Saturday 3 March 2018

Veterans...

Americans are obsessed with Veterans. Not just people who were drafted into wars like the Vietnam War or World War II, but also anyone who volunteered.

This is odd! Nurses, Social Workers, Teachers, Fire Fighters and Police all put themselves in harms way and do unpleasant jobs, despite low pay. But they don't get special parking space at shopping malls, and they don't get arbitrary discounts at myriad stores.

America has a weird nationalism in its psyche, and the worship (for that is not too strong a word) of people who chose a career where they could end up having to murder people, is one symptom.

Saturday 27 January 2018

Sleep...

Sleep - that noun that hangs in the corner of your eyes when you have slept, starts off wet and dries during the night.

Friday 26 January 2018

Tea spoons...

This blog won't be about spoons, but I noticed that American tea spoons are bigger than British tea spoons, but the imperial tea spoon measure is bigger than the US teaspoon measure. Very confusing.

Thursday 25 January 2018

The sound...

The sound of a spoon stirring a cup of hot chocolate or milk, and how it differs from the sound of a spoon stirring a cup of tea or coffee.
Incidentally, the sound of a cup of Barley Cup being stirred, is more like hot chocolate, despite the lack of milk.