I am playing around with some syndication using an RSS Plugin for Wordpress; at the moment, I will be getting the odd hot bit of news from the Telegraph website. If I find any more usefull feeds I may include them, but it would be nicer if I could seperate them out from my Blog a bit….(ponders)…

Why do we all build it up so much? Christmas Day? When for the vast majority all it means “literally” is turkey, cranberry sauce, a few gaudy presents mixed with plenty of alcohol and arguments over the washing up and the remote control?

I’m still trying to remember what age I stopped believing in Santa Claus. I suppose a small part of me really doesn’t want to let him go. I know he isn’t real by today’s standards; he is just a symbol - some would say the ultimate symbol of Capitalism - Santa Claus of today and Christmas have lost something so precious that used to exist. It’s something to do with the Spirit of Christmas; not to mention this also coincides with a Christian Festival marking the theoritcal birth of some important VIP from Bethlehem….I’m on the fence here I am afraid.

The only time I really go to church “physically” is when I play in a concert with the band. I don’t read the bible (written over thousands of years by hundereds of authors and then translated as many times??? Yeah that’s a trustworthy source and no mistake; I could argue there’s more factual writing in the Sun) - and yet…I do believe in a supreme being, an energy and a subtle plan for everyone. I carry my church around with me where ever I go, so in effect I could argue that makes me more devout in my own particular faith than most. My intuition is my bible - though that too is probably less factual than the Sun; it is however a source I have a lot more trust for because it is my own - some people out there would call this delusion - and I would say SPOT ON!! for doesn’t that form the premise for the majority of religion today?

My belief is wounded every day when the media around us becomes more important than family, friend and neighbour….in fact by writing this blog I am becoming the serpent and in effect sealing my own doom.

And if this doesn’t depress you enough for tomorrow, there’s always Cribbage at the local pub…

Happy Christmas!!

Well - all done with the band now, and for the first time in the history of me I have got all my Crimbo shopping done….maybe it’s cos I am such a Freek latley?? I have also just dyed my hair (what little I have back to blonde) it’s been about ten or so years since I was this drastic but I felt like a real change for the New Year!! Watch this Space for a piccy

The Winter Solstace will strike in about an hour folkses! or 1.35pm to be precise