My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.
Jack Nicholson

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Continue reading “I’ll be out for a while”

I have just stumbled across some old movies based on the character Bulldog Drummond, created by H.C McNeile MC (Sapper). I was so taken by the character of Drummond, an early version of James Bond, that I have downloaded a collection of the books and am thoroughly enjoying myself reading of his exploits. What has prompted this blog is the wording from a scene in the book where Bulldog Drummond and an American detective are laying in wait for the criminal Mr Big to put in an appearance. Here it is and bear in mind this was written in 1920.

‘One can only hope to Heaven that we’re in time,’ returned Hugh (Drummond) ‘Damn it man,’ he exploded, ‘surely the police must know of this’!
The American closed his eyes still more.
‘You English police know most things, but you’ve sort of got some peculiar laws in your country.’ the more scurrilous a man is, the more he talks bloodshed and riot, the more constables does he get to guard him from catching cold.’

Can you see why is passage struck home to me? There is nothing new under the sun, is there.

HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD

Oh, to be in England
Now that April ‘s there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough
In England—now! Continue reading “Robert Browning”

I’ve absolutely no idea why we number them, I’ve recently done the eighth poetry competition. perhaps they should simply be called ‘this months’ or ‘May’, anyhow, having said that the theme for the next photo competition is WILD.

Wild parties, wild hairstyles, in the wild, wild relations, you get the idea, the picture has to be WILD.

I’ve included here one of my favorite pics, I caught him by surprise and have never published it before. Over to you, no rules insert them on the thread.

If you have difficulty sticking your pic on the thread, write a separate post (I’ll see it, I see all of them) and I’ll insert it for you.

Let’s Go Wild! Continue reading “Eighth photo competition.”

Thank you Soutie for selecting my humble offering as the winning entrant and giving me the honour of presiding over the 9th poetry competition. After some thought I have settled on the topic of beautiful things. There is no need to worry about form or length, just write about anything that you find especially beautiful. (Perhaps poor Monty can take a pleasant and uneventful holiday for once?)

Entries must be submitted by Wednesday, the 4th of May at midnight, GMT.

He was paid $200,000 to promote Fieldforce, which did environmental audits of homes under the Government’s “green loans” scheme, which has since collapsed and been scrapped as useless and grotesquely expensive.

He also invested in Geodynamics, a company trying to exploit geothermal power with what Flannery claimed was “relatively straightforward” technology — pumping water on to hot rocks deep underground at Innamincka to produce steam for delightfully “green” power.

Straightforward? Geodynamics had to plug three of its shafts after an explosion, has been flooded by rains Flannery didn’t predict and is now years behind schedule with its share price in a decline too deep to hide.

The only thing “straightforward” about this troubled project was the $90 million grant Geodynamics extracted from the gullible Rudd government, which must have bought Flannery’s spin that geothermal power could be the power of our future.

He is now Australia’s $180,000-a-year Climate Commissioner – lucky, lucky you!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/nosedive-moment-for-warm-mantra/story-e6frfifx-1226041787475