Tag Archives: Kingsley

Television/The Strokes

May 1, 2020Aneurysms, Coronavirus, Current Affairs, Healthcare, Politics, Pop Music, StrokeBoris Johnson, Coronavirus, Derek Raymond, Gallon Drunk, Gil Scott-Heron, Kingsley, New York, The Simpsonsricky

You know, I was just going to do one more post about COVID-19 and then move on. Something technical about its link to strokes.

Partly because, Do you want to read another hot take on the Coronavirus? Partly because I’m so angry about what’s going on, I figured if I did yet another one after a few more days had passed, I’d probably bust one of my brain aneurysms.

Then Boris Johnson did his thing on the telly.

Good of Johnson to give us a sense of normality by getting back in front of a camera and immediately lying as comfortably as he breathes. (More comfortably, in this case.) https://t.co/sZ5w7KwMjl
— Ricky Monahan Brown (@ricky_ballboy) May 1, 2020

[Usually I’d suggest that you check out the Apoplexy Tiny Letter for some light relief, but…]

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A Ray of Sunshine

March 28, 2017EU Referendum, Football, Healthcare, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Referendum, ScienceBrexit, Coldplay, football, Kingsleyricky

It has never been hard to tell the difference between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine, PG Wodehouse once wrote. And today, as the Scottish Parliament debates the merits of approaching Westminster regarding another Independence referendum and just under half of the MSPs grumble about the Scottish Government manufacturing grievances, maybe it’s time to change the stereotype?

"Is it no, aye?" — (A) A Scotsman, (B) a ray of sunshine, (C) the mighty Kingsley, or (D) all of the above?

[For more sugar, spice, and nice things, check out the Apoplexy Tiny Letter]

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Tag Archives: Kingsley

Television/The Strokes

A Ray of Sunshine