Uncool – 15th March 2022

Oh hello, I’m not cool anymore
I’m not sure that I ever was
I tried my best to be myself
Because, because, because

It’s impossible to be cool at fifty
Forty and thirty too
Cool is just for the kids
I’ll never be as cool as you


The free spirit will be ‘a contradiction of his today.’

Scott Clifton, paraphrasing Nietzsche

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to have contacts all around the world so that I can help people with information.


I talked with Hayden yesterday evening, and he was amused at my nightmare story, telling me his own in return. He was pretty chirpy, which is good to hear.

I did a little stretching exercise before bed, but despite sleeping well enough, I woke up before my alarm and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I’m feeling quite tired this morning.

A promised storm never eventuated last night, though it may make it today. The air and garden smell in the evenings is delicious, and I’m thinking what else I could do to add to the garden.

It’s easy to think about it while sitting in the air-conditioned cafe, but getting out into the scorching sun and humidity is a different thing altogether.


The Week That Was – 22nd April 1979

I’m too uncool – 12th August 2015

Facebook post:

When I were a lad….as in my profile picture…my best friends were a mod, a new romantic, a greebo (look it up), a skinhead and various other motley crews…we loved each other and hated each other’s musical interests. The first Specials album, the first Jam albums, the first Crass albums, the first Iron Maiden albums, the first Slits, first Cardiacs etcetc – they were “punk rock to me, Mr Narrator”. I sincerely hope that every generation since feels the same whether it is Less Than Jake, Skrillex, Blink 182 or something I’m too uncool to be in the loop for.