The Plastic Mancunian

2013 is almost over and it has become a tradition to dust off an old meme that summarises the previous year. Please feel free to steal...

Some people think that I am a grumpy old man and there is evidence that supports that fact.  I have a tendency to moan about certa...

The fourth part of my mini-series on the meaning of life was going to cover happiness, leaving death until the end. However, Christmas ...

Some people work to live; others live to work. I am definitely in the “work to live” camp for the simple reason that to me, work is m...

First marriage – then kids. This seems to be another rule that is self-imposed upon the human race. “So when are you gonna have kid...

I’ve recently been watching a TV show featuring the strange outlook on life of Karl Pilkington a fellow Mancunian championed by Ricky Ge...

This post needs a soundtrack so please press play on the following You Tube link. I am not a big fan of seaweed – I may hav...