SPOILED

Over the last month, a seriously large amount of shit has hit a seriously large fan . All because of one man who a lot of us grew up believing was some kind of crusading hero for many great causes, road safety, spinal injuries you name it, he pretty much supported it.

OR SO WE THOUGHT...

Jimmy Savile isn't the hero i believed him to be as a kid. He's turned out to be something vile, and poisonous. There's no escaping it, or denying it. we've seen the news stories, we've seen once loved celebrities  exposed as creatures to be despised because of their deeds which had long been kept hidden from the public eye. I'm not going to bang on about that though, because a lot has yet to be proven on these people. It's the ripples that are spreading from this now polluted pond.

I was saying earlier today how it would be a shame if Savile's catalogue of foul unpunished acts were to taint Children in Need . It seems my fears are justified. i was in town today and nowhere could i see people fund raisng for this great cause which every year has raised vast amounts of money for kids all over the UK, and a lot of that money goes to kids who are the victims of abuse at the hands of animals like Savile and Glitter.
If people boycott or or choose not to raise funds or donate because of Savile's connections with the BBC (remember it has been said a lot that he was never allowed near this event , EVER (we now know why)) that would be a tragedy because then the victims of people like Savile lose out. Think about it.

i don't expect people to do so off the back of this blog/rant but maybe someone will think and then make a donation in spite of what that animal did.
I'm sorry if this sounds like a tv appeal. It isn't. it's my opinion, please or offend.

Night, night , little blog.

At the risk of sounding like my Dad.....

I've been hearing a LOT today about this spotty 'erbert who trolled our young olympian diver, Tom Daley yesterday. A HELL of a lot. It started on Twitter this morning, when someone posted that said spotty 'erbert had been arrested. Now, i'm aware this will get me a lot of flak for daring to say so, but wasn't this action bordering on the extreme?

I think so. in fact i am one of a few that do. Here's my point- YES what the little so and so said in reference to Tom's recently passed father was uncalled for, Tom had his say and people supported him in his disgust at the troll, and that was it, Tom from what i read then got on with his life and as i'm aware said no more on the matter. He ignored him. 

Great commonsense from where i'm sitting. So where is the logic in arresting a stupid kid whose gob wrote cheques his brain had no chance in hell of cashing? (hang on, am i a troll for saying that? -hope not ) this is wasting valuable police time, from where i'm sitting . I think Twitter should go some way toward monitoring it's members - or at least keep an eye on those reported for trolling, then act accordingly and thats wherein Twitter's responsibility should lie

Granted i think this young man will have second thoughts about how he uses social networking to communicate with people after this arrest . I certainly hope so.

To be even -handed i could understand peoples anger about this situation, i'd be baying for blood if somebody spoke ill of my late parents on ANY social networking site, but at times it was starting to sound like a witch-hunt, yet while all this was going on i'm pretty sure Tom Daley had moved on to focus on the olympics and doing his father proud. I'm sure he will too.

Night-night little blog

Goodnight.MY Sarah Jane

When the news broke of Elisabeth Sladen's passing last year it was a shock. It was only a mere month before she was on the panel on channel five's " The Wright stuff ".
She looked well, happy and vibrant as she always did and i think that's why her loss was so much harder to take, moreso for her her husband and daughter and then for us, the fans who knew her as Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who, both classic and new, then ultimately The Sarah Jane Adventures.
When she returned in "School Reunion" with David Tennant, the collective wow from Whovians nationwide was most likely heard  every where.
This woman entertained a lot of us when we were kids and again a new generation in this 21st century, with the same smile and spark in her eyes, that won us over in her days with Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker. That was her way i guess. I didn't know HER, but like a lot of us, knew Sarah Jane and again as with many of us loved Sarah Jane . She is greatly missed, but the legacy she gave us in her adventures with The Doctor and then the Kids of Bannerman road, will ensure she is never forgotten.

Goodnight , OUR Sarah Jane

night, night little blog

Goodbyes to parts of my childhood and beyond

I cried when John Lennon was shot.
I cried when cancer took George Harrison.
When i heard the news about Davy Jones, i didn't cry. Not until i watched a clip of him performing "Daydream Believer" On youtube. So, so Many of the influences on my tastes in music have gone . "It's a part of growing up" people tell me . Maybe so it doesn't make it easy. It didn't make it easy when one of my best friends shot himself just hours after telling me how excited he was about his new job. It doesn't make it fair either
Sorry i sound angry, maybe i am but at what or who is a mystery at present.
I'm not even sure if i have a point to make either... maybe i just need to vent..
My memories of Mr Jones started with the Monkees, every Wednesday at 4.30 teatime on BBC1 total silence reigned in our house. TOTAL SILENCE. In a house with seven kids that is some kind of Miracle, trust me, i was there, our mum was afraid she'd gone deaf!
They were happy times and then the Monkees became part of my musical Trinity - The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and them
As i grew older my tastes became more diverse, but it was these three bands from my childhood that always resonated with me and the music i'd turn to when i felt my life and issues became too complicated. It took me to simpler , happier, times and that's good. Well it was and still is for me.
so as i said earlier on twitter "R.I.P,Davy Jones. Say hi to John and George for us"

night night, little blog

where do i start ?

Where do i start?
I'm pretty new at this, so bearing with me is a must. i may just ramble on incessantly,or rant (i do have my moments. if I do get on my soapbox it may be trivial, or it will be important to me.
I will try my best to inform and hopefully on occasion entertain. Even make you think.
Who knows? as i type this i'm wracking my brain over what to say (which my family and girlfriend would say is a miracle (these people know me far too well)) but here it is my first little blog; a newborn blinking at the brightness of the light and taking those first tentative steps into the world of blogging, so be kind. It's only lickle, but i promise it will grow, and in time be bit more interesting.
i'm putting this litlun to bed now, when i'm more confident i'll be daring and add pics and stuff.

Say night night, little blog.