Happy Lunar New Year

Happy Lunar New Year, the coming year being the year of the horse.

Complexity

It is the nature of governments to make life more complicated for the people (via bureaucracy, rules and regulations) as the complexity hides the inefficiency, dishonesty and incompetence of those in power.

Silence

In the silence there are no distractions to help you run away from yourself.

Cat With Giant Foot

Advice To Self

Eating a quarter of chicken, a saveloy, scampi and large chips just before going to bed was a tad "over enthusiastic".

Advice To Councils

When collecting domestic refuse it is best to collect the entire street's refuse at the same time, rather than only one household's.

Advice To Councils

When you change the refuse collection dates, remember to inform your local council taxpayers.

Dust

Dust stops accumulating if left untouched for a few months, regular dusting merely encourages it to return!

New Ideas

"New" ideas are invariably old ideas rehashed.

Email

A watched email inbox never "pings".

"Changeable Weather"

When the weather forecaster says that the weather will be "changeable", what he/she actually means is that it will rain all day.

"Non Drop" Christmas Trees

Non drop Christmas trees are only "non drop" when you put them up, a veritable avalanche of prickles occurs when you take them down.

Unbelievable

No matter how old one becomes, life still has the capacity to surprise one.

Crises

Never make a drama out of a crisis, instead use it as an opportunity.

Revenge

Revenge is a leaking ship that will drown you.

Seek justice for those who have wronged you, but forgive them; and show kindness to those who have shown kindness to you.

The Polar Vortex

Given the Polar Vortex currently gripping North America, are we to assume that without "global warming" it would have been far worse?

2014

Don your rusty armour and gird your loins for the forthcoming year!