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• Take Me Out Girls 2015 – Season Seven

  

  So here I am once more. I have just collated all the profiles and photos for the flirty thirty as the seventh season of Take Me Out gets under way on Saturday... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On What Men Should Wear on a First Date…

  Well people of the internet, it has been a while since I’ve written any dating advice and I mean in all seriousness, who wouldn’t want to read dating advice fro... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On UKIP MP Douglas Carswell’s ‘clever’ Editing Behaviour on Twitter…

  

  So just a quickie but it sums up why I get pissed off at politicians and particularly UKIP.Douglas Carswell tweeted the following earlier today (it got RT into... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Ending of The Newsroom…

  Oh man. A show with so much promise, some first rate actors, some interesting characters and a star writer, how on Earth could it end so limply? Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Anglia Engineering Solutions Ltd Spam Trojan Virus Warning

  This morning I received the e-mail below. Straight away I knew it was a virus of some sort but some googling has shown that by opening the file attached to the... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• How Green is Your Local Council? All 352 Councils Are Ranked

  The website biggreen.co.uk today published the results from a national environmentally-conscious recycling and waste manage company who reviewed all the local... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Reminiscing About My School Cricket Days…

  So last night I was in bed watching an episode of Bad Education, as you do, and the episode was about the school football team and it got me thinking about the... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Banning of Certain Sex Acts in UK Pornography…

  Oh boy. Where do I start? Some of you will no doubt have read the story in the Independent today where it lists the new sexual acts that are banned in UK... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Looking at the Rise of Online Activity in Our Lives…

  Every so often we collaborate with partners on articles and today is one of those occasions. Here is a piece about the modern day world and how the internet... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On My Top Ten Masterchef Australia Contestants…

  So season six is in the can for the UK audience after Brent lifted the trophy last Friday night. It was a welcome return for the show after a rather... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the UKIP Civil War in Southend…

  What do you get when you have a well known local political face gets beaten in an internal vote by a man who no-one has heard of and is clearly playing at... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Having a Type INTJ Personality…

  So today out of curiosity I decided to take the Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test that was laid out by Carl G. Jung’s theory of psychological types. It came out... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Norman Baker and a Sensible Discussion on Drugs

  I suppose I should open this blog post with posting my personal knowledge on drugs. I have never taken them, no politicians answer of ‘I had a toke once but I... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Falling out of Love with Football…

  Someone said to me the other day when I wasn’t watching a football match that usually I’d have on my TV that I’d have been watching it if they were trying to... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• It is Time for the Lib Dems to Be Truly Radical on Education

  Nick Clegg has spoken today about how too much teacher time is taken up with box ticking and paperwork, which is pretty fair but he doesn’t speak about just wha... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Nigel Farage Disgusting Comments on HIV and My Views of Sex Education

  Folks. Sometimes I wonder why I am involved and interested in politics. My political views are well known and the term, ‘bleeding heart liberal’ has been... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• A Less Serious Blog – a Word Or Two About My Bed

  

  Last night I was sitting in this very seat and I commented in an IM that I was really looking forward to stretching out in bed when Peyton Manning was finished... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why Am I Passionate About? This Blog Goes Weird and Deep…

  Last night I was asked a question that I struggled to answer, the question was, ‘what are you passionate about?’ and beyond the obvious of certain sporting... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why I Felt I Had to Leave Hospital Radio After Eight Years…

  I want to start with an overview of doing voluntary work. When you give up your time for free to give something back, you do so because you enjoy it and not... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Fan is Short for Fanatic – We Should Remember That

  fan (noun) — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc. (origin: 1885-90, Americanism; short for fanatic or, some say,... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY