Song of ice and fire
Is Donald Trump proposing to deal with global warming by causing a nuclear winter?
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Match Play
I understand Kim Jong-un is pretty smokin\’ hot on the golf course, as we of course know that Donald is. Couldn\’t they settle whatever this thing is between them with a round of golf?
But reachable by phone
A haiku a day helps keep the anxiety doctor well away
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The Emperor’s clothes
I guess the secret of running an Empire successfully, from the Sumerians down to the Americans, has been to convince your own people that they are exceptional and superior, and convince the people of the subject nations of the same thing. Mind you, at some point, sooner or later, everyone realises that the Emperor is
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Lemon Tree very pretty
Daisy, Iris, Violet, Hazel, Ivy, Marigold, Lily, Rose, Pansy, Primrose, Hyacinth, Poppy. Whatever happened to the fashion for giving girls botanical names?
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If only…
Let me see if I have got this straight. North Korea is scared of all the other countries on the planet, and all of the other countries on the planet are scared of North Korea.
What happens in the cave, stays in the cave
If Neanderthals had been the hominid species to survive, Neanderthal scientists would be analysing their DNA to see what percentage of sapiens genes they carried, and speculating about the sexual relationship between the two groups (sex with sapiens? Ergh!)
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Writers must stop using the word must
Whenever you see an article whose headline includes the word \”must\” for some action the writer is demanding a government take, you can be certain that the action in question will not be taken.
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Dancing to the music of time
Dark matter distribution: Is it just me?
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