The power in this country is concentrated within a couple of square miles centred on the Houses of Parliment. Politicians, civil servants, business, media people, banks etc all have their offices in this area. Deals are done openly, but many more are done in private and are often not formal deals, but understandings. So the top civil servant, Continue Reading

I've been changing the setting on the Odtaa files. The changes just weren't happening. Swear, swear, swear. Spent a couple of hours changing file permissions, reinstalling the theme, checking my other sites seeing if they had the same problem - they didn't. Curse, curse, curse. Changed browsers. No, No, No Then I realised I'd installed Continue Reading

You can see right through this   missing the bottom line   The worrying thing is that I'm not sure if this headline is a spoof or not   Live the dream Continue Reading

I went to see my friend Dave last night. The conservation went: I think I want to take a course.. but I'm not sure.. or where to take... easy - I said - A Decision Making Course. Continue Reading

Dear Mr. Darling, Please find below my suggestion for fixing Britain ’s economy. Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: There are about 20 million people over 50 in the work force. – Pay them £1 Continue Reading

Now doesn't this express the true nature of the British. I highly organised beach party among the grime and traffic of Stockwll, south London. Sometimes known as St Ockwell. The Parisans may have Seine beach and in Berlin they have their artificial beach complex - but this is a guerilla beach party. From Guido Fawke's Friday Caption Competition Continue Reading

Just looking through my photos I came across this one I like of a boozy snowman. I was taken by the riverside at Twickenham. Continue Reading

Scary Eye (Free gift from Glasses Direct) Me in Richmond Park Me drinking tea in Kingston Continue Reading

My local library has just published a book of poems by local talented people. However, standards are dropping as they published mine. One I wrote a sausage I thought it was a book I not a very good write and a really lousy cook Now could Wordsworth had written a poen like that? Continue Reading

I've just personalise my Facebook site. So I am now http://facebook.com/odtaa instead of facebook.com/3845874747 All you need to do is goto http://facebook.com/personalize (note American spelling) Promote yourself get personal. Continue Reading