Warming up for Polish Winter

Keeping warm in winter is imperative and doing so in Poland's winter months is no exception. Being born in London as well as being an internationalist I've always been a mod at heart too and I still love the look of the Fishtail Parka that mods wore in the 70s, so having it as my first choice of coat to keep me warm in the winter is no surprise, I must confess its great to be back in a Mod fishtail Parka coat and let me assure you it does me well in keeping warm here in 2012 in the Polish winter:)

Ageing like vintage wine:)

Shaven Posing in a Mod Parka Fishtail

Unshaven in my Mod Parka Fishtail

Why I like Randy Couture

Why I like Randy Couture, yet I don’t even know him. This mixed martial arts specialist had a great run in his career, he did so by having many successful wins in sequence.



I’ve always admired Couture in interviews as he seems very down to earth, I also share his training methods and I like his scientific approach to training and preparation, its not just geared towards a fighter alone but to those who would like to stay in good shape like me.

If you go to Couture’s site he list all his fights not just the one he has won but also the one which has lost too. R C fought Chuck Liddell 3 times, the first fight he beat Liddell by way of TKO, they fought 2 more times and chuck knocked Couture our both times, none the less that did not stop him wanting to continue in the fight game and he did and reigned victorious over many quality fighters 10 years younger than himself like Tito Ortiz.

I’m pleased R.C has given up fighting and now stays close to training the up and coming fighters and as I’ve said before it would be great to see R.C on TV forty years from now and still be able to be in his right state of mind the message is simple Long live R. Couture.

Paul Weller: A Year Late

P. Weller wrote a wonderful song a few years back a year late, it’s a great example of his song writing skills. This song is written with an unusual rhythm part but none the less nice, what Paul does is pick the guitar strings from the chord inversions he plays, in doing so he is able to get a melody and a rhythm going at the same time which gives this song an interesting guitar sound.

The song has a very nice the string arrangement which beautifully gels in with the melody Weller sings. The story of the song is very meaningful, when he sings the last chorus he intensifies his guitar strumming and his voice and string section follows that, in fact its as though he is squeezing out every last note in his vocal box. I've written out the Lyrics.



A Year Late Lyrics
Something worn,like a blanket thrown
around your heart,your crystal spirit
Keeps me warm,and safe from harm
wrapped around my shoulder

I love to wake,and watch your face
and while you sleep,I fall for you again
Is it true,what I feel for you
Wish I could help it through
so you could feel it too

And the leaves around my door
and the sunlight in the hall
and darkness that will fall
make me want you more

Morning breaks,on the icy flakes
That collect around,our window
Its cold outside,brings a harsh goodbye
with clouds at our mouths,as we breath a sigh

As I look,like a long lending book
Page after page,we are turning
But,Is it true,what I feel for you
Wish I could help it through
So you could feel it too

and the leaves around my door
and the sunlight in the hall
And darkness that will fall
Just make me want you more
Oh make me want you more
Want you more.

Year Late another great P. Weller song.

Update: Many people who have heard of Weller do not know of this excellent song which he wrote but a year late is one of those songs which my opinion does not grow old in time. For me any artist who sells records should be able to preform as the song is on the record or better but certainly not make it sound worst.

Many of the artist who make records are unable to preform live, unlike P. Weller who plays songs like a year late better than it is on the b side of the single called Changingman which also had a great cover of the classic song called "I would rather go blind" and a nice live version of his song called "I didn't mean to hurt you" which is on the 1st solo P. Weller album.

Unfair Social Networking

I find it really annoying when people in prime places use social networking to elevate themselves & their friends alone, lets take some of the big newspapers who frequently contact you to support their story, on places like Digg.com, try asking them to do the same for your story and they completely ignore you, however if you're someone with a bit a status you cant get rid of them.

If your a genuine social net worker you should be communicating with all people not just those who've made a bit of a name for themselves over a short or long period of time. My hat goes off to people like Mitchell Bard here you've a man who is known worldwide for his classic books and political understanding, I thanked him for his very informative book "a complete idiots guide to world war 2" despite his status he was able to take the time and write me a few words of thanks. I really appreciate it and more people in big places should do the same.

Unfair Social Networking
There are several big names on the web who I shall not mention but people for SEO reasons alone hang around their websites and use any chance to have some form of contact with the person in hope the link will increase their web presence and before long despite knowing very little these people are offering the very inferior services worldwide.

If you've something to say and you want genuine interaction with people who are into your topic of discussion the people who write you will not be seeking anything more than answer or to shed some genuine light on your subject.

I can recall one person who wrote on another persons blog how someone had been chasing him for an interview, he had the time to write on the persons blog who had a bigger name yet he completely ignored the interviewer. Genuine social networking is not based on status alone.

Pete Seeger shows great sense of rhythm

Pete Seeger shows a great sense of rhythm and when he covers the song hard rain written by bob Dylan its understandable and easy to see why, Seeger was a great folk artist who wrote hundreds of songs as well he covered many songs and surprisingly the songs which he covered he always played and sung them better than the original artist.

Here is a Seeger many years ago in Australia but the really nice thing is that 50 years later and at 92 years old good old Seeger is still going:)



Seeger had character in his voice and personality, he had time for the fans too, he always explained what each song he sings is about and when he sings people feel each word he sings too. Long live P. Seeger and may he live till 100 years old at least!

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An unending journey in an elevator

Have you ever taken a lift in a tall building rather than the stairs, and when you get into the lift there is someone either already there or getting on with you who makes you feel totally uncomfortable?

The one thing you will find in a situation like that is being in the lift which generally speaking only takes a few seconds even in the tallest building suddenly seems like many minutes or seconds to long and the only relief you have is when the your out from the the lift, and you feel free from this person or people who probably are normal minded human beings but during those few long seconds in the lift their presence makes you feel uncomfortable.

I guess in life there are no ways around such situations other than to use the stairs which in some peoples state of health is not always possible. One can say the same thing can happen in a crowded bus or train, and its does, however in my personal opinion being inside an elevator is far more uncomfortable for the simple reason the space is to small to be inside with a person you don't like the look of or just do not feel at ease to be with them in an elevator.

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