It’s fiction, of course, but it’s darn good fiction, drawing just enough on the truth and the verifiable to make it believable. And strong. I’m speaking of the latest episode of Torchwood, which I viewed live last night and have just now reviewed on the BBC iPlayer. Everyone who suspects that governments have lost the plot and have drifted away from the thought that they govern for the people would do well to view this 5-episode eye-opener.
I rather doubt there are extra terrestrial alien life forms up there in orbit, engineering our downfall. It’s unlikely that they need us. More to the point, who needs them, with politicians and governments like ours?
[Shudders. Shakes himself vigorously, and exits stage left for second mug of coffee, wondering all the while if Chicken Little wasn't right after all.]
Mmmmm! Coffee time! I read somewhere yesterday that you’d need to drink 20 cups of tea to get the same caffeine kick as is contained in two cuplets of single-shot espresso. I tend not to trust such easy statistics but it does lend some force to the argument I’ve always held to be true that, while tea is nice, you need coffee for your nerve-endings of a morning.
NEWSFLASH: A neat little truck just came round the close, with two blokes inside and two big revolving brushes on the front, sweeping the kerbside and the gutters, and making a fearful racket all the while. I can’t for the life of me see that this is an economical or sensible replacement for one carbon-neutral old guy with a barrow, a shovel and a brush, and a philosophical approach to life. Road-sweepers, we called them. Probably politically incorrect now. Ah well. Progress keeps on progressing on.
The sun is out in force again and there’s a chance it may be hot later on. Certainly dry. Graham wants me to cut the little strip of grass in front of the house if I can manage it. Actually, on a day like this, with a touch of the philosophicals in my head, I might just find that a pleasant thing to do. Lord knows there’s little else to make demands on my time once the cat litter tray is done.
