Author Archives: theqbitblogger

What a fabulous opportunity to play at the Home of Cricket, Lords. Yesterday it was the Villagers turn ( see You tune link ). As we all know if you hit the ball without bounce over the boundary rope you score 6. The Rule of 6 introduced a week ago , plus the 2 metreContinue reading “The Rule of 6. Lords. The Village Cup Final”

Remember the Bird lady sitting outside St Paul’s Cathedral in the 1964 movie Mary Poppins. Julie Andrews sang ‘ feed the birds tuppence a bag’ . Well if you missed her then she turned up in Central Park in 1992 in the movie Home Alone 2 as Brenda Fricker fed the birds, no doubt descendantsContinue reading “Cash was King.”

Eric Schmidt the founder of Google is no slouch and to listen to him and his opinion is advisable. His take on China / America relations is that there should be a Rivalry Partnership whereby they can commercially compete but should partner on neutral world issues and put their resources together. China has a veryContinue reading “Rivalry Partnership / Common Denominator”

I can’t believe it was 19 years ago Today as I walked down Grosvenor Street London with the American Embassy behind me that the USA was being attacked. My wife called at around 2pm to tell me as I walked back from lunch to my office. The World went into a different direction that dayContinue reading “911 19”

That old boy Al Gorithm was busy over the Summer deciding the fate of youngsters examination results until Al was found to be flawed. Following much protest the Government finally relented to go by Teacher markings ( yes humans who know humans ) not Computer programmes that know no one. Our British youth are theContinue reading “New Tyres.”

Recent Statistics state that globally 57m people die per annum and 130m people are born. More people on a net basis are entering the world than leaving it. By 2100 ( don’t worry most of us reading this will be gone by then ) the global population will be 11 billion people. Ok these figuresContinue reading “Exciting Times”

Today 8th September is the 516th Anniversary of the unveiling of Michelangelo’s Statue of David in Florence. The 5.17 metre tall statue was sculptured by the hand of the 26year old Michelangelo after his bid for the commission. The marble is from Carrara a town in the Alps, perhaps the most famous of marbles.David ofContinue reading “Dare to be Great.”

After many months my daughter took me to the movies in Bristol at the Everyman Cinema which Hitler bombed in the Second World War and was rebuilt in its original Art Deco. I watched the movie on a couch and someone served me a meal from the shadows. The movie was written and directed byContinue reading “Bring Back Hollywood.”

When I was a teenager my Mother sent me for Elocution lessons every week ( ok, l hear you hadn’t noticed ). Pronouncing words properly was key though ‘ The Leith Police Dissmisseth us ‘ always got me but not as bad as ‘ the rugged rascals ran around the rugged rocks ‘. Language IContinue reading “Rugged Rascal Running around Rugged Rocks”

You soil your pants, you can’t walk , you cry at night , you get fed, you can’t talk. Welcome to the World. You go to school, your abilities are measured by a Computer programme, your future decided by a robot, you can get stabbed on the way or drugged on the way home. YouContinue reading “Help the Helper, Help the Helpless.”