On a theme

We had some really sad news from the UK today. Seems my mothers oldest friend is seriously ill and unlikely to last overnight. She has kidney failure, pneumonia and a number of other ailments.
She and my mother have known each other for over 80 years. They were children in school together, They grew up in [...]

The oldies part 2??

My parents as you may remember, came over last year for Xmas and stayed until Easter before leaving for home and the warmth of the UK summer.
They are are now suggesting coming back *this* year for the same deal… a six month stint - if they can manage it. And there’s the run as Shakespeare [...]

Next Week

Next week will be the big push… again. All the web sites are in dire need of some serious work and the labour intensive nature of the auto-surf business (plus the sickness etc) made it impossible to concentrate on areas that in retrospect might well have produced more income that I was hoping for with [...]

Moneymaking

Hmmm… the collapse in the price of gold led to the demise of many of the sites I was involved with resulting in my losing great chunks of income. Had I more experience I might well have weathered the storm better but I didn’t, and I didn’t.
However, as with all things, you live and learn. [...]

Israel overreacts.

The blatant overreaction of Israel to the abduction of one of its solders comes as no surprise. The tact approval of the USA is hardly a surprise either. Both parties are pushing for all out war in the Middle-East between the supporters of the USA and ‘the others’, mainly Syria and Iran.
USA has been itching [...]

Depression stinks.

I hate being depressed. Makes a mess of everything you do. relationships suffer, your general day to day life suffers. Long term prospects suffer…. not matter which part of your life you look at its affected. And then there’s the effect it has on those around you… and knowing you’re disturbing *their* lives just makes [...]