Tag Archive: Humour

The vagaries of our ever-evolving lexicon (i.e, language is funny)

I both love and loathe how much language has changed just since I was a kid: ‘rubber‘ meant eraser ‘ass‘ meant donkey ‘gay‘ meant happy ‘straight ‘meant linear ‘making out‘ meant ‘logical detection’… Read More

My self-publishing heebie-jeebies (and sundry)

At this point in time ladies and gents, I’m utterly and completely losing my marbles… Why am I heading down the road to the loony train you ask? Well it’s because of what… Read More

Investigative Journalism Jumps Down The Well?

How many of us have grown up with the image of a real news reporter being an interpid, tough as nails go-getter who will do whatever it takes to get the story –… Read More

Awarded by a Peer : Nothing quite like it!

A nice moment today when I checked into my blog today and discovered that the always awesome lovethebadguy had presented me with a Liebster Award which is, “essentially an Internet high-five, given with the… Read More

The true faces of politicians?

I got this in an email today and it gave me enough early-week amusement (especially in light of how world and local news has been…) that I decided to share it with you while… Read More

My New Art And First Bestseller(ish)!

[Note: Musical accompaniment for this installment is at the end, click play and read away! - Akshay] Well, it’s been a good long while but I’m trying to get back on the saddle /… Read More