It’s the Final Countdown

It wouldn’t be like me to eschew a sensitive subject for fear of potentially upsetting anybody. Obviously. With that understanding…

Where Is Everybody?

I’ve borrowed my title from the words famously uttered by the great Italian physicist Enrico Fermi with reference to a…

“I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.” (Sylvia Earle)…

Ahem… I did it again. Once again I find myself in the need to warn my reader that I’ve come…

“Blessed is the man who is not looking for a soft snap, for he is the only one who shall…

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.” (Daniel J. Boorstin) As…

My dear Watson, you haven’t learnt anything, have you? You misstepped, halfheartedly apologised, and now you’re back as much of…

I must write down a note about this because it has a special meaning to me, though not necessarily to…

Quick note to myself for future reference. Here follow some of the hard facts learned on the field about Hungary…

1) I find Nutella disgusting, 2) I cannot put on weight if I try, 3) I don’t drink, smoke or…

Getting out of yet another grocery store, my mouth still visibly twitched in a spasm of disgust, I take a…

By David Spear If, like me, you are an avid follower of TED talks, you’ll probably know that the…

“Married men live longer than unmarried men, but desire to die a lot sooner.” (Johnny Carson) Plain and simple, married…

By David Spear Far from being the sensible man I long to be, and only concern myself with what…