Adullamite

Beethoven Symphonies A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he hears some music. No one is around, so he start...

So the electrician eventually arrives at ten in the morning. I had moved the desk, shifted vast amounts of stuff and all the accompanying d...

This is another of those things that clatter into the inbox without an invite. The point it makes is quite good however! QUESTIONS: In 1923,...

This painting is called 'The Beaver Hat ' and is by the Scots painter Edward Arthur Walton. I post it simply because I like it. In ...

Some time back I was searching in the fridge belonging to my spiritual mentor. Naturally this fridge did not actually belong to him, it wa...

When I were a lad Sunday afternoons were taken up with aged black and white films on the telly. Alas rarely did we ever enjoy a live footba...

This morning the clocks go back. Most folk enjoy an extra hours sleep, although those working overnight may lose out and others with pets an...

The following came through my spam collector today. Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obam...

Just what is the point of this programme 'Loose Women?' Is it to show us the considered debates about life today from a group of ...

I pinched this picture from Richards Blog , a blog centred on the National Tramways Museum at Crich, Derbyshire. I can remember the time t...

The other day I noticed the photo albums, hidden high up in a cupboard, hard been tainted by damp. So I spent a long time digging them out ...

Too tired to cogitate, nothing to rant over, and no inspiration hanging around. I have many thoughts circulating around my head but none su...

I'm not one for awards, especially when they are only to reflect Mulled Vine and his ravings. Such awards are meant for truly Christian...

Pliny the Younger (61-113 AD) came from the aristocratic class of Roman society. He developed a career as a lawyer and a taste for Literatu...

Once upon a time in a village in India , a man announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing there were...

I decided to walk the two miles up to the village today, then realised how far uphill that was and took the bike instead. Dressed for Octob...

Another international, another excuse to despair. What is it about Scotland that we can beat France and shake Italy yet fail against Macedo...

Recently some fellow bloggers have been sickening me. I will not mention who they are, Kris and dani know their own names anyway, but it s...

As it is Poetry Day I will share one of the poems that appeared in Edinburgh in the 60's. Those days were full of innovation and experim...

I was cogitating this morning on how some folks don't understand my humour. In fact friends gave me a 'Dictionary of Cynical Quotat...