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Musings of a Madman

Why the title?  It all started with a chance meeting, and the opportunity to help a stranger and a response that left me feeling the need to write about it.

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• The flaw in Pascal's wager
  Sat, 28-Sep-2024, 23:10
• The Tories are a spent force
  Fri, 05-Jul-2024, 14:49
• Could I have done better?
  Wed, 26-Jul-2023, 20:03
• Leaflet alone
  Fri, 02-Jun-2023, 17:13
• Rijhwani's Conjecture
  Thu, 01-Jun-2023, 11:39
• Our stretched and disappearing NHS
  Wed, 07-Dec-2022, 00:00
• #FacebookIsCorrupt
  Mon, 18-Apr-2022, 14:39
• Soul mates
  Sun, 28-Nov-2021, 14:37
• Vaccination and choice
  Sun, 31-Oct-2021, 23:32
• Castigating Starmer?
  Sat, 25-Sep-2021, 13:12

Well now we know... Does it really matter?

Who's "Who"?

So, after two months of unbearably inane hype, Peter Capaldi is "revealed" as the replacement lead actor in the eponymous Doctor Who.  Was it really that important?  What real news was hidden by this particular circus?

It is equally irritating and sad - for them as much as anything - the number of people who have had nothing better to do than to try to make a grasp for some of the peripheral limelight, even down to the phtographer letting slip several hours before the "big" revelation that they had photographed him.

Is he a good choice?  Does it make a blind bit of difference what anyone thinks?