As i sit on the warm sand of the beach at dusk, salty sea scented air wafts over my face, carried off the waves by a gentle breeze, squinting out over the ocean at the horizon, i cannot help but feel a mild depression wash over me like the frothing waves lapping at the shoreline beneath me. Continue reading The Sun Will Always Rise – Matt
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
— Forrest Gump Continue reading Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
Irene has been a long term friend here on WordPress, ever since we bumped into each other via the Harsh Reality blog. Irene blogs about life, family and her beautiful Jewellery designs.
I really enjoyed this piece of writing, Irene, because you said lots of nice things about me, which I’m always happy to hear … Pizza and beer or wine, yeah definitely up for that, it’s “a date”, let me know when you’re flight arrives ! Continue reading Beach Sunset Perfect – Irene
Ever see a fight break out in the street, or a bar ? … sometimes people disperse, but more often than not a group of spectators forms, same as a boxing match or Roman gladiatorial contest … Continue reading Why Are We Attracted To Things We’re Afraid Of ?
What I most love about this is the hairdos ! … and it’s hopelessly catchy … Continue reading ABC
Childhood – some had great ones others had awful ones. Lucky for the lucky ones. But what of those who had a terrible time – bullied or abused, terrorised or a narcissist’s object, unloved or abandoned, and so on ? Is it possible to have a great adulthood, even with a terrible childhood ? Continue reading Does One’s Childhood Determine One’s Adulthood ?
Why ? … Because … why spoil a perfectly good song by letting Pitbulll loose on it ! Continue reading 75 Brazil Street
One of my all time favourites … a soulful classic by the Kind of Soul …
This one came up on my iPod, it’s lovely to listen to the lyrics … and this video on YouTube is one of the best live performances I’ve seen for any musical piece … Cheers Don Charisma Continue reading What A Wonderful World
«Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.»
— Who said that ?
Continue reading “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
For many years I was led (or misled ?) to believe that our greed in burning fossil fuels (to keep us warm and have light at night ?) and releasing CFCs from Fridges (to prevent our food rotting quickly ?) … Continue reading WTF ? Artic Ice Cap Is Growing NOT Shrinking ? – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Fairly straightforward, Kim Davis was supposed to issue marriage licenses to same-sex marriage couples, as is “the law”, but refused to, due to her personal beliefs being in opposition … now she’s in jail, and refuses to comply …
Continue reading “Kim Davis – Bigot Or Hero ? – Don Charisma’s Opinion”
On visiting a friend and his wife back in London, I was offered some of “Steve’s Sugar” … I said, yeah, sure, why not I don’t know Steve, but if you reckon it’s good stuff I’ll try it … when … Continue reading Steve’s Sugar
Sand writing is fun to do and fun to photograph … I love the little footprint just underneath 🙂 Enjoy 😀 Our fantastic photos are available … Continue reading LOVE FRieND – Sand Writing
I saw this question in the WordPress.com support forums today … no point in posting the link, I reckon the thread will get deleted … however, it is an interesting question … Why Do People Lie ? Cheers Don Charisma … Continue reading Why Do People Lie ? – Don Charisma’s Opinion
It’s Janice’s birthday today … 21 today I think she said … I’m a bit behind at the moment, and she’s been waiting patiently for me to publish her guest post 🙂 This is the final round of guest posts … Continue reading Bikes Of Yore – Janice Wald
I’m often curious as to why sometimes my readers don’t comprehend my quotes the same way that I do. Language, differing cultures and other factors come into play. There’s plenty of interesting conversations I’ve had – “devils advocate” is quite … Continue reading “Creativity means believing you have greatness” – Why ? – Don Charisma’s Prompt
The house always wins … The rich get richer, the poor get poorer … I’m clichés-r-us today 🙂 A quote I posted – I can understand the interpretation of one of my readers, which is that it’s “classist” (in their … Continue reading Take From The Poor To Give To The Rich
I had an interesting discussion about this with a reader recently. I have a tendency to throw random debates out there, because often it’s more than just a couple of randoms who have an opinion … or who’d enjoy discussing … Continue reading Is Greed The Only Thing That Makes Beauty Boring ? – Don Charisma’s Opinion
I just came across this, already over 3000 people have voted … not that I’d want to bias your vote, most of you are capable of making your own choices, but I chose – “No. I hate the new editor. … Continue reading Classic Vs Beep Beep Boop Editor – Poll
Don’t think about it for too long, it’ll hurt your brain ! Spotted this on Reddit, and though it was a pretty cool idea … someone hopefully here can explain what it actually means ! Petition To Ban Banning Petitions … Continue reading Petition To Ban Banning Petitions
Came through in my search engine terms … I dunno what it means, so it can mean whatever you want it to ! What A Man Want? … What do you think ? Cheers Don Charisma Resources & Sources Photos … Continue reading What A Man Want? – Don Charisma’s Opinion
One of the most memorable lines from “The Interview”, which I have to say, even with a British sense of humour, was a movie that made me laugh. Humour can make even the most serious topics bearable ! Beyond the … Continue reading You Hate Us Cause You Anus – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Do we visit blogs to be enlightened ? To be entertained, delighted, surprised, amazed or aroused ? To promote yourself ? To make a connection with another human being ? To make friends ? Because it’s the same old shit … Continue reading Why Visit A Blog ? – Don Charisma’s Opinion
I’m curious due to occasional comments I get on the famous people’s quotes that I post, where people seem more concerned with discussing the person, than what the person actually said … Do we judge first and listen later, or … Continue reading When Did We Stop Listening To People’s Words And Listen To Their Reputations Instead ?
A friend and reader came up with this question, which I didn’t have an autopilot reply for, so the “question de jour” : Are Innocence And Ignorance The Same ? Cheers Don Charisma Resources & Sources Photos courtesy of Pixabay … Continue reading Are Innocence And Ignorance The Same ?
“Some stories are just too true to tell” – Probably my favorite line from this movie. What a great movie, about truth, and the rollercoaster one man puts himself on in the search for and attempting to tell it …
AND not just a couple of foreign journalists in a far away place – Kill The Messenger is set in the US …
Continue reading “Kill The Messenger – Don Charisma’s Opinion”
Before the illiterate get their knickers in twist – “nag” NOT “you are a nag” … aka – the art of complaining persistently until you get your own way … Google says this about nagging : nag1 naɡ/ verb verb: … Continue reading Women – Do You Nag Your Boyfriend/Husband/Cat/Imaginary Friend ?
These are columns at the entrance to one of the beachfront hotels. Western architecture isn’t really like this, so something different for you to see 🙂 … Continue reading Thai Columns
Have you often pondered this very deep question ? I know I haven’t, but it seems according to what Google send me – that someone does, and I have no clue what the answer is … So, over to you … Continue reading How Much Do Love Spells Cost ? – Don Charisma’s Opinion
This black cat with white bib likes to chill out under the belly of a dragon … This cat lives in the busiest most touristy bit … Continue reading Cat Under The Dragon’s Belly
In follow up to my post today “THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR BLOGGING” – It seem there’s a small contingent who like to go around calling bloggers like Jason Cushman – “Spam Follower” or “Spam Liker”. Because in their … Continue reading Who’s Next ? – Spammy Little Name Callers – WordPress.com Censorship
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REBLOG THIS POST TO SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY FOR A FRIEND AND FELLOW BLOGGER – JASON CUSHMAN. It’s recently come to my attention then a friend and fellow blogger has been permanently BANNED from WordPress.com. Jason Cushman’s … Continue reading THIS IS A VERY SAD DAY FOR BLOGGING
Globalization or globalisation as we say in the Queen’s English. Is it the WORST thing to happen to planet or a really GOOD thing ? The term globalization is becoming increasingly common around the world. For some it represents the future and … Continue reading Globalization – Good, Bad Or Ugly ?
No preamble today … an experiment, and one of my new year’s resolutions 😀 “Writing For Publicity Versus Writing For A Purpose” – Discuss … Cheers Don Charisma Resources & Sources Photos courtesy of Pixabay CC0/Public Domain Unless otherwise stated … Continue reading Writing For Publicity Versus Writing For A Purpose
It used to amuse me a lot living in London when I’d meet American visitors, who’d assume that we all speak American-English in UK. “Where’s the Elevator ?” Well, we don’t actually speak American-English, we speak the real original Queen’s … Continue reading You Say Tomay-toe, I Say Tomah-toe
Some writing I connect with, it’s effortless to read, smooth and flowing. It’s almost as if I’m there with the author reading it to me … and not just fiction or poetry, I’ve experienced the same in serious writing too … Continue reading There’s Writers And Then There’s Writers
Where’s a grammar-nazi when you need one ? … certainly I’d like to know what the correct grammatical term for “Men are all the same” is ? … past-participle of a counter-analogy ? reverse-metaphor ? anti-simile ? … no idea, … Continue reading Men Are All The Same
Our lives break sometimes, so much so that things can seem like they’ll never be “good” again. Reminds me of Michael Douglas in “Falling Down” (1993) – “An unemployed defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, … Continue reading Falling Down – Is It A Justification For Crime ?
IS it ? IS it really ? … personally I beg to differ, especially since people often misquote and leave out the crucial “The love of” and “all kinds” … Context is often everything, and misquoting is, well, verging on … Continue reading Money Is The Root Of All Evil
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