Minnie’s Musings
Random ramblings of a middle aged, middle class, middle income woman
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On a Pendolino train. Going up the West Coast so Best Beloved can see a football game and I can meet friend in Carlisle for catch up and cake. Well, a catch up. Might have to forswear cake. We made a similar trip last year so BB could watch his team play another NW team.…
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Hmmmm… DT considers his trip to WC an upgrade on merely being a guest at BP. He is the only POTUS to receive this honour. So, he is hemmed in by a medieval castle in a very large and very secure field outside the M25 i.e. not in the capital itself, heaven forbid. No joyous…
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More and more I read and hear admired figures from public life (politicians, academics, commentators etc) bemoaning the state of discourse as more and more people declare themselves offended, are offended, cause unintentional offence, cause deliberate offence and so on, and on, and on. It is a thorny issue; some genuinely held opinions are offensive…
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According to the FB algorithm. I do love a baby elephant. But baby tigers are soooooo cute.. FB also knows I like monologues by middle aged people having a grumble. Frankly we’ve earned it. I also get a lot of The Daily Show which I love but gives me the impression that all Americans hold…
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So, Elon Musk is widely regarded as extremely clever. He certainly knows his stuff when it comes to make a shed load of money. But he is spectacularly ignorant when it comes to government and politics. Having sacked government employees across America – adding to unemployment statistics in the process – and cancelling programs specifically…
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Of course the minute after pressing Publish I open up FB and find a post from a friend by an African- American professor outlining the plethora of issues this young man had waded into, with the vicious intent of shutting down all forms of progressive dissent. It is a powerful diatribe filled with anger. And…
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So a young man has died at the hands of a ‘shooter’ yet again. This time it is all over the media because of who he is. His prominence in US politics has warranted flags at half mast. I know nothing about this man – to the horror of my children – because I was…
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I was a tad perturbed when the Dark Prince was appointed as ambassador to the US. I remember thinking that this man has an amazing capacity to creep around the corridors of power, popping up at regular intervals to swipe a top job, only to lose it because the Jack Russell that is scandal is…
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Three days in to teaching part time (one-to-one and adult learning) and my brain has already died. I can feel the cells pitching themselves over the cliff face a la Thelma and Louise screaming about where I can shove my power points as they launch into the sunset. Lord! It’s not like I am teaching…
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So, we had His Nibs home for an overnight stay as Grandma and Auntie E were coming for supper and he likes seeing family. One’s mountain goat monkey of a son has his uses. Specifically a perfect sense of balance and absolutely no fear of heights. On a rocky coast line this reduces me to…
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