Thoughts of the day.

I feel sorry for 'But' often misused, a parachute for the hypocrites. "I don't agree with Terrorists but…….." "I'm not a racist but…….." 'But' is the buck of excuses being passed. Poor But, but still, but otherwise is ok. -------------------------------------- The Caliphate, the Caliphate, a disneyland of blood and hate. --------------------------------------- 'Ex Pats' - Transgender Irish? -------------------------------------- If god exists he/she is sleeping on the job. ------------------------------------- The world definitely needs a pause button, let's take 5 and chill out, we've started taking ourselves too serious.

I went to a funeral yesterday, my neighbors mother , I'd never met her or even seen her but as a mark of solidarity in grief and support for my neighbor ,I went. A funeral is always a moment to reflect, it made me think of my own funeral whenever that will take place, I wonder how many people will be there, how many will have fond memories and how many will be there out of sympathy for the family? Not that it will influence me, I'll be dead. Death, the only thing that money,influence and importance cannot change- we all die, some of us can delay it, but in the end it happens to all of us, as someone once put it 'Death is the great equalizer'. So if it is going to happen to us all it's pointless dwelling on it, it'll be there fast enough, when? we don't know, so let's just carry on with life and try as hard as we can to enjoy these precious moments before death, life. We don't ask to be born, but it happens, then we are who we are, where we are,...

Seeing as I’m on stage a few times per week it may sound strange that I would consider myself an introvert, and yet that is how I would describe myself. I have never felt at ease in a group, even when I played football I never felt ‘part’ of the team. In a group of people I have always felt as if I was on the outside looking in never knowing how to act or what to say, and usually over compensating and being a complete idiot or bore.  Now I have resigned myself to my ‘introvert me’ and I must say it feels good. This doesn’t mean I’m a ‘loner’ or not up for meeting or working with others, it just means that I enjoy wholeheartedly the time I spend on my own and don’t feel bad about it. I try to avoid situations where I’ll we with large groups of people (except at football matches, but there is no ‘small talk’ in a buzzing stadium). There will always be (of course) the feeling of not fitting in, seeing as we live in a more and more extrovert society, where everybody is judged on...