Archive for August, 2009

A few Blindy Issues

Books for the Blind I have discussed here previously of the lack of books for the visually impaired and yet still nothing seems to be progressing. rather it seems to be going backward all of the time. now iPhone app developers are also buying into the author’s gild’s incorrect perception of what text to speech [...]

Compassionate leave, compassionate or a joke?

Recently two major cases have been in the headlines that have promoted a lot of controversy. The first is the compassionate prison leave of train robber Ronny Biggs and the second the compassionate prison leave of the lockerby bomber. Both old men, both served too little of time in prison but should they have been [...]

Lady Luck

To walk into a club and stand Waiting for you to come and hold my hand, Feeling the importance of someone that never stepped out Before until now with you and all that you are Makes me smile and glad to be here, Amidst the VIPs and have you near. To splash in the pool [...]

The Story of White Rose Castle

A mist fell over the Los Tierras Mountains on a cold autumn day as a beautiful white unicorn emerged from the forest to graze. In the distance a torch light filled the early morning dawn sky with a glimmer of gold. A crow cooed overhead and the unicorn raised its white head gracefully to pinpoint [...]

10 Reasons to Clutter up Twitter

So Twitter has made its claim and seems to be sticking around. So after a moment a little while ago I got to thinking, what are the ways us individuals clutter up twitter. 1. Promoting our blogs/websites. 2. Spreading news/gossip 3. Enlightening the world with our witty and clever quotes, [either self made or picked [...]

Who is the Justice System really Protecting?

If you have been under a rock for the past few years then maybe it has escaped your notice about the trial and conviction of Baby P’s mother, step father and a lodger for the neglection to protect the youngster from his cruel, cruel death. The toddler was found dead with over fifty injuries, including [...]

Touched By Angels

Some people enter our lives, With nothing but good to bring, Others are sent from a realm of mystery, And will change our lives by the smallest things, They do or say to help us along, Or protect us from harm when in the eye of the storm, Take our troubles and kiss them away, [...]

Dreams

A dream is a thought we think, A hope is a feeling we feel, And despite how hard we may try to banish, The feeling stays forever real. A dream cannot be abandoned, The conscious hopes we have not forgot, and the harder we try to volley them away, It starts to eat you up. [...]

leading me Home To you

Walking down a path of life, With nothing but uncertainty ahead of me, Hoping beyond all hope this is real, And yet so afraid the unknown is all its meant to be. seeing the sunrise alight a new day, In the place of my true heart and soul, Feeling the heat rising inside of me, [...]

The Geisha

A silver moon hangs in the sky, The stars glitter overhead, a beautiful woman steps from the shadows, And looks forward to the night ahead. The white painted face shines like the moon, The glitter in her hair like the stars, Her rightly coloured costume filled with perfume, And she’s aware she will come to [...]