{"id":1079,"date":"2016-01-04T18:19:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T18:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleeting.eu:8080\/wordpress\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2016-01-04T18:19:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T18:19:54","slug":"got-that-off-my-chest-now-whats-next-ah-yes-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gravityisahat.co.uk\/index.php\/got-that-off-my-chest-now-whats-next-ah-yes-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Got that off my chest \u2013 now what\u2019s next \u2013 ah yes 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hurrah next week I start two weeks of treatment to harvest stem cells. I shall be quite ill.<\/p>\n

In case I die, unlikely as it is not a dangerous procedure at all, but as death by some other means \u2013 excessive sloth, excessive gobbiness, assasination or excessive consumption of parma violet chocolates \u2013 made in York and unsurpassed in the canon of great choccies, is a distinct possibility, I thought I would supplement the well known ten commandments with some more of my own, updated to take into account my whims and changes of resolve. BTW \u2013 One of few things I find unacceptable about Jeremy Corbyn is his reluctance to change his mind \u2013 this is a dangerous characteristic he would do well to moderate. There is nothing like a good U-Turn to command my respect \u2013 only complete monsters are \u2018not for turning\u2019 and we don\u2019t want anymore of those. Showing unassailable resolve only pleases the sort of nits who think the second word war ended in our favour because we had a leader in Winnie who showed resolve, conveniently forgetting about things like the Russian Front, American cash, the weather and luck.<\/p>\n

While I remember – I have redesigned my main page to make it easier to access my wisdom – personal, professional and poetry – go to www.gravityisahat.com\u00a0 <\/a>to enjoy my many fruits.<\/p>\n

A little navel gazing follows –<\/p>\n

I apologise, I guess I really am a pompous old git now. No that\u2019s not it, really \u2013 I just like being perverse. I promise I do actually really like most people, nearly everyone actually, but there is something about certainty, about believing stuff, that really rattles me and makes me want to shout at people and hate them. I can\u2019t accept the idea that anything is beyond the reach of ridicule and debunking. Nothing is sacred, absolutely nothing \u2013 I could really offend (but I wont) by listing the things, people, ideas that are subliminally designated by the Appleton set (model for many other similar ghettos) no-go areas when it comes to a good arse kicking \u2013 I was recently reminded by\u00a0 friends of a few I have already targeted that can be safely repeated; poppy day (the biggest changer of my blog), being charitable, social responsibility, earning a living, knowing stuff, doing stuff, owning your own house, sending birthday cards, jacuzzis, reading books, \u2013 seriously would you dare go to a friends house for dinner bearing a half decent bottle of prosecco from Waitrose and pronounce \u201cActually I encourage my children not to read as I can\u2019t be bothered to read those poxy boring kiddie books with them.\u201d \u2013 all I am saying is, that this view,\u00a0 along with any other contrary view imaginable has more power to disrupt, to cause change, to entertain and to puncture complacency than the self congratulatory remarks we (especially me) made as competitive middle class parents about reading the complete works of Turgenev to our children when they were two. Its also massively more fun and fun is fun. Middle class social interaction requires that you spend a good part of your energies in constructing a persona who has a ‘very little brain,’ but is not half so appealing as Pooh Bear.<\/p>\n

Things I still really care about \u2013 no U-Turns yet<\/p>\n