Yes, especially, for instance, if you're in a pit with a pendulum. (View Post)

Trying my hand at writing the 1st sentence of a tabloid feature: President Joe Biden, age 78, married to Jill Biden, age 70 and female and owner of Major, a German shepherd aged 3, must bear full res… (View Post)

I'd prefer Stonehenge as it was when intact, or maybe even now. As one approaches it on the A303 it exerts a magical punch. Actually I first saw the thing in 1962 when touring the area on a 500cc Nor… (View Post)

Thinking of Afghanistan, today's Telegraph has a headline " Parliament holds the President in contempt". What a nerve! Anyway, I know this is complicated and tragic in human terms, but I wa… (View Post)

At the risk of falling into a logical black hole I've just invented a word. It is "categorismus" to describe the process of making something seem real by putting a name to it. (View Post)