Two of my least favourite current very popular phrases. This track needs to be played very loud to appreciate the full unsubtlety of the riffs - fun to make - not sure about the listening experience.

or Never do well. Apparently an old Scottish saying for someone who will never "succeed". Used in my family a lot for the wasters and scroungers of society (as the right wing press love to describe them.)

I beg to differ - not everyone has the same view of what is a good, bad or an indifferent way of living your life. 

I was in Perranporth in west Cornwall earlier this week. Weather cold enough to wear several layers.

I love it - the British holiday maker is a hardy beast. There they were T shirts and shorts eating ice creams - took me back to the days of the 99.

as wikipedia describes ...

A 99 Flake, 99 or ninety-nine[1] is an ice cream cone with a Cadbury Flake inserted in the ice cream. The term can also refer to the half-sized Cadbury-produced Flake bar, itself specially made for such ice cream cones, and to a wrapped product marketed by Cadbury “for ice cream and culinary use”.

Created at the Cadbury's factory in Birmingham, England, the flake was originally designed to be a cuboid and to fit into a wafer.[2] By 1930, Cadbury's was selling half-length Flake "99s" specifically for serving in an ice cream cone.

How about that ...

The phrase "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" initiated the lyrics for this song. If you throw the first stone you're in danger of starting a sequence of events which can bring the whole place crashing down. Whats that old phrase - you've got broad shoulders - you can take the grief - maybe ? 

Carlos Santana's early work I really enjoyed but I also loved some of the tunes that came later on Supernatural ( 1999 ). I haven't heard Black Magic woman for a long time - but at a recent barbecue I heard it on someones ( relatively young ) phone. A revival of Santana's music is due once again. 

As we celebrate the summer out they come in whatever they drive , wear, go to, or be with, or eat Who cares - get over yourselves ladies and gentlemen 

I don't suffer from insomnia but goodness I sympathise with those who do..

Occasionally if something is bugging me I lose a couple of hours and feel hungover without the nice memories the next day. 

I was half asleep this morning ( the 28th June)  when these words "she rows across the ocean, she rows across the sea" - kept coming up in my head.  I've got no idea why.

When you listen to any election stuff, or even just normal news, it doesn't take long to realise our obsession with numbers and statistics. I was trying to relate in its smallest scale to my existence - I'm exactly the same 

This is another one of those phrases you hear a lot now - bit like "going forward " " you're a star" except not quite as bad.

Where there's a will there's some avaricious so and so fighting some other avaricious so and so ..... for a way to get at it .

Thats a disingenuous and rather cynical interpretation of a very positive and uplifting saying .

In its original form means determination and perseverance can overcome adversity - and it can..