I had a look over Jasper the other night. Jasper is an Artificial Intelligence tool that provides content. It started life out as Jarvis, but Marvel Comics started making noises. So it’s Jasper now that provides content. There are lots of really lousy words in common use today. Gig, as…

Big Chief has been retired. — What I am writing here is not really about Rugby, so don’t groan and stop reading. It is about an emotional journey travelled by a group of people who had dreams and visions. …

The Laughter Police are closing in. — We’ve always been able to laugh. (OK, some people more than others). But I’m not seeing much laughter these days. Everyone wrapped up in their own problems. No time for pleasant conversation. No time for a laugh and a joke. The Industrial Age which began in the mid-1700s was an…

Which part of “self-destruct” don’t you get? — So I’m sitting here sweltering in this absurd heat, sweating over a hot laptop. It could be worse. I could be a fast bowler playing cricket at The Oval, or a jockey in the 3 o’clock at Musselburgh. Or even worse, a horse in the 3 o’clock. It isn’t just…

Immediate start. Good prospects. — Everyone is looking for that extra bit of income. That side hustle. That gig. If there is one area of business life that that has achieved prosperity over the last few years, it is that of the confidence trickster, con-man or as we know them more today, the scammer. Online…

No, not that one. And what other country would have a days holiday to commemorate a film? I’m talking about International Plastic Bag Free Day that slipped by almost unnoticed. July 3rd. It’s a very brave initiative. Over the last few years the Single-Use Plastic Bag prevention people have campaigned…

75 years ago a weather balloon fell to earth in New Mexico. Or did it? — Saturday was the 75th Anniversary of the supposed sighting of an unidentified spacecraft which fell to earth near Roswell, New Mexico, USA There is plenty of footage available for further research on this, but the bare bones of the matter is that whatever it was that landed has been disputed…

Overcoming apathy and all that other negative stuff — I don’t like the word PROCRASTINATION. I can’t draw a picture of it in my mind. I prefer DITHER. That’s a better word. I can see that. Standing there, wringing dry hands, hopping from one foot to the other, worried expression on face. Socrates might have procrastinated, or Aristotle. Or…

This is my response to New Writers Welcome June Prompt Challenge — The alarm is set for 7.30. But I am awake well before 7. Dogs are barking. Neighbours down the road are early risers and they assume everyone else is as well. Their first job is to let the dogs out. The smallest dog is a yapper. He lets out several…