The books I see define me

Someone asked via a very nice email which books I could see round me right at that moment.  Never one to disappoint my reader, I’ve sat down and looked around me.  The books I can see from here, constituting about a tenth of the collection in my soon to be much...

In the spirit of the season…

I’m an atheist.  But what I get to see at this time of year is something really special; people all around me struggling to do something for other people, usually not in the expectation of any great return, and often in aid of simply getting together with...

FAA: Santa grounded over multiple fears

Dec 24, 2010, 11.14am The annual charity circumnavigation flight by St Nicholas may not go ahead tonight, according to a release by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The flight, traditionally undertaken in a craft rated for ENOPS (Extended Nine Engine...