Friday 27 October 2023

Global warming won't kill us off; global whining will.

Global warming won't kill us off; global whining will.

There are people seeking out new worlds, and there are people seeking to make our current world a better place. Both are doing right. 

So go on Elon, let's do this: I'll fight Cohaagen for you. Mars or bust! 🤘🖖

Climate change is inevitable, and none of it is anthropogenic. It's a hill I'm okay to die on. Wanna argue? I'm game. Just BYOKleenex. It won't end well.

As for plastic and such, I agree. We waste more than we consume. We are filthy and messy. Dirty streets, lawns cluttered with plastic bags and broken plastic clothes' pegs, clogged drains, fish choking in the sea and rivers, the oceans throwing up our waste it can't digest onto what used to be pristine beaches - you get the gist. We're collectively the butt-scratching, bogey-flicking, flea-invested stereotypical bums. That's all we need to change.

And carbon-di-oxide? Some more of it will be welcome. The dominant life form on the planet, on which we depend for our sustenance will be grateful for it:

Plants, trees, grass, bamboo, plankton, cacti, wheat, rice, NEED CO².

No plants, no carbs, no plants, no livestock, no plants, no chicken. No plants, no furniture, no doors, no windows, unless you use PVC, which the disciples of St Greta of Thunberg are so against the production of. Not so much the usage, just the production.

And finally, no plants, no bacon. That for me, is the final straw.

Sunday 27 August 2023

Notice me


Lately I've been noticing,
I'm always bringing winter's spring
I'm always here to summon warmth
To hearts grown cold with frigid sting
I turn grey skies to blue
So no-one thinks that I am blue
It's like they've forgotten that I am a human
With more emotions that I know to do with
I've got no-one to spew them to
Or at least that's how it feels like sometimes
Who knows if it's the truth, but
Lately, I've been noticing
I'll light the paths before their feet
I'll let the shadows fall on me
It it only means that they can see
And this is who I want to be
Be there for anyone in need, but
Often times, I'm just a stepping-stone
When they find out where they're going
Their destination isn't me.
 
So, it feels like their life's on been on a lock
And I'm just the key, but
I'm here for myself at the end of the day
I've had to adapt to be this way
I need validation too, but
I'll have to be the one to say
That regardless of what life has in store
I'll always be okay
I'll always choose to see the rainbows bend
Even when I'm dripping, drenched in rain
I'll always look up to admire the stars
And learn them all by name
And I'll know that someone's looking down
And wants to know me, just the same
And knowing this, is comforting, because
Lately I've been noticing
No one seems to notice me.
 
Notice me.


~ Ellen Everett

Sunday 20 August 2023

The Lionesses

I'm not a football fan. Never have been. I see it like I see the WWE - staged. There's way too much money in it for it not to be. My eyes glaze over and my head looks for a different kind of Zen-Zone when people start talking about their favourite clubs and who 'bought' who and for how much. I just don't care. Football bores me.

That said, I watched the Lionesses play today. I watched them lose, and I saw their sullen, teary faces after the game. From where I'm looking, these girls did good. I am hugely proud of them. That's my team, that's my club. From now on, I will follow nothing else but the England Women's Squad.

It's a natural fit. They're Lionesses. 

And my name is Singh.