Category: Humour
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After a fortnight’s break from this ‘feature’, I’m back with more ‘Stuff I Used To Do But Don’t Do Any More’. It’s perhaps appropriate, after…
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Finish line in sight Soon the race begins again But today we win
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Another Monday and another ‘Artists Corner’. Except that I’m supposed to do these on a Friday according to my 2017 blogging schedule. Monday is ‘long…
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If the motto of the Brexiteers Is ‘All For Us and None For You’ Then today they’ll tone it down As we begin to say…
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It finally happened, after nearly three months of following a fairly consistent blogging schedule (longer posts on Monday, approximations of poetry on Wednesdays and a…
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The realities of a ‘post-truth’ world Are hard to distinguish from those Of the pre-truth world Worlds where we are bombarded by images Of things…
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Just as the working week was getting a bit too much to handle, Friday has swooped in to save us. Friday is my favourite day for many reasons. Well…
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I wrote this on a train It was poetry in motion The train was running late Which filled me with emotion The emotion, though, was…
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So this is the second part of the third part of my series of posts on stuff I used to do. It might help to…
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Another Friday, another ‘Artist’s Corner’. Once again the inspiration for this week’s masterpiece comes from the marvellous Moodle Army Challenge from Haylee’s Aloada Bobbins. This week the…
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The conference is a noble thing A day when experts confer knowledge In allocated slots To us know-nothing mortals Who have had the nerve Up…
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This is the third in my series of missives about how I used to do more stuff than I do right now. This one is…
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Welcome to another ‘Artist’s Corner’. Yet again the inspiration for this week’s oeuvre comes courtesy of the Moodle Army Challenge from Haylee’s Aloada Bobbins. This…
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Who is this ‘Will Of The People’ He that cannot be denied And must be honoured, revered and obeyed? I can think of many Wills…
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Part 2 of my confessional about how I’ve become a less interesting person over the years and it is time to focus on a…
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Time again for another ‘Artist’s Corner’. Once again I’m participating in the Moodle Army Challenge from Haylee’s Aloada Bobbins. This week’s challenge is to PUT YOURSELF…
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It was almost daylight As I drove to work this morning Almost a reason to be cheerful And almost optimistic About the fact that winter…
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These days I’m all about paying the mortgage on time, pretending to eat healthily (then sneaking an extra slice of cake when no-one’s looking) and…
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Friday is normally my favourite day of the week, but when it comes at the end of a week when I’ve been off work anyway,…
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If you read yesterday’s limerick, you might have surmised that I was feeling a little under the weather. Indeed, I have had something of a…
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. A head cold never brings me much cheer Regardless of the time of the year I feel lost in my head And my nose…
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Roses are red Violets are blue Except (of course) That isn’t true Because a rose by any other name Might smell as sweet But a…
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Regular readers of this blog will know that I rarely write about work. This is for a number of reasons, not least of which is…
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This week’s Moodle Army challenge from Haylee off Aloada Bobbins is to draw my ‘heart’s content.’ There are so many ways to interpret that. I…
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The books on my shelves Might make me seem clever but I haven’t read them
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Welcome to another ‘Artist’s Corner’. This time it’s a picture of a frog with superpowers. I like to call him Superfrog. I’m not sure if…
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For this week’s Artist’s Corner I’m again participating in Haylee’s (Aloada Bobbins) Moodle Army Challenge. This weeks’ challenge is rollercoaster themed. I like rollercoasters but…
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Robot alarm clock Amusing gift to receive Less fun this morning
James Proclaims! 