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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: September 2009
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Monday, 7 September 2009. Is it me or is this country going down the toilet? No I have not joined the ranks of Daily Tory-graph readers who blame the country's demise on the hordes of immigrants flocking to the UK to live a life of luxury on UK unemployment benefit. No that's the least of the country's woes. And how absurd is that? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Is a 30-something English academic, married to a lovely Pittsburgh girl. Politically cynical f...
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: November 2008
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Tuesday, 25 November 2008. Desert Island Discs - the iPod 5. I have always enjoyed listening to desert Island Discs on Radio 4, even if a lot of the time I think the celebs chosen deliberately doctor their choices to make themselves appear more 'pointy-headed' and serious than they probably really are. I mean I enjoy classical music a lot but if I had to choose 5 pieces of music would I really choose Mozart's Requiem? 2 Hell Yeah - Neil Diamond. And then o...
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: Musing about time
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Monday, 25 January 2010. Was wondering today just how much of our lives we waste actually wasting time? Given Facebook, Twitter and countless other apps that we now have to idle away time its a wonder many of uss actually accomplish much at all these days? Was also thinking about experimenting with a period off-line, so to speak, well without the above said apps at least? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Is a 30-something English academic, married to a ...
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: September 2008
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Thursday, 25 September 2008. Pull Your Pants Up. Right another rant… this time against the almost ubiquitous male fashion trend of wearing your jeans/jogging pants so low that not only are the boxers on display but your arse is hanging out for all to see. Guys – you don’t look cool and, unless I am corrected by female readers, it doesn't look hot either. There is a reason why we call them underpants – because they go under your pants! Anyway look again and...
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: August 2008
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Wednesday, 27 August 2008. Proud to be British? 1) the devolution of power to Scotland and Wales (with a corresponding resurgence in their respective national identities). 2) an emerging European Superstate that wants to govern every aspect of British life and. Some people interviewed came up with feelings (proud), other with values (democracy) others simply shrugged their shoulders and said they didn’t know. Panorama interspersed all this with p...Today i...
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: December 2008
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Sunday, 21 December 2008. Maybe I am running because I am bored? At one point I did begin laughing hysterically for no apparent reason, at 10 miles I was singing Whitesnake - "Here I go again" at the top of my voice. and at 11 I was praying for sight of Stevens Lane which meant I had 1 1/2 left to go. And people do this for fun! Saturday, 20 December 2008. Grrrrr. come the revolution! Tuesday, 16 December 2008. Marathon - Progress So Far. Yup I am running ...
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: August 2009
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Friday, 21 August 2009. The healthcare debate - some stats. Some interesting stats on health care:. The US by contrast in 2006 spent 13.2% GDP on health of which 45.8 % was government spending. As a proportion of the total budget the US government spent 19.3% on healthcare! Ergo the US which has does not have a public healthcare system spent more taxpayers dollars on health than the UK government where we do have a public free-for-all health service. I say...
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: October 2008
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Thursday, 16 October 2008. The picture says it all really (it is genuine – taken post debate after John McCain left the stage the wrong way and had to double-back quickly). Obviously the collapse of the economy has been a gift to the Obama camp shifting focus away from the one area where McCain and the Republicans were strong - foreign policy. Throw into the equation a whole host of gaffes and well. Oh and back to the economy for a moment. it seems all...
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30+ Englishman: The healthcare debate -- some stats
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The Random Musings and Rants of a 30 Englishman. Friday, 21 August 2009. The healthcare debate - some stats. Some interesting stats on health care:. The US by contrast in 2006 spent 13.2% GDP on health of which 45.8 % was government spending. As a proportion of the total budget the US government spent 19.3% on healthcare! Ergo the US which has does not have a public healthcare system spent more taxpayers dollars on health than the UK government where we do have a public free-for-all health service. Is a ...