The Influence of TV on Our Lives

If there is one invention that has been equally good and bad for society it has got to be television. “All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?” – Nicholas Johnson Commercial television broadcasting began in earnest in 1946 and it’s success has been nothing short of phenomenal. The only problem [...]

Decluttering Your Home

Clutter is one of my pet hates. Fortunately, my wife hates it too therefor most of the time the house tends to remain fairly tidy. However, if either you or your partner has a tendency to horde things then your clutter can soon get out of control. “Don’t own so much clutter that you will [...]

Best Hangover Cures

“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” – Frank Sinatra Most people like the odd alcoholic drink and most of us are guilty of occasionally having one too many. Yeah, at the time we feel great, the [...]

Visiting the Doctor

“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing” – Voltaire (1694 – 1778) In this day and age the vast majority of people are fortunate enough to enjoy relatively decent health but there comes a time [...]

The Importance of Education

The Importance of Education “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” – H. G. Wells (1866 – 1946) I first came across the above quotation about ten years ago when I read a book on prophets, the quote has stuck with me over the years but I must admit I [...]

The Joys of Supermarket Shopping

Come on admit it, we all love supermarkets?!? Struggling to find a parking space, all the people, negotiating our trolleys up and down the aisles, trainee checkout staff. It’s blissfull. We’ve not tried doing the food shop on line yet but I don’t like waiting in for people and I’ve never really fancied the idea [...]

Why do People Gossip?

  Everyone loves a scandal, none of us like to admit it but who could honestly say they have never gossiped about anyone? People have gossiped since the birth of mankind, there is obviously something very addictive about it, it’s ingrained in our psyche and although it is wrong and often unfair people we will [...]

Using All of Our Senses

The five senses; Taste, Touch, Site, Sound and Smell are undoubtedly the greatest gifs we will ever receive but how many of us can honestly say that we make the most of all of our senses? Most of us live our lives, at least to some degree on auto pilot, the days turn into weeks, [...]

Why Are We so Obsessed With the Weather?

Like it or not we are all obsessed with the weather. Granted, us Brits are more obsessed than most but our excuse is our climate is probably the most miserable. The weather does affect each and everyone of us though and it affects virtually everything we do. information on the weather is available in every [...]

I Can’t Sleep For the Cats

Man befriended the cat many centuries ago. Initially it was because they were skilled at hunting rodents but down the years the bond between humans and felines has become stronger. They make ideal pets because they are relatively low-maintenance. “When I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not passing time [...]