How would you like to be paid to do nothing?

 Lost in Space

Professor Brian Cox

Sounds too good to be true, but that is what Professor Brian Cox is being paid by Manchester University to do. His thoery is there is no sentient life in the universe, other than on Earth.

So he sits, and watches for nothing to happen, the irony is there have been signals in space picked up by the Hubble Telescope from distant stars

Do you know the meaning of All Souls Day?

 All Saints Day

Halloween is almost here

Many people know about Halloween from the dressing up, to giving of sweets in "Trick or Treat." The correct term is All Hallows Eve, the following day is sometimes celebrated as All Saints Day, but few people know of the meaning of the first Sunday in November, All Souls Day.

This is the day when people who died, and had no burials are rememberred

Bangladesh readers welcome

 Indian History

Spreading my Wings

Yesterday saw a new region for readers of the blog, Bangladesh. This area of what was India, during the days of the Raj, covers mainly the Bengal region.

Pre-1948 the area was under the control of the British Empire, as part of the agreement to aid the UK in World War 2, India became independent when the war ended. It was at this time the state of Pakistan was founded, as the Muslim community was split on either side of the sub-continent, it became East Pakistan, and West Pakistan.

In 1971, East Pakistan grew tired of being run by West Pakistan, as they were on opposite sides of India, hundreds of miles apart, and had different needs. So, the Bangladesh Liberation War began. Like the Indo-Pakistan war, Pakistan came out worse, how can you control troops, when you have no communication with them.

Pakistan and Bangladesh are not even close when it comes to weather, and land. Pakistan is an arid dry land, whereas Bangladesh is prone to floods

Brazil readers welcome

 Spreading my Wings

I have arrived in South America

The largest group of readers for my blog yesterday, outside of HongKong and Singapore, came from Brazil. The strangeness of where I get rid was never clearer, I had twice as many readers in Brazil as I did from the USA yesterday

Fake Profiles

 Jennifer Aniston

Matt Le Blanc

Last night, I was contacted on Twitter, by what I think is a fake profile of Jennifer Aniston. Why do I think it is fake?

Considering how many fans she has in the USA, why would she contact me?

In the mood

 Connecting on WhatsApp

Only Fans

For the past three days I was chatting to two young ladies on Twitter; I was never in doubt of their intentions, they wanted me to sign up for their Only Fans pages.

I have also been chatting, occasionaly, to a young lady in Hong Kong, who is asking to join my WhatsApp page, this may happen; though I usually only have my children on this page.

Barbara Stanwyck

 Anna May Wong

I am not like my father

My father's spirit is probably going mad with me. I was watching some videos of Barbara Stanwyck, and  Anna May Wong a short while ago on YouTube.

My father had a thing against ladies called Barbara, Barbara Cartland, Barbara Castle, and even my wife's friend, Barbara Way, who was our maid of honour, who he only met at once, at the wedding.My mother said she only met his mother once, which makes me wonder if her name was Barbara, as he was illegitimate, and in the 1920's that was almost a crime.

I think Barbara is great actress from what I have seen, I admit it isn't a lot of her work, but some actors make a good impression on me, she is one of those