turn to go and be poked and prodded. As I sat in the half empty room someone came in, picked up a chair and left. No-one batted an eyelid. No-one missed the chair. We were all still sitting [Continue]

We have just finished watching The Speaker on the iPlayer.  It has been a really interesting watch (it was originally the rest of the family but I got hooked too) and fascinating watching the different personalities and the changes evident in some of the young people taking part.  Duncan drove me mad at first, one [Continue]

“Eco Island is an ambitious change programme. It will turn the Isle of Wight into the ultimate Eco Island, with strong communities and the lowest carbon footprint in England by 2020.” (Eco Island website) So, what happened to Eco Island? I know some things are happening, but after all the flash, whizz and bang of [Continue]

….is the plague of signs on our esplanades. I think they should all be removed, there are now so many that no-one pays them any attention and they are just a blot on the landscape. If we have to have signs lets have happy friendly ones that welcome people and invite them to [Continue]

So many times I have problems with companies who compound basic mistakes by completely failing to deal with them. Not so the folks at Outdoor Action. They supplied me with a tent at an excellent price, with no premium for delivery to the Isle of Wight. Good start. Very fast delivery, [Continue]

I have pneumonia. This is causing no small measure of pain and discomfort, and now it has been diagnosed and my wife has collected by prescription antibiotics I would like to start taking them and getting better. But I can’t. Being more diligent than me, Susan read the leaflet in the pack, [Continue]

I have recently put together a new site for our Cafe Church efforts. It’s at www.cafechurch.info The design is entirely WordPress based, a concept many have used before but I’m just experimenting with as a way of keeping things up to date as easily as possible, having been impressed with WordPress since ditching [Continue]

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. [Continue]

No Timewasters Please. It’s been used in classified ads for ages, and I am now seeing it more and more on our local Freecycle list. But what is it really going to achieve? Ah, they don’t want people to waste their time, I’ll carry on looking for someone who doesn’t [Continue]

I have just watched what must be the funniest episode of Have I Got News For You. Hosted by Tom Baker, who has clearly completely lost it, most of the show was spent (for me anyway) creasing up at the expressions as Paul Merton, Chris Addison and Ian Hislop tried desperately to figure [Continue]