I'm on strike!!!

I have desided to go on strike. This desision has not been easy for me, but I have litrally no alternative. Please do not fret. It is just something I must do to save the planet.

Let's all Give Up The Internet. I know I did.

It's Super Tuesday!

I always call Tuesdays super, because it's the first day of the week (after Sunday and Monday) that contains the letters d, a, and y.

Often mispronounced chews-day, it is in fact Tyooz-day (as in 'Tyooz a pencil when you have a pen would be stupid')

Other interesting facts about Tuesday:

1) It is the only day in the week that begins with T (apart from Thursday)
2) It precedes Saturday by three days
3) It is the Christian name of the late former wife of the late former Dudley Moore*
4) It is named after Shrove Tuesday, when Jesus baked pancakes for the nicest of his disciples (unfortunately, there were no lemons in far off days, because Herod had banned them)


*Tuesday Weld

Haiku du Jour

Recession confession:
I yearn
To earn. Yet...
Am I free
If paid a fee?

(inspired by a pensee d'Alan de Button)

Phew! Where did I go???

Hello, fans! It's me - Shaun! Guess what! I've decided to become a PHOLISIPHER! Like my all time hero, Alan de Button! What a great name, eh? I wonder - should I also call myself something mysterious? How about Shaooon de Spok? I mean, I do want to be taken seriously after all, and a poncy name helps (apparently). Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and let you all know I've not been ill or lazy, just caught up in my theatrical duties for the last 2 years (you know, getting real by signing on and discovering its not all first nights and rapturous applause).

I'll have a good think soon and be offering up my thoughts and musings here. I know it's got to be deep, so it'll probably be something like this:

In an era of continuous change, the wise man pauses... ...and only then moves on. The challenge is in the pause, not the moving on(ness).

Here is another pholisipher, the great Prof. Wensleydale Smith MFI of Frinton University, discussing the perils of language, arguabably the lingua franca de nos jours:

Until next time, quod erat demonstrandum!