Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Iraqi Alliance Seeks to Oust Top Officials of Hussein Era (washingtonpost.com)

So they tell us things are getting better! Read more →

To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme.

This Month's Slate magazine has a piece by Robert Pinsky. He discusses poetry and rhyme, and gives this example of Ben Jonson "taking both sides of the rhyme question". A FIT OF RIME AGAINST RIME Rime, the rack of finest... Read more →

What the Tifosi did not see.

"There was no live television coverage in Italy of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Ferrari fans were therefore spared yet another disappointment in the Scuderia’s fraught start to the season.The race was won by Fernando Alonso in his Renault, ahead of... Read more →

Foot in Mouth

Not only have both Dyer and Bowyer shown themselves little better than highly paid hooligans after brawling with each other during Newcastle’s match with Aston Villa last Saturday, but now their manager has made a complete fool of himself by... Read more →

Where Are You?

Her Majesty’s Court Service popped into the world on April Fools’ Day this year. Is this serious? Its all singing and dancing website shows this address for South Tyneside Magistrates Courts. Millbank Southampton Hampshire NE33 1RG England DX 68670 South... Read more →

ASBO Corner

As regular visitors- and my SiteMeter reveals there are a few- to this blog know, I have serious criticisms of these Orders. They are becoming no more than “vigilante training”. You can find a list of some of the more... Read more →

You Could Not Make It Up.

For a country whose “Founding Fathers” looked towards Europe, the Enlightenment and the “Age of Reason”, it’s staggering to see our American cousins believe in this mumbo-jumbo. Yes folks it's a Creationist Museum being built in Kentucky. Have a virtual... Read more →