Apologies...Again
Hello!
Sorry I have not been exactly active for the past few months, there has simply been too much going on in my life. My new job is not so new any more, infact I had my 3 month review today!!!
Anyway, I am back!
Musing: Englishness and Gay People
N0, the two are not related, well, I suppose they could be, but they are not intended to be!
So, today is St. George's day, hmmmm, I've never exactly celebrated today, to be honest I don't see the point. And also I mostly forget about it! But I guess it's about upbringing, and I've not been brought up to think 'I'm English'; which is odd you may think, living in England. To tell the truth, I feel more Scottish than English, which is maybe what I've latched onto throughout life. Ruth and I were brought up eating Haggis and knowing our Scottish roots. So this led to me thinking, "who am I?"
The answer is, I don't know. Of course I'm Ali who lives in Birmingham, blah blah blah. But my roots, I don't really know anything about them. I know that at some point in history I must have had Welsh heritage as my surname suggests (quite strongly), but what else? I'm not even sure how to find out, without of course all that tedious to-ing and fro-ing to archives that contain family history, and to be honest I wouldn't even know how to get that far.
So, this is my mission, for today, which means it will probably take me the best part of a year; to find out where I am from and a little more about my past.
Second musing then; Gay people.
This is not just about Gay people, I know plenty and to be honest I feel no real need to write about them specially. They are just people, like you or I and I don't get all this fuss that has to be made over them. Do they have 3 legs? Well, I suppose they might, but generally on the whole, no. So why make a big deal and single them out?
This has got me ranting because of an article I read in the Metro. Yes, I know, Mike is forever telling me to take everything I read in there with a pinch of salt, preferably a whole dispenser full! But, all the same, some element of truth has to be attributed to it. It's all about Gay holidays. I mean, seriously, why?
Do people assume that just because someone is gay they are going to want to go on holiday with a lot of other gay people? Why? I don't understand. I'm straight, and to be honest it doesn't bother me whether I go on holiday with gay or straight people...as long as I go on holiday!!
Maybe I'm missing something terribly important here, but I don't get this niche-ness that they seem to be going on about. Maybe someone could enlighten me?
Also, why do a cruise just for gay people? What could gay people possibly want that isn't on a 'normal' cruise? I just don't think encouraging segregation in cases where segregation is already a massive issue within society is a good idea. Surely it will only escalate problems and those who are bigoted will only be rewarded with more separation thus re-inforcing it. I don't know.
I'm going to leave it at that, because the more I think about it the more I feel I'm going around in circles.
Ps. on a culinary term I'm going to attempt to make Irish teabread, I'll let you know how it goes.
And my top tip for today: Scrambled Eggs; Delia Smith has a fantastic recipe - some butter in a pan, wait til it's melting and just starting to bubble, pour in lightly whisked egg (with seasoning) and continue to quickly move it all round the pan breaking it up with a pointy wooden spoon, when 2/3 of it is cooked, remove from heat, add a little more butter and put back over heat. Keep stirring and separating the mix and AS SOON as it is cooked, transfer to plate and serve. mmmmm yummy.
Sorry I have not been exactly active for the past few months, there has simply been too much going on in my life. My new job is not so new any more, infact I had my 3 month review today!!!
Anyway, I am back!
Musing: Englishness and Gay People
N0, the two are not related, well, I suppose they could be, but they are not intended to be!
So, today is St. George's day, hmmmm, I've never exactly celebrated today, to be honest I don't see the point. And also I mostly forget about it! But I guess it's about upbringing, and I've not been brought up to think 'I'm English'; which is odd you may think, living in England. To tell the truth, I feel more Scottish than English, which is maybe what I've latched onto throughout life. Ruth and I were brought up eating Haggis and knowing our Scottish roots. So this led to me thinking, "who am I?"
The answer is, I don't know. Of course I'm Ali who lives in Birmingham, blah blah blah. But my roots, I don't really know anything about them. I know that at some point in history I must have had Welsh heritage as my surname suggests (quite strongly), but what else? I'm not even sure how to find out, without of course all that tedious to-ing and fro-ing to archives that contain family history, and to be honest I wouldn't even know how to get that far.
So, this is my mission, for today, which means it will probably take me the best part of a year; to find out where I am from and a little more about my past.
Second musing then; Gay people.
This is not just about Gay people, I know plenty and to be honest I feel no real need to write about them specially. They are just people, like you or I and I don't get all this fuss that has to be made over them. Do they have 3 legs? Well, I suppose they might, but generally on the whole, no. So why make a big deal and single them out?
This has got me ranting because of an article I read in the Metro. Yes, I know, Mike is forever telling me to take everything I read in there with a pinch of salt, preferably a whole dispenser full! But, all the same, some element of truth has to be attributed to it. It's all about Gay holidays. I mean, seriously, why?
Do people assume that just because someone is gay they are going to want to go on holiday with a lot of other gay people? Why? I don't understand. I'm straight, and to be honest it doesn't bother me whether I go on holiday with gay or straight people...as long as I go on holiday!!
Maybe I'm missing something terribly important here, but I don't get this niche-ness that they seem to be going on about. Maybe someone could enlighten me?
Also, why do a cruise just for gay people? What could gay people possibly want that isn't on a 'normal' cruise? I just don't think encouraging segregation in cases where segregation is already a massive issue within society is a good idea. Surely it will only escalate problems and those who are bigoted will only be rewarded with more separation thus re-inforcing it. I don't know.
I'm going to leave it at that, because the more I think about it the more I feel I'm going around in circles.
Ps. on a culinary term I'm going to attempt to make Irish teabread, I'll let you know how it goes.
And my top tip for today: Scrambled Eggs; Delia Smith has a fantastic recipe - some butter in a pan, wait til it's melting and just starting to bubble, pour in lightly whisked egg (with seasoning) and continue to quickly move it all round the pan breaking it up with a pointy wooden spoon, when 2/3 of it is cooked, remove from heat, add a little more butter and put back over heat. Keep stirring and separating the mix and AS SOON as it is cooked, transfer to plate and serve. mmmmm yummy.
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