Flights of the butterfly

  • Teenagers

    Yesterday was amazing. I woke up in the morning and thought “What’s the point? Why bother?” I pulled the duvet over my head and lay there. I suddenly realised I had discovered the Secret of Eternal Life. I was a Teenager again!

  • HS2, The Wonderful Railway to Nowhere

    There is a lot of kerfuffle going on as TDATS finally realise what a mess this is. To fully understand what is happening, I am afraid we need to be serious and even do a little history. So, if you want fluffy kittens, look elsewhere. Steam engines started being used in 1712. They were static…

  • HS2 – Full Project Specification

    I came across this above-top-secret document in my researches. (actually, I didn’t, but either it does or it should exist somewhere) HS2 The Hideously Superfluous railway. Synopsis: The purpose of this project is to develop a modern, high-speed system for transporting large amounts of cash from the public purse into the already bulging wallets of:…

  • I don’t understand Women

    I have said before that men cannot understand women. And I got some pretty rude remarks about that. So, in order that I may understand women, please explain to me what it is like to build an entire brand-new human being inside your body. To nourish, protect, nurture, and support that person for nine months,…

  • Not a Butterfly

    This beautiful creature is not a butterfly. It’s a seed pod.

  • My Ship

    I was given a wooden model ship construction kit for Christmas, it was very nice: But I never saw a sailing ship that looked like this: So I made this instead: I  think it looks better like this. I could go on about how I did it, but I doubt anyone is really interested.

  • STEWART

    Once upon a time there was a kid called Stewart: He tried a fiew looks: But, he was a bit of a piggy: Until he became king of Whereamia: But food remained a problem: Frequently necessitating the Order of the Bath: Unitl, one day, he got a New Look: Because he had met a lady:…

  • The Lonely Queen

    This is The Lonely Queen: I see her on my walk most mornings, standing tall, elegant, and solitary against the sky. She has seen years. She has seen hardship. Some of her limbs were cut away long ago and the scars have healed. I do not know how many centuries she has stood there. There…

  • When Life Gives you Lemons

  • A PRAYER

    Lord, preserve me from The Righteous. Let’s have some decadence and depravity round here. The world was never saved by po faced saints, it’s the sinners who do the good shit. They are the ones who live in the stuff, and when the time comes, and it’s the right time, it’s they who know how…