I think going clothes shopping is one of my most difficult assignments, especially when it comes to T-shirts. Seinfeld does a bit about how, at a certain age, men just get bored or nonplussed with the whole charade and decide,…
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Persuasion (1817) – Part 1 – The Navy (Jane Austen)
Welcome again to my Wednesday literature segment. Today I feature various short excerpts from English writer Jane Austen’s book Persuasion, a novel I just finished this morning and, with some regret, I must admit, since the protagonist Anne Elliot was…
2/02/26 – 8/02/26 – Mavis Staples, Dostoevsky & Analogue Mind
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Mavis Staples Triumphs with Double Win at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards – Music article by Timothy Yap at Jubilee Street To be honest,…
Tagged with: documentary, ernest hemingway, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Generation X, grammys, mavis staples, sad and beautiful world, social media
Posted in Music, News, Reflections
Posted in Music, News, Reflections
29/12/25 – 4/01/26 – Venezuela, Sobriety and The Odyssey
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. It’s an honour to share these topics with you at the commencement of what I hope turns out to be a fantastic 2026 for…
Tagged with: Alcoholism, Anthony hopkins, Homer, Maduro, Niall Ferguson, sobriety, the free press, the gentle chapter, The odyssey, venezuela
Posted in News, politics, Reading, Reflections
Posted in News, politics, Reading, Reflections
29/9/25 – 5/10/25 – Rules, Palestinians & Impressions
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Rules to Live in HarmonyEl Cedro Group and Alcoholics Anonymous On my way to the gym in the mornings, I read the daily Thought,…
Tagged with: 7 October 2023, Alcoholics Anonymous, conan, conman, hamas, Israel, middle east, palestine, rules for living in harmony, Sir Niall Ferguson, Tig Notaro
Posted in Movies and TV, News, politics, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, News, politics, Reflections
For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Sheena Easton
I took a nostalgia trip last night and revisited Live and Let Die – a James Bond movie I hadn’t seen in decades but was fond of as a child. Roger Moore was the Bond of my generation, so his…
6/1/25 – 12/1/25 – 85, Religion & Lynyrd Skynyrd
Welcome to my first Monday’s News on the March for 2025 – The week that was in my digital world. 85Reflection post at Britta’s Blog – Letters From Scotland My family ancestry partly traces back to Scotland, which has always…
Tagged with: 85, Alex O’Connor, allman brothers, ben Shapiro, Britta’s Blog – Letters from Scotland, Lynyrd Skynyrd, religion, scotland, southern rock, southern rock.
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reflections
The Small One – A Christmas Story by Charles Tazewell (Narrated by Bing Crosby)
Happy Christmas all! It has become a Christmas Day ‘festive tradition’ at Observation Blogger to present the story called The Small One. It is about a young boy living in ancient Israel who must part with his beloved, ageing donkey,…
7/10 – 13/10/24 – Plato, P Diddy, Asteroid & Communism
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Plato’s Philosophy – From Socrates to Sartre (1978)Video presentation at Philosophy Overdose I was fascinated listening to this powerhouse of a presentation. I will…
Tagged with: asteroid, BBC news, Communism, Dinosaurs, Giles Udy, P Diddy, plato, soft white underbelly, tanea, Thelma Z. Lavine, Triggernometry
Posted in News, politics, Reflections, Science
Posted in News, politics, Reflections, Science
I Try To Act as if God Exists – Jordan Peterson
It’s Good Sunday. I have followed Jordan Peterson since the 2017 university fall-out and posted a lot about him. I like this video like I do the previous one from Ben Shapiro. He doesn’t seem like a false prophet nor…
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