Category Archives: fun

The Pun

Posted on 26/06/2020 by

The pun is the highest form of wit. It takes intelligence, doesn’t it? The twisting of words is from the left brain, It is rational and very sane. But creativity is from the right, Intuitively so very light. Now, just … Continue reading →

Posted in fun, poetry | 2 Comments

The 2020 awards for the very worst people of coronavirus

Posted on 24/04/2020 by

Van Badham has proven herself a genius in sarcasm combined with factual accuracy. You just have to read her brilliant assessment of the worst idiots of the planet. But also, many of them are in fact murderers. May they — … Continue reading →

Posted in fun, Health, politics

Featured on popular blog

Posted on 17/04/2020 by

For quite some time, I have enjoyed posts on the Luck-It Network, which has a versatile, interesting set of posts. It is run by Sara, a lady in Singapore. She has interviewed me on three different topics. The first one … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, fun, Guest posts, Interviews of me, philosophy, writing

How to Serve Your Fellow Man

Posted on 04/04/2020 by

A humorous story to take you a little aback, by Don Lubov The virus had the entire community quarantined for so long, relationships were strained, to say the least. Couples married for 50 years and more were finding out that … Continue reading →

Posted in fun, stories | 2 Comments

What draws you into a story?

Posted on 10/03/2020 by

I wish I didn’t have quite such a quirky a mind. My immediate reaction is a cartoonist, drawing a funny-looking Bob. This Bob is resisting with all his strength, but has no hope. A rope around his neck is inexorably … Continue reading →

Posted in fun, Rhobin's round robin, writing | 17 Comments

Does bike riding have a carbon footprint?

Posted on 07/02/2020 by

I enjoy Lloyd Alter’s writing. It’s a combination of understated humour and serious environmental action. Here, he examines a claim that bike riding does have a carbon footprint. My immediate thought was, the extra food the rider burns up is … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, fun, technology | 1 Comment

The Australian government’s fire season preparation

Posted on 14/01/2020 by

This statue is the work of Maria Miesenberger, Human Ostrich Mänsklig struts, in Borås, Sweden. It was posted at Quora by Thies Schaper.

Posted in Climate change, environment, fun, politics

Award the Rubber Dodo before January 15

Posted on 11/01/2020 by

The Center for Biological Diversity is awarding its annual Rubber Dodo to the person who has done the most in the past year to harm the precious life of our planet. You will find the four contenders for villainy listed … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, fun | 2 Comments

A picture says it all

Posted on 23/12/2019 by
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A fun writing collaboration

Posted on 06/11/2019 by

Peter Mosey sent out a call: he asked for other writers to provide a brief poem or tract of prose, which he would then continue. I took him up on it, and got my Black Breasted Quail to fly to … Continue reading →

Posted in fun, writing