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Paul Gascoigne
I can't help wondering when the day will arrive when I wake up to the news that Paul Gascoigne is dead, gone, goodbye, for keeps, forever. The self-righteous who have never had or witnessed others with mental health or addiction issues will say that Gascoigne has merely reaped what he has sewn after a chaotic life of alcohol dependancy, depression and low self-esteem; I see it differently than that, shame on me I suppose. Gazza is the same ...
A War on the Rich or the Poor?
The hilarious sight of footballer, Peter Odemwingie getting turned away from the gates of QPR last night, was a classic example of the unsavoury nature of a sport that was once known as the beautiful game. It was also timed perfectly for David Beckham's golden balls to shine even brighter after he donated his £150k a week contract salary to a Parisian children's charity. Whilst Beckham should be commended for giving money to charity (a total ...
Dinner With Dave!
About a year ago I had a semi-drunken conversation with my friend Nick, who lives in Broughton, about who we would choose to have dinner with from the last century. I think I came up with Joe Strummer and I 'm pretty sure Nick decided on Adolf Hitler. Not, he claimed, because he had Nazi tendencies but out of sheer curiosity of how the mind of a dictator operated. Anyway, I have changed my mind now, as I want to have dinner with Dave, the ...
Christmas Lag Dissipates
For those of you who are regular readers of my blog posts, I would like to confirm that I am not dead, at least not yet anyway. The fact is that this week, I have been trying to readjust my body clock to a sensible time and it is with some relief that last light I went to bed at 11.30 and slept through until 6.30 this morning; that is bordering on normality! There are varying reasons for these fitful nights, including a heating system that ...
The Campaign For better Health Continues
My campaign to be healthy in 2013 reached day four today, something which, if I am not mistaken, must be a new personal best. As a bonus, after successive work outs at the gymnasium and a long walk along the seafront at Keyhaven and Milford yesterday, I was lucky enough to bump into my old cricket buddy Andy "Rowlers" Rowley who challenged me to a game of badminton this lunchtime. Andy was given a month’s membership of the gym where I am a ...