Shortest blog in history?

On second thoughts...
It sounded like a good idea yesterday, but thinking about it, I'm just not going to have the necessary free time to start blogging again. Sorry about that.

Post 1.

Hi, I'm Tom Tyler.

This blog has been dormant for several months now. Well, I'm restarting it again, and there's a specific issue which I want to concentrate upon.

Those who have followed the Madeleine McCann case closely, will probably "get" the new title of my blog - it refers to a curious phrase which Gerry McCann wrote on a whiteboard, during one of his "media strategy" meetings back around

Taking a break...

Back at some point!

Wow.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra: "Moonlight Serenade". (mp3).

What can I say? This is timeless. Beautiful. We must never let this music be forgotten. If I could only write songs 1% as lovely as this, I would call myself a real musician.

Classics Corner!

Here's a piece of music I've always been very fond of: Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espanol, movement 4 "Scena e canto gitano" (mp3). It's very beautiful, isn't it?

Had to smile...

...at the Beeb's weather forecast. "Monday - back to normal". Yep.

A short fictitious story that definitely never happened in real life today, I promise, honest guv!

"Erm, I suppose I can't smoke in your office any more, Tom"
"Yes, Terry, that's right.....officially".
"Officially?"
"Yes. However, let us think about this. One of the aspects that crops up in any society ruled by socialists and communists, is that they -"
"-They aren't happy unless they are exerting power over us and making us feel miserable about it?"
"Yes, Terry, that is indeed one aspect of