Jumblerant

My apologies. It's been a while.  I've been busy with work, family, and getting my life back on track.  And drinking coffee. Lots of...

Yes, it's the beginning of November so it's the Great Game of Ads in the UK. In 1st place is John Lewis      I'm not crying - y...

I love Facebook. Simple really. it connects me with friends and family around the world and I get to judge people from the safety of not bei...

The rise of antisemitism has led to me feeling very uncomfortable indeed. With hatred and fingers being turned to Israel the arguments that ...

We recently moved house, a nightmare with its own 7 levels of hell, which is then plagued even further by the standard phrase 'do we rea...

In the past I've spoken about musicians breaking the mold in the past, such as Pomplamoose and OK GO       She really does ...

The 2001 Victim Compensation Find is running out of money again. 18 years later Congress has still not found a long term solution to help 9/...

I've been a bit remiss with this blog in the last few months but finally have time to come back and share with you. I've seen this...

It's been a busy summer on Netflix. The Punisher, Queer Eye and of course Narcos. One of the most interesting Netflix TV shows I...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". Not an exact quote, but it's the essence of the TV show Killjoys. ...

Spotify has not only made music much more accessible, it has made it infinitely easier to find new music that you are going to like. In th...

Let us all get ready for a bit of Freddy. The subject matter is such a classic and yet also controversial figure that this film will rea...

The Tour de France is an iconic bike race. Usually won by Lance Armstrong, the race winds up and down France on main roads and side roads, o...

I've been caving, a lifetime ago, when all the equipment we had was a helmet and a flashlight and a sense of adventure. I remember wr...

Mumford and Sons came onto the music scene back in 2007, and rose to fame with their songs ' I Will Wait ', ' Sigh No More '...

John Cleese has been doing the rounds recently promoting his US tour and has thus been on the talk shows. Again. He has had some very memo...

Like 99% of the population of the world, I have never had much time for televangelists. They prey on the gullible and the weak in their grea...

I find that Memorial Weekend has lost some of its value in the last few years, even though wars continue. According to the History Channel...

A mashup (also mesh, mash up, mash-up, blend, bootleg[1] [2] and bastard pop/rock) is a creative work, usually in a form of a song, created...

I grew up learning to shoot on the Lee Enfield IV rifle, and graduated on to the SA80 to go full automatic - well, semi, anyway. If there ...