Category Archives: Ranting away

Sometimes I go off on one. Sorry.

GE17 – what a mess, eh?

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

You may not have noticed, but there’s something that’s going to happen tomorrow, Thursday June 8th 2017, that’s a bit of a pain, frankly. I hate being asked to choose my favourite, because it almost always depends on circumstances. I … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump, mental illness, and all that other stuff.

Posted on August 5, 2016 by

OK, so here goes. I’ve been tempted to write about various Big Issue type stuff for a while, but the news inevitably moved on while I was still distracted by what I laughingly call real life, and then it seemed … Continue reading →

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It’s Pink Shirt Thursday

Posted on July 3, 2014 by

It’s Pink Shirt Thursday, which is something I’ve considered blogging about for some time. Kidnapping is not the answer – wait, isn’t this post about Pink Shirt Thursday, since when were we talking about kidnapping? Well, yes, we are talking … Continue reading →

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Standing up for the NHS

Posted on May 22, 2014 by

According to an on-line quiz to resolve which party you should vote for in today’s European Elections, wanting to protect the NHS equates to believing that  its destruction by privatisation is the worst thing that could happen to the UK. … Continue reading →

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Nomorepage3

Posted on March 5, 2014 by

I signed the petition a while ago but didn’t leave a comment, so, when, tonight, I saw there was a hashtag where you could leave your reasons for signing, it seemed a chance to make good that omission. Having been … Continue reading →

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Amazon; the Epic Fail and other stories.

Posted on December 3, 2013 by

By popular demand (yes, OK, one person) I shall now relate the epic fails of Amazon and their delivery companies. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin… We need to go back nearly a complete year to when my lovely … Continue reading →

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Learning, libraries and such

Posted on November 15, 2013 by

My son who has ADHD was not diagnosed until he was at university, in his 20’s. That doesn’t mean we didn’t strongly suspect he was ADHD, it was fairly obvious to anyone who spent more than a cursory amount of … Continue reading →

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