Happy New Year to you all.
I know it’s a bit late for this sentiment, but hey it’s my first post of 2018 and it feels like the right thing to do. So dear readers, here’s to a fun filled and prosperous year ahead.
The Good
To kick off this year’s posts, I want to share a few news pieces with you just in case you missed them. The first is about an artist whose canvasses are the backs of dirty vans.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42624178/white-vans-turned-into-muddy-masterpieces
I read this article and thought that James Gibson’s work was well worthy of a copy based endorsement on my website. James re-purposes road dirt, using carefully applied water, into creative wonders that you just have to see to believe.
The classic van graffiti clichés like “I wish my wife was this dirty”, “honk if you are horny” or “also available in white” will never pass muster again.
Since reading the BBC piece, I have found myself looking at the grubby rear end of my car and thinking that it doesn’t so much need a clean anymore, as the touch of an artist. Why waste the dirt (after all it takes weeks to acquire) on a mechanised cash wash…
…It’s my excuse and I am sticking to it!
And James, I'll look forward to hearing from you.
Next up - John’s Crazy Socks. I read a news article about this American company and was impressed enough by the business and its mode of operation to want to promote it too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42353259
Please follow the link and read the piece yourself. If you don’t feel good after reading it, you have no soul (though “no sole” would be a good pun in the context of the article).
John’s father, Mark, states "Most of us wear some sort of uniform to work - it might be a suit, it might be khakis and a polo shirt, it might be an orange jumpsuit. Yet you can wear a pair of socks and express yourself, adding some colour and flair, and you can do that for $10 or less."
He makes a good point and I totally get his sentiment. Personally, I don’t express myself with brightly coloured socks, but I do with ties and cufflinks.
I hope that John, his dad and their crazy socks show the whole corporate world just how badly out of touch it is.
There is another, better, albeit crazier, way!
From the good to the good heavens
Two pieces of news grabbed my attention yesterday. The first was the chaos in Hawaii caused by the broadcasting, in error, of an inbound ballistic missile warning. The islanders were thrown into turmoil by the thoughts of impending death and disaster. It is fascinating to read the differing ways that the populace handled the news. Some panicking and others relaxing in the knowledge there was absolutely nothing they could do if the end was coming.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42677604
If I was exposed to the stress, I like to think that I’d kick back and enjoy the few minutes of life remaining, but I am pretty certain that I’d struggle to do that.
The second piece of adrenaline fuelled news was that of the Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 skidding off the runway at Trabzon airport in Turkey. The jet ended up facing down a steep bank metres from the Black Sea.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42680238
The images are incredible but even more astonishing is the fact that nobody died. 168 passengers and crew were a whole lot closer to death than the residents of Hawaii.
I bet all the people affected by the two incidents are finding every aspect of life so much more rewarding this week.
From the good heavens to the gone to heaven
But not all avoided their appointments with the Reaper. Last week saw the death of “Fast Eddie” Clarke, the original guitarist from Motorhead.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42650076
He was only 67.
Whilst I am thinking how young he was, I ought to mention Malcolm Young of AC/DC as well. He died in November at only 64.
Both rockers lived fast and died too young.
Clarke’s demise means that all the founding members of Motorhead are now gone … and that’s a bit depressing.
Hopefully heaven awaits Fast Eddie and he can meet back up and jam with Lemmy and Philthy again.
RIP Eddie Clarke 05/10/50 – 10/01/2018
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I know it’s a bit late for this sentiment, but hey it’s my first post of 2018 and it feels like the right thing to do. So dear readers, here’s to a fun filled and prosperous year ahead.
The Good
To kick off this year’s posts, I want to share a few news pieces with you just in case you missed them. The first is about an artist whose canvasses are the backs of dirty vans.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42624178/white-vans-turned-into-muddy-masterpieces
I read this article and thought that James Gibson’s work was well worthy of a copy based endorsement on my website. James re-purposes road dirt, using carefully applied water, into creative wonders that you just have to see to believe.
The classic van graffiti clichés like “I wish my wife was this dirty”, “honk if you are horny” or “also available in white” will never pass muster again.
Since reading the BBC piece, I have found myself looking at the grubby rear end of my car and thinking that it doesn’t so much need a clean anymore, as the touch of an artist. Why waste the dirt (after all it takes weeks to acquire) on a mechanised cash wash…
…It’s my excuse and I am sticking to it!
And James, I'll look forward to hearing from you.
Next up - John’s Crazy Socks. I read a news article about this American company and was impressed enough by the business and its mode of operation to want to promote it too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42353259
Please follow the link and read the piece yourself. If you don’t feel good after reading it, you have no soul (though “no sole” would be a good pun in the context of the article).
John’s father, Mark, states "Most of us wear some sort of uniform to work - it might be a suit, it might be khakis and a polo shirt, it might be an orange jumpsuit. Yet you can wear a pair of socks and express yourself, adding some colour and flair, and you can do that for $10 or less."
He makes a good point and I totally get his sentiment. Personally, I don’t express myself with brightly coloured socks, but I do with ties and cufflinks.
I hope that John, his dad and their crazy socks show the whole corporate world just how badly out of touch it is.
There is another, better, albeit crazier, way!
From the good to the good heavens
Two pieces of news grabbed my attention yesterday. The first was the chaos in Hawaii caused by the broadcasting, in error, of an inbound ballistic missile warning. The islanders were thrown into turmoil by the thoughts of impending death and disaster. It is fascinating to read the differing ways that the populace handled the news. Some panicking and others relaxing in the knowledge there was absolutely nothing they could do if the end was coming.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42677604
If I was exposed to the stress, I like to think that I’d kick back and enjoy the few minutes of life remaining, but I am pretty certain that I’d struggle to do that.
The second piece of adrenaline fuelled news was that of the Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 skidding off the runway at Trabzon airport in Turkey. The jet ended up facing down a steep bank metres from the Black Sea.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42680238
The images are incredible but even more astonishing is the fact that nobody died. 168 passengers and crew were a whole lot closer to death than the residents of Hawaii.
I bet all the people affected by the two incidents are finding every aspect of life so much more rewarding this week.
From the good heavens to the gone to heaven
But not all avoided their appointments with the Reaper. Last week saw the death of “Fast Eddie” Clarke, the original guitarist from Motorhead.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42650076
He was only 67.
Whilst I am thinking how young he was, I ought to mention Malcolm Young of AC/DC as well. He died in November at only 64.
Both rockers lived fast and died too young.
Clarke’s demise means that all the founding members of Motorhead are now gone … and that’s a bit depressing.
Hopefully heaven awaits Fast Eddie and he can meet back up and jam with Lemmy and Philthy again.
RIP Eddie Clarke 05/10/50 – 10/01/2018
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