Flights of the butterfly

  • So, where have I been

    I have not posted for some time. I am struggling with back pain and arthritis in the right knee. If you feel sympathetic, thanks, but forget it. The summary of most healthcare opinions of this boil down to Sukkitupbitch. A sentiment with which I heartily concur. The treatments that are available seem to me to…

  • Miracle in the Carpark

    Our local supermarket carpark is a holy place where miracles happen on a regular basis. There is a row of parking spaces reserved for disabled parking. Yesterday, when I arrived and was walking across to the store entrance, at least three cars appeared and parked in the appropriate disabled bays. And behold, when the drivers…

  • Cigarettes and Fatties

    OK, you Wokies. Time to wake up and be Woooke in a useful way. The UK Government has announced it will be putting cigarette cards into packs of cigarettes with information to discourage smokers and advise on ways to kick the habit. This is getting perilously close to an infringement of my human right to…

  • AI and Babies

    I am told that AI is developing at an astonishing rate and will soon threaten all humanity. First, if AI is truly developing as well as accelerating, then by the time it is in a position to exterminate us it will have realised that exterminating any species has never been a good idea and will…

  • Why is my spine bent?

    Why is my spine bent? Why is it an “S” shape and not a straight column? I was going to put in a load of pretty diagrams, but, frankly, my graphics package is pants. So, you will need to follow the words. Or join the D and the S and watch Netflix. Well, there are…

  • The hagiography of the Sacred Cow

    In the fourteenth century, the Black Death swept through Europe, wiping out a significant proportion of the population. Entire villages disappeared, their history and their future stopped dead, literally, by the plague. As a result of this drastic loss of population, there was an obvious loss of the workforce. Serfs who had been tied to…