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Amy Winehouse

This stricking portrait of Amy Winehouse by David Bebber of The Times shows why she’s not on my death list, she’s looking healthy – although this was taken at one of her many appearances at a Magistrates’ Court.

Death List 2010 – The Final Candidates

With only 4 days of 2009 remaining, I have been refining my candidates for 2010′s death list. There is clearly still time for final tweaking, should the hand of fate intervene for another point.

However, after some further research I’ve compiled this year’s list and as per the rules, carried forward no more than 25 [...]

Happy December the 25th

How does an atheist, secularist celebrate Christmas? We don’t.

Although I will be taking advantage of the more pagan aspects of the feast by eating and drinking more than is good for me. So in many ways, most days are Christmas, if that is the applied definition.

Apparently Paganism is on the rise, with more [...]

Desolate Shore

When James Nance plays his Hammond organ, he displays a similar level of skill to my own. I could play Buddy Freak’s “Desolate Shore” although each performance would be unique and unrepeatable, which I believe is one of the important essences of “modern” jazz.

Secondly, this is what most forms of jazz sound like to [...]

Tag Heuer drop the Tiger

Unsurprising news that Tag Heuer have dropped Tiger Woods as the face of their brand.

Here he is wearing a nice chronograph, whilst warding off his outraged wife with a golf bat.

Scientologists – let the witch-hunt begin

We all know that Scientology is the lowest form of parasitism. Rapacious, manipulative, hierarchical con-men preying (not praying) on the gullible, the weak, the damaged and the needy – offering the promise of fulfilment to empty lives. “Salvation” can be yours, IF you can afford it and you’re prepared to swallow reams of doctrinaire faux-philosophy [...]

What to get Jesus for Christmas?

An interesting question and somewhat tricky. Luckily for me, Terry Sanderson of the National Secular Society has already thought up an unbeatable answer.

I would give the baby Jesus the name of a top-flight lawyer — I’m sure he’d qualify for legal aid, so no need to worry about money — to defend him in [...]

Professor Denzil Dexter

I was educated at the Woodrow Wilson Institute of Science, between the years 1967 and 1969. At this time, people like Professor Timothy Leary were advocating philosophies such as “Tune In, Turn On and Drop Out” and there was also the heavy use of hallucinogenic drugs.

Can I just say, at this point, that [...]