Dear Department of Health, Opposition Parties and anyone else who has an unhealthy interest in what I consume.

I have sat in my office with the radio on since returning to work after the New Year break, and I am noticing a recurring theme on the news bulletins, namely that alcohol is about to bring about Armageddon, the end of days and the fall of civilisation.

Now it may just be that you’re all trying to divert attention away from something truly bad, like the fact that the government is useless, or the announcement…

I finished The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Theories of the Universe. Am I any the wiser? I think so. I know there are more questions to be answered than I’ll ever find answers for. That’s alright. I know the quest for those answers is an ongoing one. As they say, better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Or something like that. It fits my worldview. I’ll continue to travel hopefully. I suppose recognition of that is arrival in a sense. Knowing what you don’t know is wisdom of a sort.

As I look at the world…

A Scientific Exposition/Rebuttal by Dr. James Dewey Watson,
Nobel Prize Winner 1962, Physiology or Medicine

(A Satire)

Ladies and Gentlemen, Esteemed Colleagues, Students of Genetics and Medicine:

As many of you already know, I received the Nobel Prize for my co-discovery of the structure of DNA. I’ve been the chancellor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the United States, where I created a research environment unparalleled in the world of science. There, we prided ourselves for our non-profit research dedicated to exploring biology and genetics, advancing our…

I’m getting pretty tired of religion. It’s been an increasingly difficult issue for me and there seems to be no shortage of complicating factors to be revealed.

The recent military action on Gaza by Israel is no small example. People endlessly argue over which party is more justified, effectively diminishing the deaths of real people to nothing more than topics of debate. Religious hokum is bandied about, worn on sleeves, thrown in faces, shoved down throats, left under windshield wipers, hung from doorknobs, placed in mailboxes, and shouted from some rather filthy soapboxes.…

Politicians, mainly the ones who are involved in this harebrained scheme, have been complaining that there are those in the provinces and indeed in the capital itself who are not showing the proper enthusiasm and reverence for the multi-billion pound scheme that is London’s 2012 Olympics. I say piffle, why would we up north possibly not think it’s a great idea when hurtling towards a recession to spend the price of 16 new hospitals on a fucking great stadium and some more London based attractions? As if!

And just to prove my support for the idea,…

…Well, at least their strategists are. Why? One only has to look at the candidates for the 2008 presidential election to figure out the answer.

It’s no secret that more than 70 percent of Americans (and clearly this includes many registered Republicans) are, to say the least, “disappointed” with the current administration. Oil and food prices are up, the U.S. economy is tanked, and people are getting mighty tired of “Code Orange” propaganda with no end in sight. In fact, a poll shows many Republicans are now convinced that this administration does not represent their party…