Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Tuesday, 14th May 2024. I awake. It is less than a week to my sixty-fifth birthday. How do I feel about being 65? Health wise [cancer]? About life in general [the state of our fucked up world]? Being 65Continue reading “Sixty-five”
Author Archives: Riff
UTFT
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. As a long suffering Evertonian [Blue], with a close friendship group of, largely, Liverpudlians [Red] I have had to endure decades of ridicule and negative banter. I have earned the right to enjoy a moment of ‘banter’ in return,Continue reading “UTFT”
Record Profits – I thought we were in Recession?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Every time I receive yet another bill there is an increase? Food, energy, insurance (house, car, holiday), Council Rates, literally EVERYTHING! Seemingly never-ending? However, simultaneously, every time I look I see announcements of ‘Record Profits’ for ALL those industriesContinue reading “Record Profits – I thought we were in Recession?”
Corrupt Premier League
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. A mate, a keen football fan (not a Blue), commented on my recent FB post in regards to a potential third points deduction for EFC. He said what he believed to be a valid point, ‘If they [EFC] knewContinue reading “Corrupt Premier League”
2024 ARMED CONFLICTS
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. MIDDLE EAST More than 45 armed conflicts are currently taking place throughout the Middle East and North Africa in the following territories: Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Yemen and Western Sahara. The majority are non-internationalContinue reading “2024 ARMED CONFLICTS”
1 in 2
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 1 in 2 – not great odds? An ‘average’ family of four, two adults, two children? Two from four will contract cancer within their lifetime. That phone call, that conversation. As a parent, the most horrific, devastating news youContinue reading “1 in 2”
Energy Debt
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Every three months The UK’s energy regulator [Ofgem] review and set a level on how much energy suppliers can charge for each unit of energy. From 1 April to 30 June 2024 the price for energy a ‘typical household’Continue reading “Energy Debt”
TAX
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Not one of these taxes [below] existed 100 years ago, & our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world… We had absolutely no national debt, had a huge manufacturing base, and ‘Mum’ stayed home to raiseContinue reading “TAX”
‘Popular Conservatism’
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Where I come from there is no such thing as a ‘Popular Conservative’. I started to hate them during the 80’s, the Thatcher years. I despised ALL ‘Tories’ with every fibre of my human being. I really didn’t thinkContinue reading “‘Popular Conservatism’”
Glastonbury in the Sun
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Many of us are creatures of habit, routine, more so the older we get? I have just watched the BBC Sunday Politics show, Laura ‘Cunts’berge. Same old same old with the same old same old cast confirming what IContinue reading “Glastonbury in the Sun”
Dying to Live 