YesBut it's Sunday

Have I gone deaf? No, it’s Sunday and the City streets are quiet. Commuters are in their homes, performing their Sunday rituals: sex with the wife, reading the Sunday newspapers, washing the car and then a gentle stroll to the pub for a pint, then home for lunch. Another typical English Sunday.

I drawback the bedroom curtains, dull grey day. The river Thames flows by green brown. Sunday Monday Tuesday, May June July, 2007 2008 2009, all the same for this historic river which has witnessed over a millennium the building of a city on its banks, passed by unconcerned as angry Members of Parliament have debated world events in the Palace of Westminster. Now tourist boats bob on its service where previously tramp steamers have brought goods from a far distant Empire.

Things are beginning to stir, a group of cyclists pass south over the bridge on a sponsored cycle ride - £1 may be £5 collected for charity for every bridge crossed. The walkway by the Thames is still tourist free; they are still ensconced in their Hotels and Bed & Breakfast establishments. Grease is wiped from chins dribbled there while eating their full English Breakfast of bacon, egg, sausage baked beans and to ensure their cholesterol gets a boost fried bread.

“Where shall we go?”. Too dull for a walk in Hyde Park,. The shops in Oxford Street don’t open until 11 o’clock. “How about Tate Modern or Petty Coat Lane Street market?”


May, it started so warm and sunny now it’s so dull. Let’s go back to bed.

At least one person is out and about. Click here to see more.

Never mind the content.

I think this blog is taking over my life. If I’m not thinking about a topic to write about, it’s actually typing out the blog. Then looking for a suitable photo. If that’s not enough someone leaves a comment that they like the content of the blog, but hate its appearance. Says it scares people off. The blog has had about 2600 hits in three months; I wonder how many of those visitors are now traumatised by the shock of seeing the blog? At this very moment people are seeking counselling for post-traumatic stress syndrome. I can’t allow humanity to suffer. Also looking after my own interests - I don’t want to be sued, for causing someone psychological trauma - I thought I should alter its appearance.

Changed the text font, then the font size, neither change was successful. Then I tried changing the colour scheme. Finished up altering the blog layout. Still not the desired appearance. Then took a leap into the dark, without a safety net, and changed the photograph in the blog header. Still not happy. But I’ve got to get a life, can’t spend my life stuck behind this computer. Apologies to those still shocked by the appearance - but get over it! Into every life an ugly blog must fall.

I miss the old photo. An iconic silhouette of a section of London skyline: November sunset, with The Palace of Westminster and St Steven’s Tower. The new photo isn’t so easily recognisable, doubt if anybody will recognise it. A clue - the spec on the screen about half an inch up from the bottom and two inch from the left isn’t dirt on your monitor. About two years ago the object was put up for sale for £1. This blog can be relied upon to provide you with trivial pieces of information.

Did you know YesBut is the anagram of “Tubeys”?

“The Tubey crafts in Totally Tubeys are a fun way to enhance your storytime and craft programs with creative ideas for each month of the year. Each storytime includes an annotated bibliography, activity ideas and a Tubey pattern with instructions. The Tubeys are made from readily available and inexpensive materials: bathroom tissue tubes or tubes from other paper rolls. Totally Tubeys! is recommended for anyone working with children in preschool to grade three, but the Tubey crafts can be enjoyed by children of all ages! Grades”.

Did you know YesBut is the anagram of “Steuby”?

John J Steuby Co. have been manufacturing screw machine products since 1962.

Did you know YesBut is the anagram of “beusty”?

In the language of the Marawko tribe, from central Amazon basin, “beusty” means doing something useless, i.e. a trivial pursuit. It is also their word for blogging.