Month: May 2020

  • Can You Stop the Rain?

    I love soul music. For me, it is the genre that contains some of the best voices, musical arrangements and lyrics in the whole of music. I mean look at this fine example from one of my favourite soul singers, Peabo Bryson. Peabo has a great voice, and I am not aware of any track…

  • The Karate Kid 2010 Review

    Its been almost 10 years since I eagerly sat down to watch the latest version of The Karate Kid. Like a huge amount of people, I have a fondness for the original Karate Kid (I haven’t actually ever seen the sequels!) And also like a lot of people I love a good karate movie. It…

  • Pac-Man hits the 4-0

    Thanks to a Man and His Pizza. Toru Iwatani is a game developer, who like many of us, likes a pizza now and again. But unlike quite so many of us, his pizza-eating inspired a video game! A video game that is now one considered one of the all-time greats, no less! Working for Namco,…

  • In the Right Moment

    Do you ever have something occur, that just seems to happen at the exact right moment? Sometimes it can feel like you really need something to happen and it’s just not coming. Perhaps it could be said that sometimes you need something to happen and you don’t even realise it! And sometimes things come unexpectantly,…

  • Soaps in Lockdown

    My first thought when lockdown began was how will they continue to film all our favourite TV shows, when all the actors, like the rest of us, are unable to leave their homes unless it’s to do essential shopping or exercise? Well, okay, maybe it wasn’t my first thought, but it was one that crossed my mind.…

  • The New Dreaming

    Over the last few weeks, I have seen an increasing amount of people online mention how their dreams have become different from what they have been used to. I can concur the same thing has happened to me. The dreams have had a different feel, and although this has calmed down a bit more lately,…