The Cam Before The Storm.

This is a webcam of the centre of New Orleans. The link is HERE

Part of the Union?

I had a chuckle at Mr Eugenides article about going to the Royal Mile to see Scotland’s victorious team GB members returning with their medals in open topped bus fashion. Mr. E conducted a quick survey to find a union jack in amongs the plethora of flags on display and in a half hour search [...]

The TV Evangelists (1) Jimmy Swaggart

Jimmy Lee Swaggart (born March 15, 1935 in Ferriday, Louisiana) is a Pentecostal preacher and pioneer of televangelism who reached the height of his popularity in the 1980s. Swaggart is first cousin of recording artists Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. The sons of three sisters, all of them share similar middle [...]

The Fab Four -Where Do You Stand?

A friend has done an article on his blog (sadly private so I can’t post the link) pointing out that this week marked the 42nd anniversary of The Beatles’ last live performance (excluding of course the impromptu show on the roof of the Apple building in 1969).
The fab four invoke strong opinions. Apparently you either [...]

The Calton and Bridgeton

I did a wee bit of looking around about Calton following my posting (The Poverty Ladder) yesterday. There’s a good Wikipedia page HERE from which this passage comes:
“The area became known for its weaving industry. On 30 June, 1787, a meeting of weavers was held on Glasgow Green. Their wages had dropped because of [...]

The Poverty Ladder

Sometimes an item on the tv news can surprise you. Sometimes there will be a story which will disgust you. Sometimes the reaction may be shock or horror. Combine them all for this one. A World Health Organisation study has concluded that Calton , in the east end of Glasgow, has a male life expectancy [...]

Scotland Goes Pop! (7)

I remember very clearly the first time I heard this record. I was a DJ at the Saints and Sinners in Glasgow (Now KIng Tuts) and had received a promotional copy of it. It was 1984 and to be honest I wasn’t keen on much of the music I was playing at the time. The [...]

40 Grand!

Sometime today or tomorrow this blog will have generated 40,000 hits since January 2008. Gulp. Thanks everyone for looking in, thanks for your comments and I hope that you keep coming back.

Blame Culture

I was speaking to a friend recently who owns a shop. One woman member of staff had brought a chair into work. When my friend asked her why she’d brought the chair in she said that the chairs at work didn’t support her back properly. Fair enough, but when my friend caught the employee standing [...]

Half Baked

Sometimes going on and on about the crazy laws rules and regulations we live with becomes a parody of itself. The phrase ‘political correctness gone mad’ has almost become the trade mark of the reactionary tabloid press exemplified by the Daily Mail and Daily Express. However sometimes when one reads the latest policy to be [...]