It’s time for me to leave this blog behind and move on to other things.
To those people who sent me kind thoughts and supportive messages, I appreciate that you took the time - it’s been a lot of fun - thank you and best wishes - Gill.
1 year ago • 1 note
Very well said geekhideout!
I’ll even forgive you for being an Aussie.
2 years ago • 34 notesand 90% of them are complete fucknuckles! The other 10% are not complete YET! (By the way.. I’m male, admittedly I’m also Australian)
Marie Helvin, hot model of the seventies; as she was then and is she is now, aged 57.
Thanks to Wayne for reminding me of her.
2 years ago • 3 notes
I recently picked a new doctor. After two visits and exhaustive Lab tests, he said I was doing ‘fairly well’ for my age [I just turned 60].
A little concerned about his comment, I couldn’t resist asking him, ‘Do you think I’ll live to be 80?’
He asked me, ‘Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer or wine?’ ‘Oh no,’ I replied. ‘And I’m not doing any drugs, either!’
Then he asked, ‘Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?
’ ‘Not much’ I replied. ‘My former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!’
‘Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?’
‘No, I avoid the sun as much as possible,’ I replied.
He asked, ‘Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?’ ‘No,’ I replied. ‘I’m being extremely careful.’
He looked at me and asked, ‘Then why do you even give a shit?’
From here:
http://wakeuptiger.blogspot.com/
2 years ago • 15 notes
It could have been any of the popular media, world-wide, talking about any celebrity, it just happens that I saw this on the front page of yahoo today:
“J Lo’s fashion disaster. The typically glamorous superstar’s bizarre, unflattering pants make for a style fiasco.”
At first sight, all it said to me was that the person who wrote it must have very low self-esteem, so much so that their only recourse is to trash other people. But thinking for a few seconds longer, and understanding the deviant minds of media people, it was more likely to be aimed at appealing to the untold millions who suffer with low self-esteem. Perhaps it is comforting for them to know that even the beautiful people are not always so beautiful. The questions are: does comfort solve the low self-esteem problem or just prolong it, and in whose interest is it to prolong it?
2 years ago • 1 note
It’s Wednesday. Despite it being over half a century ago that I was at school, I still associate Wednesday with sports afternoon. It was something I always enjoyed, and I still do - only the games have been changed.
2 years ago • 77 notes
