A Fictional Story of Everyday Folks

Yes folks the first episode of my soap opera. completely made up, total fiction but it may in places have germs of truth.
The setting is a pet store in the fictional town of Inverleven. A once thriving town centre has been reduced to the level of a shopping area in the former eastern bloc.
This [...]

Employment Law & Derek Acorah

This story from the Independent continues the recent trend of my increasing incredulity at the absolute stupidity of 1) Employment Law and 2) Judges. It also dovetails nicely with my recent postings on Derek Acorah (If you haven’t watched the Harry Hill clip yet, I urge you to do so.)
“A police worker who was sacked [...]

Creation

Here is a trailer for the film Creation based on the life of Charles Darwin.

“Clear evidence of transformation over millions of years! The almighty can no longer claim to have authored every species in under a week. You’ve killed God sir!”
I could write on but I wouldn’t better David Cox’s excellent [...]

Just Another Saturday

How does one explain an Orange walk to someone from outwith Ireland or Scotland?. Here goes with a brief synopsis:
On July 1st 1690 at the River Boyne near Drogheda in what is now the Irish Republic, Prince William of Orange and his army (William the third of England and second of Scotland) defeated his father [...]

Stormoway

This was the scene in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis yesterday as a tornado wreaked havoc as it twisted its way through the Western Isles town.
It will of course be a matter of time before the Wee Free clergy deem that the freak weather conditions were God’s way of expressing his displeasure at Calmac’s [...]

Faith Flowcharts

It’s No Yolk!

It has emerged that Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot was treated in hospital on Sunday after an egg exploded in his face.
The Scotland player was inspecting two eggs he had poached in the microwave when one of them blew up, squirting scalding water onto his face.
Broadfoot was treated in hospital and is expected to make a [...]

Religious News

In Scotland yesterday it was almost impossible to escape the stushie about the Reverend Scott Rennie. The Rev Rennie is a minister in the Church of Scotland and is gay.
Now apparently he has always been gay but whilst he kept that fact a secret, had a sham marriage to a woman and was minister at [...]

Ruritania and Greater Ruritania

What a hoo hah we had this week with Broon, in the middle of the deepest economic crisis since records began, suddenly deflecting focus by drawing attention to The Royal Family.
It’s always a safe bet to distract media interest away from the real issues isn’t it?
The general opinion seems to be that the Act of [...]

It’s a Miracle!

Make your own Messiah pancake here