Seeing the headline, most people would think of lost homes, bankruptcy or an increase in crime. Unless, that is, you are a fundamentalist christian type from my old favourite Christwire.org who see the following dangerous trends in the US after Obama's administration...
Join the Resistance.
Spotted over at Dick Puddlecotes place - join the resistance now! I certainly made full use of my luggage allowance at the weekend.
Personal responsibility – compare and contrast.
As I mention in my holiday posts below, Estonia still believes in the concept of people being responsible for their own actions. The lack of the UK's myriad warning signs for example is one of the reasons I love spending time in Estonia. It reminds me of my childhood...
Back in the UK – culture shock
After three weeks away, returning to the UK is always a wrench but especially so this year when the weather here seems distinctly Autumnal compared with 3 weeks of 30+ degree sunshine. One thing I really noticed yesterday on the drive back from the airport was the...
Wasp in Estonia
I have two more days in Estonia and, having had my first look at the news in nearly three weeks, I see nothing much has changed in the UK with our new ConDem masters promising the world only to deliver a steaming pile of BS. Oh joy! Hopefully I will get around to...
Wasp in Estonia
Even after having falling inside several beer bottles, as wasps have a tendency of doing in Summer, I haven't been swatted just yet. Not seeing any TV news or reading any news or blogs for an entire week feels quite liberating. Especially so when you discover that...
Wasp on tour.
Wasp is off to annoy friends in Estonia for three weeks so posting will be somewhat sporadic depending on how many bottles of Saku Tume and Ukranian Birch Vodka are consumed. In the mean time, I recommend paying a visit to Christwire.org where weird and amusing...
Housekeeping.
Apologies for the lack of posting lately - I wearing out my little wings right now trying to tidy up a metric fuckton of little jobs before disappearing on holiday on Friday.
Boris Johnson to be dismantled.
At least according to The Daily Mash that is : WESTMINSTER Council have successfully applied for an injunction allowing the dismantling and removal of Boris Johnson. Justice Griffith Williams heard Council evidence that Johnson had caused measurable damage to the...
Berlusconi – Israel will attack Iran.
Following on from this post, it now appears that everyone and their grandmother thinks Israel will attack Iran. AT least it looks that way when none other than Silvio Berlusconi says the following in Haaretz.com : World leaders "believe absolutely" that Israel may...