As some of you may have noticed I’ve moved all my Anything BUT the Weather posts to this site this morning. I’m so sorry for all the emails anyone following me would have had today – I think I might be a spammer now. It does not feel good. I moved them all as private … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Anything BUT the Weather
Do you want some cream with that?
I’ve been trying out a low carb and high fat diet. I’ve been too scared to tell my family because of the reaction (lecture) I’m likely to face. I had a little bit of it when I announced my intentions to my husband. “Fine,” he said, “Get clogged up arteries and die of heart disease … Continue reading »
Try a bit of my basil
One of my favourite poets when I was in school was John Keats. I loved the poems, the letters, his life story. He was the first poet we were properly introduced to once we were all grown up and taking Eng Lit and he made a big impression. It wasn’t all good though. We once … Continue reading »
And another thing
Religion…usually a conversational topic avoided like the plague (and the plague- a contagious bacterial disease usually avoided like a bad conversational topic). It’s all too emotive. One wrong word and you could find yourself on the receiving end of a fatwa. But that’s a shame. There’s a lot of interesting material in religious texts that … Continue reading »
Music to my ears
A great conversation piece is of course toys we loved as children since we all love a bit of nostalgia. And if you can elaborate the reminiscence with some facts about how said toy was actually a relatively cool (cool can be loosely defined of course) instrument of pop so much the better. So step … Continue reading »
Introducing Clausewitz
We don’t talk enough about legendary Prussian military leaders and it’s a damn shame. Not sure how we got to this pitiful state of affairs. It would be nice to say it’s because war is a thing of the past with no impact on lives but it would also be nice to say the environment … Continue reading »
Show Me the Money- What do you mean it’s gone?
All we hear in the news these days is that we’re in the middle of a recession. Inevitably some conversations will end up going there (indeed the one exception to the tendency to talk about the weather in the UK is the tendency to talk about the current state of the economy and specifically the … Continue reading »
Entering The Waste Land Part 1
All we hear in the news these days is that we’re in the middle of a recession. Inevitably some conversations will end up going there (indeed the one exception to the tendency to talk about the weather in the UK is the tendency to talk about the current state of the economy and specifically the … Continue reading »
Hacking and Horses
I thought we’d have something less philosophical and more current and contemporary today (I don’t want your conversational partners thinking you’re all abstract and airy fairy – there is your credibility to think about). And you won’t get more current and contemporary than our topic today – the media has been talking about it all … Continue reading »
Existentialism
Hello everyone. I have decided (on a whim) that the world needs a blog that helps bring back the art of good conversation. No more, “Isn’t it cold today”, “Oh do you find it cold, I find it rather clammy myself.” “Goodness do you Joan. Well well.I’ve heard it’s going to rain on Sunday.”I’ll believe … Continue reading »
