Hi Beautiful followers of the Panda! My new job seems to have temporarily removed my ability to have any kind of life!! I wake, work, get home, eat and find its bedtime and I'm knackered. Yet over Christmas and new year I reconnected with my Blends and remembered the joy of WordPress. I must post!... Continue Reading →
Sorry guys – I’m not dead yet!! Oh, and what bloody sunshine!
Well, it's been a long time. If my manhood was that extended maybe my marriage would have survived!! Yep, all this time away has not made me civilised. I apologise for my vacation - suddenly having one's life drain down the pan is not always a joy. What I have had is first hand experience... Continue Reading →
The War on Drugs PT5 – This Baron Land
This is part five of a series in which I use the American drug war to examine wider social concerns. You can also read : the intro, part one, part two, part three, part four. We've been looking at five central lies told to perpetuate the drug war. 1 - Drugs themselves are the enemy... Continue Reading →
The War on Drugs Part 4 – Power (not powder) corrupts
This is part four of a series in which I use the American drug war to examine wider social concerns. You can read the intro here, part one here, part two here, part three here. In part four we will look briefly at crime by 'drug-gangs', then more closely at the real mechanism that perpetuates this problem.
Awards and unexpected things
Those of you twisted enough to have been reading this blog for a while may remember my normal, splenetic response to awards. However, not wanting to become predictable, I've decided to do things a little differently. It will not have gone unnoticed that I shifted from posting at least once a day to only once... Continue Reading →
Why the war on drugs is also the fight for freedom – Introduction
I've already written a little about the film The House I Live In here. But there is so much in the film that goes far beyond drugs and crime that I'm going to dedicate a series to it. In part one I'll outline the five lies of the drug war. In later posts I'll use... Continue Reading →
Lil Miss Mighty Mouse – Guests blogs to battle withdrawal!
From the blue, Mind of a Mouse sent me this post, which was very splendid of her and rescues me from my current postless dessert. I have mentioned my terribly interesting life getting in the way of my Blog, but I hope to have a post for the weekend. Meanwhile Mouse has reminded me of... Continue Reading →
New Words Part II – Neoblogisms
Neoblogism - A new word invented especially for bloggers 🙂 Welcome to part two of my dictionary suggestions (part one here). I apologise to all that I barely have time to post at the moment, and I will try to catch up on reading other people's doo-dads when things quieten down a little. Meanwhile, there... Continue Reading →
Can I resist calling this the second coming? (it seems not)
I was recently blessed by a guest post from Jesus. My good Blend Merby asked if I can put some more questions to Jesus on her behalf. I did, and he replied! Welcome back, Jesus! Hey people, good to be here again! I'm just going to go straight to the questions for Merby, so here... Continue Reading →
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