Musings
Res Ipsa Loquitur*: Punk of the Week Speaks for Itself…. #2
*The thing speaks for itself: actions speak a whole lot about intent. Negligence or accident? Intent vs banana skin, and whose job was it anyway to pick that fucking thing up before some poor schmuck broke their neck on it! What does it really matter, apart from a small matter of decades I suppose in […]
MoreNo Limits
Even when I thought I couldn’t carry on, I did. Even when I didn’t believe I could keep on walking on a leg that had been broken, I kept on stepping. When I thought I couldn’t carry heavy loads, I kept on hauling, through sheer willpower not physical strength. I had to, there was simply […]
MoreShoplifting And The City
I really liked Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City. She was always impeccable, smooth, cutting, gorgeously turned out, and she has great hair. She dropped off my radar when SATC fizzled out. Apparently she is dipping her toe into NY state politics, which is all well and good, except she is clearly so buffered […]
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The Folly of Trying To Make Awfulness Less Awful (some discussion of rape – trigger alert)
For what little it is worth, I have not had the most fabulous day. I learnt a few disgusting things like the homeless laundry service mixes all the dirty clothes together and washes them all together…with underwear not finding it’s way home to the right asses. I am lucky, I do my own washing, mainly […]
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Punk Of The Week #1
I have never been good at keeping my mouth shut. I get variously shamed for speaking my mind, the dampening effect lasts a few days at most, and then there I am again – like a dog after a rabbit, harrying the hare, snapping at heels and generally making a nuisance of myself! Opinions sit […]
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The State of Sad!
The Trump cult, part religion, part side-show snake oil hawker, a dash of pointy hat wearing, a touch of internment camp playing to unfounded fears, a soupcon of inspiring downright insurrection, and a dash of Jim and Tammy Bakker-esque style gimmie yer $$$$ you disgusting plebs. Any privileged person with an axe to grind, a […]
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