Category: Blog

Sorry for being controversial but the Pope is coming and it has annoyed me. If you are Catholic please ‘turn the other cheek’ and forgive me. There aren’t many left … Read More

Pretty topical stuff here at the wordofword. Fairly surprising too, if you knew me. Generally speaking, I couldn’t give the tiniest shit about football. Especially the premiership where individual games … Read More

So another nutjob has gone mental and killed a load of innocent people because of their massive inadequacies. This time it isn’t some whingeing goth teen or surviva-mental-ist, it’s a … Read More

I was a bit worried about commenting on the situation in Thailand, in particular Bangkok. Although I lived there for two years and worked as a journalist, I mainly did … Read More

Well, as promised, here are some guys walking on water. Well, running to be precise. This is an awesome vid. How cool is that? Apparently it’s a new craze that … Read More

We humans have just created life. Not in the get-drunk-can’t find-condoms-should-be-ok-9-months-of-massive-discomfort-followed-by-a-few-hours-of-agony-and-there’s-a-baby traditionalist way. That way sucks. Except the first ten minutes or so. Nope, we’ve created a blue bacterium that … Read More

I saw this in the paper and thought it was worth a brief comment because it made me laugh on the tube. A guy has been arrested for having kiddie … Read More

If you are a puerile and easily amused politician (like I’d be), then you’ll probably be happy to be in the current situation and being in a ‘hung parliament’. I’d … Read More

I find politics about as interesting as I find accounting or different species of slug or anything to do with finance. I know I should care more as democracy is … Read More

Unlike lots of other countries we’ve annoyed, we British have never actively pissed off Iceland as far as I’m aware. It’s colder and further north for a start. The thing … Read More

All the stress of not working much and lolling around on the couch proved to be too much so my wife and I headed to Cornwall. Real Ale and pasties … Read More

Only 14,000 people have died from the swine flu. In the world! Normal flu kills 12,000 a year in Britain alone. More people die on the toilet from straining too … Read More