Monthly Archives: October 2021

Back to work blues

Posted in Humour | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Gambling as an Investment Option

Combining ‘Gambling’ and ‘Investment’ appears to be bizarre. After all, gambling involves unpredictable risk and the loss of all of your capital in one fell swoop. Investment, on the other hand, breathes the heady air of prudence and safety. This … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, statistics | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Greek Joke: 2015

Question: What does a Greek civil servant say when he gets his salary? Answer: Danke schön

Posted in Economics, Humour, Politics | Tagged | Leave a comment

Book Reviews: Peter James ~ Find them dead (2020) and Peter James ~ Left you dead (2021)

Peter James is a prolific author indeed he’s a book-a-year man. His creation is Detective Inspector Roy Grace who’s now a Superintendent and is angling to be a Chief Superintendent. Grace has been transformed into a careerist. The first book … Continue reading

Posted in Literature, Review | Tagged , | Leave a comment

For: Wayne Lapierre and his gun loving friends

Wayne Lapierre is the CEO of the NRA, which promotes gun ownership in the USA. This is Lapierre explaining why school teachers should be armed. It was given immediately after a school massacre. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/nra-backs-trumps-call-for-arming-teachers-schools-must-be-the-most-hardened-targets

Posted in education, Politics | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Home Education anyone?

Posted in education, Humour, photography | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Black Lives Matter: Miles Davis 1959: New York City

Background Miles Davis was a jazz superstar. In this encounter, with a red neck policeman in New York City, it made no difference. All that mattered was white supremacy and the power of the badge. The officer wasn’t sacked for … Continue reading

Posted in Autobiography, History, Literature, photography, Politics | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

The Philosopher and the Chair

A philosophy professor entered his lecture theatre and put a chair on the desk. He then asked his students to prove the chair didn’t exist.The students settled to the task except for one. He spent a few seconds writing his … Continue reading

Posted in education, Humour, Philosophy | Tagged | Leave a comment

A Good Nazi: Denmark 1943

On September 28, 1943, a high-level Nazi attaché serving in Copenhagen, Denmark wrote these words in his diary as he made the boldest decision of his entire life. Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz had served the Third Reich in its occupation of … Continue reading

Posted in History, Politics, War | Tagged , , | Leave a comment