Many of us, I am sure, have heard the story about the founder of Scientology. Half jokingly perhaps, he said at a meeting of fellow science fiction writers over half a century ago that if you want to make real …
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The unexpected joys of Spam … now that’s what I call a pair of kneecaps
I think I mentioned the other day that Steve, who arranges these matters for me, has reset our thing-a-me-bob machine to allow a deluge of spam to come flooding in. This makes life pretty tedious, but there are small compensations …
Read MoreThe new black market: don’t get caught holding the sardines
After the second world war, when I was already middle aged, ha! there was a joke going round about a crate of sardines. One of the boys on the black market liberated them off the back of a lorry, and …
Read MoreIs there a greater curse than fanatical religion? I sometimes wonder
The greatest pain for me in the last few days has been a plague of spam. Recently a few people have had their messages to me bounce, so one theory was that this was caused by the Spam filter, which …
Read MoreA little bouquet of Christmas Nightmares
You don’t need to tell me Christmas can be stressful. 39 years ago the lady I was then with sat on the banister outside our flat in Harley Street on Christmas morning and threatened to jump if I didn’t marry …
Read MoreBBC Apparatchiks
Here’s an abbreviated list of known Labour supporters and the positions they’ve occupied at the BBC since the early 90’s and the perfect excuse not to pay the licence fee which in effect is a donation to Labour. Chairman Gavin …
Read MoreIn case you didn’t get my “I love London” Christmas card … plus one that made me laugh
I sent this to a few thousand people, but if you didn’t get it, here it is. There’s music, so turn up the volume. Xmas Cheer here Here’s one I like from Neil Heywood in New Jersey Early Dismissal Christmas …
Read MorePolitically correct idiocy at Heathrow – plus the usual Alitalia bollocks
Well, at 4:30 this morning the love of my life went off to Italy, having parted with an arm and a leg to fly Alitalia, who have the rare distinction of being the worst airline in Europe with among the …
Read MoreFrom the friend whose apartment I nearly burnt down
Five years or so back I was staying with my friend George Machun, who is some sort sort of professor at San Francisco State. I managed the unique feat – remarkable even for someone as technologically asinine as me – …
Read MoreWitless compliance drivel comes to internet marketing
One thing you can rely on in the world. The minute something really gets going there will be a swarm of otherwise unemployable nitwits hired to make things more difficult. These people usually end up in a department called “compliance” …
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