I’ll be the first to admit that I am an introvert. I dislike crowds, noisy place and find it very difficult to be comfortable around new people I have only recently met. But despite that, I like watching people, actually, it’s closer to an addiction.  In fact, my wife finds it damn annoying.  We can [...]

EARLIER this month I wrote a piece on the music industry (Is The Music Industry Dead?) Today, I heard a soundbite on the radio that last year, 95% of all music downloaded was done so illegally. This was a scarey number! Then a few more “minor” details were added, which shows the industry and the [...]

I read some article ages ago (still trying to find it again, but that issue is  for another time) about the state of the music industry. They were, and are, in deep shit.  This is bad for the artists, and largely the executives of the various music industry corporates dropped the ball.  This holds true [...]

His misery lay in a pool of vomit resembling porridge and diced carrot. His shirt was covered, wet with half digested alcohol. As he stirred, it was obvious he was coherent enough to know what had happen, but perhaps he was not quite so aware of the extent of the mess he was in. As he [...]

It has recently been determined that some leader’s around the world are paid more than others. What is a surprise is that at face value some leader’s are paid disproportionately to their country’s financial health. This “health” can largely be determined by the GDP of a country adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity. There was a [...]