Arcane on Netflix

 I feel like Jinx

Publicity costs

Yeah, Jinks and I have a lot in common.

Each time a publisher approaches me, and says "It only costs $200 for publicity," I have to tell them, that is more than I earned in my years as a writer.

Their next comment is "All you need is the right programme to boost your visibilty, and you will be seen."

"Yeah, where's the money coming from."

It is hard to be polite, when people assume you have the money for promotion, and you can't convince them as an Indie Writer, you can't justify the outlay.

Iraq

 Lebanaon

                                                               Not Israel

It in no suprise to me, that after years of blog posts about the Middle East, I finally have some readers in the area. However, despite masses of posts in support of Israel, until last year, I have not a reader in the state. The states I have readers in are Iraq, and Lebanon.

WW2 Disaster

 Bari

                           Chemical Warfare

On December 2nd, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed the city of Bari, Italy. It was the only incident in WW2 involving chemical warfare.

Despite being advised by his supporters, Adolf Hitler was against the use of chemical warfare as he'd been a victim of Mustard gas in WW1. There is NO advantage, and great risk in using chemicals, and nuclear radiation. Neither can be controlled once released, only a total idiot would use nuclear boms, the land cannot never be used, even the "safest" elements used have a 1/2 running into thousands of years.

The incident in Bari was the result of several misunderstandings, which was compounded by a lack of knowledge available to the nursing staff.

A - The Allies had shipped Mustard gas compounds, thinking the Axis powers would use them to safeguard Italy from falling.

B - Thinking the Allies were sending more troops to bolster the fronts in Italy, they bombed what they thought were troop ships.

C - When the gas was released, the doctors had no idea what they were dealing with, one of the first things you do with a burn is cool the skin. However, using water on the chemicals in mustard gas only made things worse for the poor men, many never made it to hospital, either dying for oil in the water, or on their way to hospital suffering extensive burns.

I used to know a lady from Bari years ago

Is there any reason to write again?

 Can my interest in writing be rekindled?

Wild Child

Years ago, I began an adult romance called Wild Child, the original concept was about a lady who had some weird feelings, that her family had kept a secret from her. Though distant, she was trying to reconnect with her sisters, to try to resolve the nagging question.

I later had the idea of a story about a lady who had been in the sex trade deciding to find out who she was, and wanting to find romance as herself, rather than fullfilling the desires of others.

The trouble I have is I have the urge to write, and I have ideas about a short story, but after years of nothing, I keep asking is it worth my time to write again?

Do I favour ladies from any country?

 Beauty in many forms

I have no preference

I don't have a preference for beautiful ladies, I have seen many from all cultures, religions, and ages that I consider beautiful. The trend for US actresses to have plastic surgery is something I abhor, if you are attractive, age makes you better as can be seen with Bollywood actress, Sharmila Tagore, who is in her 80s.

The drawback to cosmetic surgery is over time, the skin changes, but the work often doesn't alter, and can cause weird effects. The worst case scenario was an actress who had her eye shape altered to like a tiger's as her husband was fascinated by big cats.

                                          Would I have plastic surgery?

Even before I knew the problems I have with health issues, I resolved NEVER to have plastic surgery. While there have been some wonderful operations, there have been as many terrible failures, and besides, if you like me, why would you wish me to alter, I am who I am

Beauty from Honolulu

Relic Hunter

                                                           Amazon Prime

I am delighted to be able to view Amazon Prime, there are several series I love watching, they include Relic Hunter with Tia Carrere. This series pre-dates Tomb Raider, and in my estimation is superior.

Nikita and Ballard with Maggie Q, I am waiting for the second series of Ballard to come out later this year.

Not on Prime, but featuring another beautiful lady from Honolulu is NCIS: Hawaiʻi with Vanessa Lachey.

I have been a fan of NCIS, in all its forms since the start, but the recent revival of the Tony and Ziva, and the new revival of the NCIS  series have no interest for me as did the attempt to do NCIS Origins. It shows how little the producers know about how NCIS began, the show started as a double episode of the series J.A.G.

I feel the same for CSI. When they did the Finale show, that should have been the end, however, like many shows I can mention, producers milk the show or film dry, until it bleeds.

Spider Noir

 Amazon Prime

Film Noir

I am looking forward to watching Spider Noir on Amazon Prime. This may appear odd as I haven't seen many Nicholas Cage films, not by choice,I haven't seen many films: and I have not seen any of the Spiderman films. Why would I wish to see it then? I am a big fan of Film Noir movies. I have to locate a Noir with Steve Martin in that I bought some years ago, called Dead men don't wear Plaid.

The end of days

I am Cancer free

PC Gamer

YouTube

The end of days has a double-meaning for me, in one sense it signifies the end of my hospital appointments connected to my accident. I still have some to attend, one is for the final scan to confirm I am Cancer free, and I have to book an appoitment to have a Lipoma removed from my neck.

Thief

Also for a while, I am giving my Tropico 5 game a rest. I may attempt to play Thief for a while. I can also check if there are any Steam Games I wish to save for.

Also, I relax by watching Amazon Prime , and YouTube.

Least seen pianists on YouTube

 Margarita Hohenrieder

Classical Music

Watching YouTube music, one of the least viewed pianists is Margarita Hohenrieder, from Germany. She is not as well-known outside Germany as either Marta Argerich, or Khatia Buniatishvili, but an equally brilliant pianist

Who is the only American driver to win the F1 championship?

 It wasn't Mario Andretti

Why do US drivers struggle in F1?

If you consider this question, you will probably get to the wrong answer, the most common answer would be Mario Andretti, but that is incorrect. Andretti was a naturalised American, but he was born in Motovun, Croatio.

The correct answer is Phil Hill, the answer depends on the place where the driver was born, not if he became naturalised.

US drivers struggle in Europe because the tracks are more technically demanding than the long tracks in the USA. This is also the reason drivers from Europe do well in NASCAR. They are used to the more demanding tracks

Vietnam

 The Buddhist Connection

A growing Roman Catholic following

The blog has a very stong Roman Catholic following in both Singapore, and Vietnam. This gives me the idea, perhaps I should write a story with a Catholic theme.

I have said for a long time, the Catholic faith is the correct faith, how can the Church of England worship the Son of God, but ignore the Mother of the Christ?

The Buddhist Connection

 A Popular Blog with readers in Singapore

I was asked if I was a Buddhist

A short time ago, someone online asked if I was a Buddhist, as I said I wouldn't kill the spider in my room. I don't see the reason to kill an insect, especially as she stays at the top of the room, and I am on the ground.

This would explain the growing popularity of my blog with readers in Singapore.

I have also been asked if I am a Jew, as I share some of their beliefs.

I consider both as a compliment.

At this rate, I may get asked, again, if I am a Nazi, as Germany is the second largest group. I can't foretell where, or why any area reads my blog

Aftershock

 Its a hot Saturn's Day 

My Fantasy 

After an early morning discussion over our friendship / relationship status, and my concerns about us. My friend, Clara, and I have decided we're going ahead together as a couple.

This is one of my fantasies. Clara, is a very attractive, to me, mature friend, who has said she wants to be my lover. As the decision is Clara's, I am pleased to be able to please her, I would not have asked

Would I have another relationship?

My lady friend in Oxfordshire

                                        My Blonde Bombshell

I had not discounted the possibility of a relationship, when I added my profile to a mature dating app, it was to get a view of how ladies see me. I never considered myself attractive.

However, when my friend, Svitlana, approached me with the idea of a relationship, I was very pleased as I consider her very attractive, and we get on well when we chat online.

She has also indicated she would like to have sex with me, that is the lady's choice.

Would I re-marry?

  It depends

Who is asking?

This is not an easy question for me to answer.

The answer depends lies in two parts.

First, at my age, I wouldn't propose, not only because of my wife's memory, I know shw would wish for my remaining years to be happy. At 70, I think it would be unfair on the lady, at the most I expect to live 10 years.

If a lady raised the proposition, this is a situation we would need to explore fully, again for my age, and how long my life expectancy could be. In this scenario, the choice is the lady's.

Alan Place - Nature Lover

 Nature Lovers

Samsung Health Awareness

Though I didn't meet my friend in Whitchurch, Bristol, this afternoon, the walk out was pleasant, very different to Monday, when the humidity was so low I couldn't breathe.

The main advantage to the walk is I get the opportunity to be close to nature, I can listen to the birds, and see the bees collecting pollen, as well as the journey allows me to view birds along a river near my house in Hartcliffe.

Today's walk was humerous, I took a longer route, yet because my Samsung Health app didn't fully function, apparently, I took fewer steps 😃

A quick way to get blocked

 Apple Gift Card

                                                  Young ladies online

A few minutes ago, I blocked another young lady on What'sApp, she had only contacted me a few hours ago, but she broke the Golden Rule, she asked for an Apple Gift Card.

I blocked a lady on Zangi a month ago for asking for money for a dress, it was a shame, as she was v attractive

Do they get bored?

 Classical Music

                                                                        Khatia Buniatishvili

Few people consider the lives of popular music performers, until either the group breaks up like Abba, or the performer as Sabine Meyer decides to retire. A good example is Marta Argerich, who is 81 this year, she has been a classical pianist since the mid-60s.

They may go to various venues, but often they play the same tunes, they do get paid, but it must be draining, when the only variation is the order of the tunes, or songs

It is Freya's Day

 Will we meet?

I have no doubts over Svitlana

Today is Friday, Freya's Day. A week after my accident, a week closer to meeting the lovely Svitlana from Ukraine, who lives in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

I was hoping we could meet for my birthday, but as that is two weeks away, and she planned a holiday to her family, I think meeting in the New Year is a more plausible probablity.

She has made her intentions clear, she wishes to meet me, spend time together, and for me to sleepover sometime.

How many countries have you had sex in?

 Alan Place - Sex Object?

                                                                      Alberta

I have had sex in two countries, England and Canada.

I have sex in several counties /states.

Alberta, North Somerset, Bristol, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Kent, and Somerset.

Other than Clevedon,Bath, and Gosport, I enjoed most of the encounters, even if it was NSA sex (no strings attached).

I had several meetings with ladies which were total failures, notably in Redditch, Warwickshire, and Catford, London

What links Bergerac to Midsomer Murders?

 John Nettles

                                                      Annette Badland

In the last few series of Midsomer Murders featuring John Nettles, two of the cast were reunited for the first time in decades.

John Nettles, and Annette Badland played together in the early series of Bergerac, for the first series, Annette played his secretary

Do young ladies find me attractive?

Older men are sensitive

                                                       The Appeal of Older men

If I get approached by a young lady on Twitter, Zangi, Signal, Telegram, or WhatsApp, my first question is usually, what drew you to my profile?

The usual reply is you have an interesting image. 

When I ask, what attracts a young lady like you, to a man old enough to be your father, I get the reply, older men are more sensitive. For my part this is true, I get my arousal by arousing the lady I am with.

I am a multi-dimensional person

 Sex chat

Only Fans

There are several reasons why I didn't take up the offers from young ladies on Only Fans, to add interest to their Adult Content.

One is i am not interested in young ladies, young enough to be my daughter.

Another reason is that while I have a vivid imagination, and can write erotica, to write only sex stories is hard, and there's more to me than my sex appeal

The #sex tag

 Adult content

An Amusing Comparison

Compared to some users on Twitter, my posts marked for Adult Conttent could be questioned.

I rarely, if ever, post anything sexual, yet sometimes, I use the #sex tag, to gain readers curiousity.

The only slightly sexual items I post are for my sexy friend in Whitchuch, Bristol, duriing our chats on WhatsApp,and these are NOT openly sexual, as I respect my friend.

It is Thor''s day

 Thank you Thor

Feel the Breeze

At 2:00 this morning, the air was so humind it was hard to breathe, then Thor took charge, and a lightning flash, followed by a quick rainfall, cleared the air.

At the time of the thunder, I was watching YouTube, as I couldn't sleep.

A Fast Food Franchise on Tropico

 Tropico 5

A new Romance

                                                                      Romance in Tropico

One of my favourite sections in Tropico 5 is setting up a fast food franchise. This is a daunting task, as you require energy to provide electricity for the burger joints. The task is not easy as there is a massive area of rock across the centre of the island, which means you need a series of substations for a good electric supply.

I am hoping my friendship with a lady in Didcot will turn from a friendship to a romance next year, the key to this is that she turns up to our meetings.

I have my doubts she is in the UK though.I am prepared for the meetings to be a non-event, despite her constant comments on how mch she loves me.

A Scientific Puzzle

Asda in Whitchurch

Icy water

At the beginning of the week, I took one of my weekly walks to Asda, Whitchurch, Bristol. Partially for the exercise, and partially for some food shopping.

As it was hot, I took a bottle of chilled water with me. On my return, I noticed my shoulder bag was far lighter than on the way out, I wondered why this was? Then, I realised, the ice had melted back into water.

The humidity is so high, I almost didn't make it to my house in Hartcliffe, though the walk is only 3 miles. These walks have helped my health a great deal

History's Forgotten People

 Some of my YouTube Favourites channels

Art or Truth?

I often wonder when watching documentaries like these, how close are they to the truth?

Why do I find them questionable?

I have watched many of these videos, and no matter which era in history, the majority of the ladies, are to me, attractive.

I know portraying someone as unattractive is likely to turn people off your channel on YouTube, still you have to wonder about medieval beauty?

Whether from France, Norway, Ireland, Germany or Italy, all the ladies are appealing

BBW ladies can be attractive

 60+ ladies in the Bristol area

Connecting on WhatsApp

The easiest way to get to know me is via my WhatsApp link. 

In the general wotld of online chat, I don't give out much information, for obvious reasons.

On WhatsApp, we can have a more personal chat.

I have been told by several ladies over the years, they feel safe chatting to me, mainly because I am respectful, considerate, and talk little about sex, unless the lady chooses.

I have no preference for the ladies I like, though I do like some BBW Ladies, I have nothing against thinner ladies, but it is better to have a lady to cuddle. To me sex is a three-stage event

Actions speak Louder than Words

A lady who knows what she wants

August Deadline

An evening with Svitlana

My friend in Oxfordshire, Svitlana, has made her intentions about how she wishes our relationship to move, clear to me. 

She had clear intentions of having sex with me from our first online chat.

I find it arousing that she is so open about her desires, as I get aroused knowing I have aroused the lady; I am about giving, not taking, which is probably why ladies feel safe chattign to me online.

I built my popular appeal on my personality, not my physical appearance.

I hope I am able to fulfil my friend's wishes.

Time Out

 Samsung Health Awareness 

Housebound

I am very pleased with how my health has improved over the time I have been monitoring it using Samsung Health. In two months, I have advanced from 5,860 steps to over 7,500.

However, I now need to take a time-out, for several reasons, I found the lack of humidity in the air yesterday made breathing extremely hard for me, as I have a malformed lung.

Also, I noticed this morning, my right ankle is sore, this meansI need to take an elongated rest, to ease the tendon, or I could be housebound until August, if the tendon snapped as did my left Achilles tendon, in 2011.

Another factor is the continuing strain of my struggling friendship with a lady in Bristol, who "claims" to love me, and wish to meet me, but always fails to turn up to dates she has asked for.

I am losing my Battle against the Dragon

 Did I have a relationship?

Fighting the Dragon

For weeks, I have been fighting the urge to drown the sorrows of a failed friendship / relationship with a large dose of the vodka I have in my house.

The thing which kept me in check was the possible romance with a lady in Didcot, tonight she said she is on the verge of ending the friendship, as my cash shortage has here thinkking I am not serious.

Can the friendship last?

Are you a bot?

Where are you?

                                       Do I have a relationship?

In recent weeks, I have been douting if my friend, who "claims" to live in Didcot, lives in the UK. When we chat, she asks "What are your plans today?" Though it is usually after 9:00 pm when I begin our chat.

I could be raising issues that do not exist after recently being involved in a scam, yet things have appeared off since we began our chats, she appears to have endless cash for gifts from the site, Charming Talks, and tries to encourage me to chat longer, knowing my cash is short

Beating the Retreat

 Did I have a relationship?

Oxfordshire

Alan Place - Recluse

Despite my "apparent" popularity on mature dating apps, I am still in doubt of the ladies are genuine, or bots?

As an introvert it is hard for me to make the original contact with a lady, so I rely on these apps, however, I am not certain of my true appeal to ladues, this is a long-standing personal issue.

For several reasons, I may return to my original plan after my wife's death in 2025, and not get involved in another relationship, if my trip to Didcot to meet Svitlana,comes to nothing

What do I find as a turn-off?

 ,Large Breasts

                                                                BBW Ladies

Before I get comments about colour, the lady's skin colour did not turn me off. What turned me off, I am not a lover of what I consider as oversize breasts.

Don't get me wrong, many ladies classed as BBW I do find attractive, their breasts are large, yet look attractive compared to their body structure. Breasts that are too large are also a health risk.

I am not too old-fashioned to try a few things which may appear dubious such as watching a lady pee, but I draw the line at watching her have a poo, being pissed on, or having poo on me. I am not into drinking urine, either.

Money Supermarket

 Nigerian Queen 

Mature Lady

Don't be fooled into thinking it is only young ladies who try to scam you. Last month on Twitter, I had two elderly ladies in the USA try to scam me to pay for some food.

These ladies were in their late 60's, the right age for me, and claimed to have lost their job recently, you read this, and head for your card, but wait!

I checked their profiles, each had over 7,000 followers, if only 50% percent sent $10, for a pizza, that is over $3,500, a nice "earner."

I was approached a few days ago by a lady "claiming" to be a queen in Nigeria. While this may appear strange, you need to consider a queen in Africa, is no better off than a concubine was in China. She has no money of her own, she is married to a local king

Were they planned?

 Covid

Fukushima

It is my belief that Covid and the Fukushima incident were Chinese plots to destroy Japan.

You may consider this outlandish, but loo at the facts.

Covid came out the year Japan had geared up for the Olympics.

Japan is a nation that depends on fishing, what better way to cripple the economy than create a nuclear "accident."

You are talking about a nation that rather than submit, commited millions of its population by blowing dykes, and canals, to put half of the country under water, leading to the growth of the Communist Party.

In recent years, it is accepted that China is the capital of cybercrime.

Modern China is far from the image of calm we had years ago, it is one of the world's deadliest states, made more evil by doing things in the background

Appearance over Performance

 Classical Music

YouTube

As I watch hours of Classical Music on YouTube, some things become apparent.

One of the biggest eye-catchers is that many of the female pianists from Asia, prefer low-cut dresses, to the more elegant and refined ladies of the West. I know it is a question for the person to answer, but it does ask the question, which is more important, the music or the lady's allure?

Another off putting thing, for me, occured during a Marta Algerich concert. One of the violinists had dyed his hair bright orange, that put me off immediately

A strange dynamic

 The Allure of the Older Lady

                                                         Sugar Daddy

With the walks I go on from where I live in Hartcliffe, to my friend, Clara, who lives in Whitchurch, Bristol, Clara comments (jokingly) that I look 21.

This raises an interesting situation for me.

While I fantasised about making love to an older lady, when the opportunity was reversed recently, I didn't consider being the object of being the subject of sexual fascination for young girls

Dzień dobry Polska

 Good Morning Poland

A growing Roman Catholic following

My blog had more readers in Poland yesterday than the UK.

The few readers in the UK have lead to the UK becoming sixth in the list of places the blog is read. This situation is not static, UK readers are falling behind at a steady rate.

With a growing readership in Poland, this shows the blog is being read more by people of the Roman Catholic faith. I believe the Catholic faith is the true faith, after all, how can you worship the Son of God, but not the Mother of Christ?

Places I would have liked to visit

The Ship Inn

                                                                     Sea Ghosts

One of the places I wished I could have gone back to is Saltburn-by-the-sea, the Ship Inn, the setting for my award winning short story - Sea Ghosts - from 2012, is shown on the right hand edge of the houses in the picture I took during the 1960's.

The house is haunted by the spirit of the inn-keeper's daughter, who died as the age of 4, from pneumonia

Places I would NOT visit

 There are cities other than York

Bath

There are not many places in the UK I would not wish to visit, some I have been to, and have no desire to revisit, others are over-publisicised, or have little history to see.

Bath - Roman history, Georgian history, greatly over-rated in my opinion, I would rather visit Bristol which has a fascinating, and continuous history to see.

York - Viking history, Roman history, little else to see, again over-rated, and overpriced. This may appear odd as I was born in Yorkshire, but there are many cities with an interesting history which never get mentioned, such as the steel industry of Sheffield, the historic horse races at Doncaster.

Stonehenge - too touristy now, and was vandalised recently by members of Just Stop Oil, who covered the stones in paint.

Blackpool - I have been twice, and left unimpressed both times, I prefer Scarborough, not because I am from Yorkshire, I prefer the family atmosphere at Scarborough.

Liverpool - bad memories of my last week in the Royal Air Force. That aside, the city never impressed me, it is, what it is, a dockland.

I have nothing against Lancashire, there are some places I would liked to have seen.

I can't vouch for Birmingham, I only went once, that was to watch Middlesbrough play Aston Villa, at Villa Park. Aparently Astonn Villa has an interesting history, but the Aston area was a dump when I went there

Avebury Stone Circle

 The Ghost of the Red Lion

R.I.P. Linda

Hopefully, this year I hope to fulfill one of my late wife's wishes. She wished to visit the Avebury Stone Circle. I would like to visit the site, not only to fulfill her wish, but for two reasons of my own.

The first reason is I am interested in the circle as a historic site. History is one of my main interests. 

The second reason is curiosity, and a challenge. Inside the circle, there is an inn "supposedly" with the ghost of a former barmaid who disliked men with beards, ladies disliking beards is not uncommon. This story was highlighted on the YouTube channel Ghost Casebook.

Apparently, if a man with a beard orders a beer, the glass will mysteriously move on the counter. I have my theory on this, but it is so mundane it would bore the reader.

There is also a stone circle at Stanton Drew, I wish to visit. This is a visit I can take by foot as Stanton Drew is only a few miles from my house in Hartcliffe, Bristol

Bank closures

 Islamophobia

Muslim Banking fears

Here is a new slant on  Islamophobia, thousands of Muslims are worried their banks will close soon. A report shows SIX of the seven banks most likely to collapse are linked to Islam. Terrorism is big business, but if you haven't got capital, you'll end up with nothing 😂

The Great Pretender

 Nigel Farage is no politician

Nigel "The Weasel" Farage

Nigel Farage only became an MP because he won a seat nobody wanted.

Before he won Clacton-on-sea, very few people outside the area, not even in London, had heard of it, and fewer could tell you where it is. The seat is in one of the poorest areas of the UK, with the village of Jaywick holding the ignomy of being the poorest village in the UK.

With the break-up of Reform UK, I ask the question, where will the weasel try next?

If he keeps to his record, he'll look for the next least contended seat, and start his next party there. After all, as an egotist, he won't he's useless