SCOTLAND SUNDAY PHOTOS 4 – GLEN DOUGLAS

You can look at all the photos in this series HERE. Today  the photos are of Glen Douglas. If you go half way up Loch Lomond you come to a highly overpriced pub called the Inverbeg Inn. Just next to it is a turnoff that goes away from the Loch. If you go up that [...]

CARL SAGAN FOR REDNECKS

This came via infiniteregress on twitter who I concur with when he says… “I’m not the biggest Family Guy fan, but this was inspired” (There is something below the video as well) This is not as frivolous as it might seem. There have been many allegations that certain nature documentaries have been altered to remove [...]

IS THIS WHAT THEY MEAN BY POLITICAL THEATRE?

Probably, its just political amateur dramatics…

A LITTLE TALE FROM THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

When I was in South Korea, something that would often interrupt my nights out was the American military. This happened particularly in Seoul but not only there. To set the scene, you might be out in a bar in Itaewon in Seoul with a few friends and as the night got on a little bit [...]

DISCUSSION POINT

I wrote an article last night about when parasites get married. Just waiting for it to go up on another site then will put it here. In the meantime, here is a discussion point…

IS JUDAS GREATER THAN JESUS?

I rarely do a guest spot but this article was written a while ago by my friend Declan, otherwise known as Lonesonesparrow and I thought it very interesting, so here you go…. Is Judas greater than Jesus? By lonesomesparrow We are familiar with the expressions “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” [...]

THE 16th of FEBRUARY

A dark day in Scottish history indeed. I here paraphrase what someone said about it at the time. It is a political principle I think that holds good if you change the names and circumstances too… “It’s better to have our politicians here in Edinburgh where we can throw stones at them because not even [...]

(VERY) SHORT STORY

Explanation in the comments (maybe). SLIP-UP The man faltered and fell down the stairs but it didn’t echo. The stairs were steep, and the old osteoperitic bones almost powdered on impact. When his head hit the cold stone floor  it didn’t reverberate enough for anyone to notice. A dog outside barked for 10 minutes but [...]

ANNIVERSARY OF AN ATROCITY

(This is a repost from a couple of years ago but I think it is worth a look if you didn’t read it then.) ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Something nice for Valentine’s day I think… It is so often said that war is natural part of human behaviour that many people just accept it. Conflict or disagreement certainly [...]

THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE

Today is the anniversary of the massacre of Glencoe… Oh cruel is the snow that sweeps Glencoe And covers the grave o’ Donald And cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe And murdered the house o’ MacDonald They came through the blizzard, we offered them heat A roof ower their heads, dry shoes for their [...]