My annual ‘I Win’ post has had to be adapted this year. Fortunately, the adaptation is due to it being a couple of weeks late, rather than this being the year that ‘I Lost’. I’m hoping to keep the ‘I Lost’ post at bay for many years yet. So ‘I Win’ for 2025 is ‘I … Continue reading I Won: 53rd Edition
It’s time for my annual brag, based on my survival and the failure of others to make it this far. Let’s start with William Shakespeare. Terrific writer and all, but couldn’t handle his syphilis. Allegedly. Next up is Napoleon. He conquered a big chunk of Europe, albeit temporarily. We have both met our own Waterloos … Continue reading I Win : 52nd Edition
Today is the one day of the year that I let myself have a little bit of a gloat over other folk dying. Ha ha, you died. I didn't. Because today is the day I hit another birthday, and get to an age that other far more distinguished folk didn't. I've reached 51. Not every … Continue reading I Win: 51st Edition
What is life? Answer the question as you wish. But getting through each day is a victory. Surviving to see another year is a triumph that one should celebrate. I do not say this lightly. In many parts of the world, and one particular region of Europe at the moment, these victories are harder to … Continue reading The Half Century
Have you watched the Squid Game? It’s Netflix’s biggest ever hit, a Korean series about a several hundred people trying to survive to get to the next round of the game. Not seen it? Picture a couple of dozen ISIS fighters dressed up as Teletubbies in a giant Big Brother house and given lots of … Continue reading Level 48
The Mexile 