Inaugural Impaling Stick...

As promised in the Blurb, one feature of my Blog will be a 'Weekly Impaling Stick'. When the revolution comes, this weekly event will allow the great British public (those of us still possessed of our faculties) to (in literary terms) dispose of 3 annoyances of the week. These could be figures from the news, a new product, a band, an animal, a work colleague - anything that has annoyed you in the previous week can be disposed of on the impaling stick...Think Room 101 meets Vlad.

So, my first 3 victims:

Ant & Dec - Unlike a fine wine, these two idiots seem to get worse with age...I must say though, its not really them that I dislike, its what they represent, which is hole in the head, mind numbing, over played, stale reality TV. I'm a celebrity continues to annoy me, as you cannot escape it no matter where you go or who you speak to. I was on a tube this morning and not only was every newspaper bedecked in pictures of foliage and bikini clad wannabes covered in insects, but people were actually chuckling to themselves about it.

Yogurt Knitters - I am using this loose term to apply to those clean air breathing, ban fox hunting, Volvo drivers who studied Sociology at university and therefore feel the need to defend a BNP members right to teach a class room full of kids who are just waiting to be indoctrinated. Now don't get me wrong, some BNP views could make sense if they weren't wielded by such an arrogant and self absorbed man such as Nick Griffin then dragged through swathes of far right racist Sun reading lunatics to the point that they appear to be mainstream views. BUT what I do resent is these Far right views coming to light and people defending their right to hold front line roles such as teaching and policing, whilst claiming to be impartial. Sure, people are entitled to their own opinion and I am sure there are teachers out there who are slightly racist and there are policeman who would rather shop a black person than a white person. BUT if you actually have such a strong view that you JOIN a political party as right wing as the BNP and give up you personal details, you obviously believe so vehemently in that ideology that it is impossible for you to be impartial. Therefore you shouldn't work in teaching / policing / clergy roles.

Public Toilets - Because I got caught short in a train station and had to get a £20 note changed in order to pay the 30p that is required to use a distinctly smelly, unhygienic hovel of a facility that was obviously home to several addicts who needed a place to 'cook up'.

In the beginning...

So, akin to a university radio presenter staring at his media desk, wondering hopefully if his collection of 80s music and 'stoic' ramblings is being listened to by a wider audience than his house mates whom he had to coerce into listening, I am making my first foray into the world of blogging.

And, like said student, I will obviously be utterly dependant on feedback of any kind, positive or negative...So anyone who happens to stumble on this collection of rants, prose, literary farts and one sided speculation - feel free to blog back...

I suppose there should be some semblance of order to this Blog, so for those of you that wish to know what will appear in the forthcoming weeks and months - expect the following...

• Commentary on current events.
• General rants about the times.
• General questions of why and who.

That's all I can think of for now and I am sure this will evolve as time goes on. As to whether this is original - I have know idea as I have never read / written another blog before.

Happy reading,
Joe.